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...
Interview with James Van Dyke of Javelin Strategy & Research
Identity fraud crimes expanded at a 12% rate in 2009. What can we expect to see in 2010?
Javelin Strategy & Research is out with its latest Identity Fraud Study. For insight on the study results and what they mean to organizations across industry,...
Add four more states to the list of those whose banking customers are being struck by telephone-based phishing attacks.
Financial institutions in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Mississippi report being hit by these "vishing" attacks in the past two weeks. Five different institutions -- three credit unions and...
There is malware stealing the passwords and online banking credentials of credit union members, warns the Credit Union Information Security Professionals Association (CUISPA.org).
The American Bankers Association is the latest group to be used by hackers to try and spread malware.
Other well-known names in the industry have been used as bait in phishing emails, including the FDIC, US Treasury, Internal Revenue Service and many financial institutions. The ABA issued an alert to its members.
Blippy, a new social media data sharing site that is financial form of Twitter, has unleashed the unthinkable idea of publishing every single purchase for public consumption on the Internet.
The latest report from the Anti Phishing Working Group paints a distressing picture for anyone doing transactions online, says Dave Jevans, Chairman of the APWG.
All phishing numbers are on the rise. The number of unique phishing reports submitted to APWG for the third quarter of 2009 reached a record 40,621 in...
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 call to aid the devastated country of Haiti came just hours after a 7.0 earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean island on Tuesday.
Just as quickly as the tweets came in asking for donations, so too came the cyber criminals looking to divert funds from legitimate charities to their own pockets.
Financial institutions in Georgia, Iowa and Indiana report being hit by the automated phone phishing attacks that have been striking institutions across the U.S. since early last fall.
2010 is the Chinese year of the tiger - a fitting image for banking/security leaders that must be vigilant against the information security threats that challenge financial institutions and their customers.
To prepare for this New Year, we've prepared a Banking/Security Agenda that looks at fraud, regulatory...
Now that the New Year is here and 2009 is behind us, here's a list of all the things that I think that infosec pros at financial institutions would like to receive in 2010
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