Police bust 55 in US cyber fraud, ID theft ring 

Police bust 55 in US cyber fraud, ID theft ring

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 December 2011 7:26 AM
Bank insiders helped bypass anti-fraud technologies.
Romanian bank fears hack, axes cards 

Romanian bank fears hack, axes cards

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 16 December 2011 11:39 AM
17,000 cards blocked.
ANZ takes eStatements offline 

ANZ takes eStatements offline

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 15 December 2011 2:56 PM
Privacy URL bug triggers take down.
ANZ Bank's sticky statements a prize for ID thieves 

ANZ Bank's sticky statements a prize for ID thieves

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 15 December 2011 6:30 AM
Bank statements stored in browser history.
UK banks attacked in tabletop exercise 

UK banks attacked in tabletop exercise

In Applications - By SC Staff, 23 November 2011 7:57 AM
More than 80 organisations enlist.
Call for banks to blacklist spammers 

Call for banks to blacklist spammers

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 31 May 2011 9:27 AM
Experts argue that industry should take point on anti-spam efforts.
Why federated identity is a pipedream 

Why federated identity is a pipedream

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 26 May 2011 1:46 PM
Lawyers, other ugly realities get in the way.
UK banks asked to tape trader mobile calls  

UK banks asked to tape trader mobile calls

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 12 November 2010 10:16 AM
Boon for compliance storage.
SMS-harvesting mobile virus targeting banks 

SMS-harvesting mobile virus targeting banks

In Hackers - By Stewart Mitchell, 29 September 2010 9:31 AM
Bank log-in details could be targeted, say security experts.
ID theft still on the rise, though victims respond faster 

ID theft still on the rise, though victims respond faster

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 12 February 2010 1:01 PM
11.1m victims in US alone.
NSW Police charge six over EFTPOS skimming 

NSW Police charge six over EFTPOS skimming

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 20 January 2010 3:04 PM
Banking group welcomes arrests.
Banks urged to change security policies 

Banks urged to change security policies

In Risk - By Ian Williams, 23 January 2009 2:32 PM
Basic security questions, such as asking for a user's mother's maiden name or post code, can be circumvented far too easily and should not be used, according to Symantec.
ACCC: phishers using financial crisis to scam Australians 

ACCC: phishers using financial crisis to scam Australians

In Hackers - By Daniel Fitzgerald, 12 January 2009 2:53 PM
The ACCC has issued a warning to Australian businesses and consumers about phishing scams claiming to be related to the global financial crisis.
Banks instructed to take greater care over data in turbulent times 

Banks instructed to take greater care over data in turbulent times

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 30 October 2008 9:49 AM
Secerno has warned banks to take tighter control over customer data.
Economic woes fueling spam malware 

Economic woes fueling spam malware

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 8 October 2008 9:43 AM
The crisis on Wall Street is contributing to the largest rise in email-borne malware since February 2007.
PC holding bank data sold on ebay  

PC holding bank data sold on ebay

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 27 August 2008 8:41 AM
A computer holding bank customers' credit card data has been sold on eBay for US$75.
Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints 

Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints

In Risk - By Sue Marquette, 3 March 2008 10:16 AM
Consumers, regulators, and businesses have no way to reliably assess the incidences and frequency of identity fraud at major financial institutions, a new study concludes.
Fortinet: Storm Worm botnet used to mount phishing attacks on Barclays, Halifax banks 

Fortinet: Storm Worm botnet used to mount phishing attacks on Barclays, Halifax banks

In Crypto - By Jack Rogers, 9 January 2008 12:37 PM
The Fortinet Global Security Research team has detected two phishing attacks on UK major banks that were mounted using the Storm Worm botnet, said to be the first attack on the ...
Banks: TJX lost twice as much data as reported 

Banks: TJX lost twice as much data as reported

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 26 October 2007 9:40 AM
A group of New England banking associations contended in a court filing Tuesday that hackers stole 94 million account numbers when they infiltrated the databases of clothing ...
Panda pitches client security for banks 

