Hacktivist attacks are on the rise. So how should organizations respond? ISF researcher Gregory Nowak offers unique advice about the role communications plays when hacktivist threats emerge.
For United Bank & Trust, cost, efficiency and customer adoption were big considerations when it came to FFIEC conformance. How did this $1 billion institution determine the best authentication option?
When it comes to fighting financial fraud, Peter Tapling of Authentify says banking institutions are chronically underestimating and under-utilizing one key resource: Their own customers.
Banks and credit unions are investing in enhanced fraud detection, but are they spending money on the right things? The new Faces of Fraud survey report shows too many are still confused by updated FFIEC demands.
Marcus Ranum isn't shy about saying online authentication methods are outdated and insecure. Passwords will get breached, but organizations can do more to protect their users and online databases.
Banks and credit unions say they are investing in enhanced fraud detection, monitoring systems and education. What other anti-fraud investments top their lists? See what our 2012 Faces of Fraud Survey revealed.
"This is about preparing the battlefield for another type of covert action," a former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official says. "Cyber collection against the Iranian program is way further down the road than this."
The out-of-court settlement reached in a dispute between Village View Escrow and Professional Business Bank shows it's getting more difficult for banks to avoid liability, experts say.
Online banking attacks are up, but financial losses linked to account takeovers are down. What does this shift say about the future of fighting ACH/wire fraud? The FS-ISAC's Bill Nelson weighs in.
A lingering legal dispute over a corporate account takeover incident at escrow company Village View has finally come to a close. Find out more about the details of the case and the settlement.
Gartner's Peter Firstbrook, to illustrate the vulnerability of IT systems, cites research that pegs at about 400 days the average time a targeted virus remains undetected on a computer. And, he says, that doesn't speak highly of the current offerings from security vendors.
LinkedIn contends it had on staff world-class security experts when nearly 6.5 million members' hashed passwords were pilfered, although the social media company has neither a chief information officer nor chief information security officer.
A new survey from FS-ISAC and the ABA finds financial losses linked to ACH fraud are decreasing. What are banks doing differently, and what technology investments are reaping the most rewards?
The Global Payments data breach has expanded, and now may include the exposure of personal data linked to merchant applicants. But what does this latest news mean? Industry experts offer insights.
Brokers and insurers have upped their marketing efforts to get enterprises to purchase cyber insurance, even though policies could be risky for sellers and buyers. See 10 considerations you should mull before buying cyber insurance.
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