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July, 08. 2010
Bank Failures: 2010 Pace Exceeds 2009There were no bank failures to kick off the 4th of July weekend - but this past Friday was the exception, not the rule. Read more »July, 08. 2010
Can Cloud Be More Secure than Legacy Systems?Cloud computing isn't necessarily more or less secure than other technologies, but represents advances in computing that must be carefully deployed to assure the safety of data, a House panel was told Thursday. Read more »July, 08. 2010
FTC Alleges $10 Million Fraud SchemeThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it has stopped a $10 million international scheme that was siphoning off small amounts from more than 1 million credit and debit card holders. Read more »July, 05. 2010
ID thief receives 30 months in prisonA California woman was sentenced late last week to 2 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to charges of access device fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Read more »July, 05. 2010
Power units open to cyber attacksNew Delhi, July 4: India has woken up to the possibility of its power installations coming under attack from evil Internet hackers. Read more »July, 05. 2010
3G users vulnerable to hackersHCM CITY — 3G mobile phone users in Viet Nam are vulnerable to attacks by hackers, experts from the Ha Noi-based Bach Khoa Internet Security warn. Read more »June, 18. 2010
ACH Fraud: How to Educate CustomersEducation is the key weapon against ACH and wire fraud, also known as corporate account takeover. And one Oklahoma bank is stepping forward to launch a series of seminars to help educate and protect its commercial customers. Read more »June, 18. 2010
178 Arrested in Card Fraud RaidsIn what is being called one of the largest credit card fraud ring busts to date, the Spanish Interior Ministry says police in 12 countries have arrested 178 people suspected of being part of an international crime gang. Read more »June, 18. 2010
Farkas is Tip of Mortgage Fraud IcebergThis week's high-profile mortgage fraud arrests should serve as a chilling wakeup call to banking institutions, experts say. Read more »June, 10. 2010
Scores of spoofed YouTube pages lead to malwareResearchers at network security firm eSoft on Wednesday discovered more than 700,000 web pages crafted to look identical to YouTube but which are spreading malware. Read more »June, 10. 2010
ACH Fraud: The Great DebateIs a legislative remedy needed to protect banking institutions and businesses from the ravages of online fraud? Depends on whom you ask. Read more »June, 10. 2010
Marketing Security as a Competitive EdgeJoseph Menn has an interesting take on information security - that it's time for banking institutions to start marketing their protective measures as their own competitive advantages. Read more »May, 19. 2010
Should there be PCI security requirements for bank account data?Why don't PCI security requirements exist for bank account numbers? Avivah Litan, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner Inc., said she's long wondered about the dearth of an industry security standard for sensitive bank account data and posed the question in a recent blog post. Read more »May, 19. 2010
Majority Of Browsers Leave Fingerprints OnlineThe majority of web browsers have unique signatures that create identifiable "fingerprints" that could be used to track Internet users as they surf, according to new research from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Read more »May, 19. 2010
USB worm named biggest PC threatA worm that is spreading via USB flash drives has been named the biggest security threat to PC users by McAfee. Read more »May, 14. 2010
Worst phishing menace may be prepping more dangerous version of itselfThe single most active group for stealing identities and pilfering electronic bank accounts over the Internet has nearly ground to a halt, but the lull could be the precursor to an even worse crime spree, according to a new study. Read more »May, 14. 2010
Chatty Skype worm tries to fox antivirus programsA new instant messaging (IM) worm has been spotted using a number of evolved techniques to beat installed security programs and catch even suspicious users off-guard. Read more »May, 13. 2010
Servers hacked to launch more powerful DDoS attacksResearchers at security firm Imperva have discovered a botnet consisting of web servers, rather that individual PCs, that is being used to launch more devastating denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Read more »May, 13. 2010
Spies may be controlling your web camDENVER - Web cameras make it easy to keep in touch with far away friends and family. If you have a web cam on your home computer, laptop or even your cell phone, a hacker can be lurking, just waiting for a chance to gain control. Read more »May, 12. 2010
Visa fraud alert puts banks, payment processors on guardVisa Inc. last week sent a fraud alert to banks and payment processors warning them to look out for a "large batch settlement fraud scheme" involving a merchant account in East Europe. Read more »May, 12. 2010
Phishing Scam Goes After Apple Gift CardsThe security firm says in the past month it has detected phishing websites spoofing the Apple brand. The spam messages claim to provide a way for checking the balance for an Apple gift card and include a link to the phishing website. Read more »May, 11. 2010
Researcher reveals Safari zero-day bugApple's Safari browser contains a critical, unpatched bug that attackers can use to infect Windows PCs with malicious code, researchers at US-CERT and other security firms said today. Read more »May, 11. 2010
Internet Security Firm Wants to Train HackersATLANTA -- Becoming a hacker might be your best defense against cyber-crime. That's according to a Norcross-based internet security firm. Read more »May, 07. 2010
Younger Internet Users Most Vulnerable To Phishing AttacksYoung people 18-25 years old are consistently more vulnerable to phishing attacks than those who are older, according to a new study by Wombat Security Technologies. Read more »May, 07. 2010
The DDoS attack survival guideGoogle. Twitter. Government websites. Fortune-500 companies. All are victims of crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The attacks have grown in reach and intensity thanks to botnets and a bounty of application flaws. This collection of articles will bring you up to speed on how the threat has evolved and what you can do to better protect your organization. Read more »
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