Panda pitches client security for banks

In Risk - By Clement James, 18 October 2007 10:09 AM
Security firm Panda has launched a software suite designed to secure e-banking and e-commerce transactions.
RSA Study: Targeted attacks against banks continue to soar 

RSA Study: Targeted attacks against banks continue to soar

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 10 September 2007 6:11 AM
Targeted attacks against financial institutions continued to soar last month, according to the latest report by RSA.
RSA: UK banks still a favourite target for phishers 

RSA: UK banks still a favourite target for phishers

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 11 July 2007 10:43 AM
For the fifth consecutive month, UK banks are the second most targeted worldwide by online fraudsters, new figures show.
Banks file suit against TJX over breach costs 

Banks file suit against TJX over breach costs

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 26 April 2007 9:55 AM
Three US state banking associations announced Tuesday that they have filed a joint lawsuit against TJX Companies over "dramatic costs" their 300 members have incurred since the ...
Banks cautioned over binned customer details 

Banks cautioned over binned customer details

In Crypto - By Fiona Raisbeck, 15 March 2007 4:08 PM
A dozen of the UK's leading banks have been accused of putting the security of potentially millions of customer's in jeopardy by dumping sensitive information in rubbish bins ...
Australia amongst global attack  

Australia amongst global attack

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 22 February 2007 4:20 PM
Fifty financial institutions in the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region were hit with a well crafted pharming attack this week.
Quantum banks on data de-dup in 2007 

Quantum banks on data de-dup in 2007

By Tim Lohman, 6 December 2006 2:24 PM
Quantum is quietly confident that its investment in the emerging area of data de-duplication will change the face of the storage market.
Credit unions, small banks see more phishing attacks 

Credit unions, small banks see more phishing attacks

By Frank Washkuch, 9 June 2006 9:08 PM
Attacks against small banks and credit unions remained on the rise last month, according to a recent fraud report from RSA Security.
Community banks team up with Microsoft 

Community banks team up with Microsoft

By Ericka Chickowski, 9 March 2006 8:58 PM
Microsoft and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) have joined forces to help community banks improve their information security practices.
Online banks must boost IT security  

Online banks must boost IT security

By William Eazel, 2 March 2006 9:49 AM
Banks offering online banking services to retail customers need to beef up their security features, especially in light of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination ...
ABN AMRO banks on authentication application to fight identity theft 

ABN AMRO banks on authentication application to fight identity theft

By William Eazel, 27 January 2006 11:26 AM
ABN AMRO, one of the world's largest international banks, has rolled out an automated document authentication system in a bid to achieve compliance with pending regulations ...
New attacks target small U.S. banks 

New attacks target small U.S. banks

By William Eazel, 8 December 2005 3:18 PM
Cybercriminals have launched at least nine highly orchestrated and sophisticated phishing attacks against smaller U.S. banks during the last three months, a security company ...
FDIC warns banks of spyware risks 

FDIC warns banks of spyware risks

By Marcia Savage, 25 July 2005 7:37 PM
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued guidance to financial institutions about the risks associated with spyware and ways they can protect themselves.
Insider attack now biggest threat to banks 

Insider attack now biggest threat to banks

By René Millman, 23 June 2005 2:39 PM
Insider attacks have become the biggest threat to financial networks, according to a new study.
Banks advised to notify customers of data breaches 

Banks advised to notify customers of data breaches

By Marcia Savage, 25 March 2005 5:30 PM
The Federal Reserve Board has issued guidance that calls on financial institutions to notify customers of security breaches involving their sensitive data.
Money Mart banks on real-time security monitoring 

Money Mart banks on real-time security monitoring

By Robert Jaques, 30 September 2004 10:18 AM
Money Mart, a money services firm with 250 locations in the US, has rolled out a browser-based real-time monitoring and centralized event management application in a bid to ...
New Trojans target online banks  

New Trojans target online banks

By Robert Jaques, 7 September 2004 2:17 PM
Security experts have discovered a group of previously undocumented Trojan horses which target British users of online banking services by attempting to steal sensitive ...
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