The recent news that Nexus One smartphone owners were unable to send or receive data is just a precursor to what security experts say is the next big threat to mobile phones and services - mobile malware.
According to Dr. Markus Jakobsson, a noted security expert in the field of phishing and crimeware, mobile...
At least two banking institutions have posted messages on their websites, alerting members to be wary of a bogus application distributed on mobile phone platforms.
The number of identity fraud victims has increased 22 percent in the U.S., costing 9.9 million victims a total of $48 billion in 2008.
This is the news from the fifth annual Identity Fraud Survey Report from Javelin Strategy & Research. In an exclusive interview, James Van Dyke, Javelin founder and President,...
What better time to be discussing identity theft?
It's Cyber Monday today - the day designated as the official start of the online holiday shopping season - and if we've learned anything in recent weeks, it's that tough economic times heighten the risk of crimes such as identity theft. So, now is a great time to...
The crime of deception is now even more deceptive.
Multi-channel fraud - schemes that are launched simultaneously via telephone, Internet, in person and via mail - is a growing concern for financial institutions. And the linked crimes aren't always easy to spot.
In this exclusive interview, security expert Diana...
Social engineering is the ultimate con - the bag of tricks employed by fraudsters who will lie, cheat and steal their way past your organization's security controls. Their goals: theft, fraud or espionage. Your best line of defense: Your people.
Fraud incidents are on the rise - especially in financial services and...
Risk management and the insider threat.
These are the two dominant themes emerging from the conversations and presentations at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week.
From the keynote stage to the expo floor, with stops in between at the program sessions, information security experts, vendors and...
Imagine living in a country where electronic voting is universal, there are 39 million Internet users, and 25 million of them are also Internet banking users.
Welcome to Brazil, whose online banking services and lessons-learned were presented to attendees at the RSA Conference on Tuesday.
According to Maria...
If there's one single notion common to financial institutions of all sizes, it is confidence -the need to have shared trust with employees, partners and especially customers. Without this confidence, banking institutions cannot succeed.
And if there's one common theme emerging from the inaugural State of Banking...
Employees play an integral role in protecting the assets of an institution, and as such, need to be adequately trained and made aware of the basic security practices which are frequently overlooked. A set-it and forget-it approach "we're protected because we have a firewall" to information security ignores end-users,...
Learn in detail the current financial scams in circulation from phishing and lottery scams, ATM and credit card skimming, among many others.
Learn proactive defenses to prevent consumers and employers from falling victim.
In this webinar, you will be privy to the following topics of discussion:
Describe malware, crimeware intrusions and how they relate to phishing;
Overview of current attacks and help to anticipate likely trends;
Describe different ways clients are attacked, understanding of proactive defenses;
Describe...
Learn how you can protect your entire online user base without compromising the bottom line.
So your financial institution has met the compliance guidance to provide stronger authentication for customer data and transactions. Now what? That is only the tip of the iceberg in deploying a long-term security...
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