In the wake of the JPMorgan Chase breach, which exposed personal information about millions of consumers and small businesses, banking leaders say they're increasingly concerned about cyber-attacks and geopolitical threats.
A U.S. federal court has shut down what the FTC alleges was a fake tech-support firm that posed as Facebook and Microsoft and tricked consumers into paying up to $600 each for bogus security tools.
How will the introduction of Apple Pay affect the adoption of EMV? ACT Canada's Catherine Johnston and Randy Vanderhoof of the EMV Migration Forum size up the movement toward EMV and mobile payments.
The annual Amsterdam gathering of information security aficionados detailed the very latest hacking threats, including cybersecurity attacks via drone, sniffing data from fitness devices, and exploiting ATMs using Raspberry Pi computers.
Sophisticated threats require advanced threat protection. A threat-focused next-generation firewall must adhere to three strategic imperatives. Learn how these imperatives improve defense against advanced threats.
What security and technology issues are top concerns for 2015? The transition to new payment methods and shoring up gaps in basic security practices, according to industry leaders at two ISMG summits last week.
A hacker involved in the RBS WorldPay network intrusion in 2008, which led to $9 million in fraudulent ATM withdrawals, has received a substantial prison sentence. Find out the details.
London police have arrested a suspect on charges that he participated in a series of ATM malware attacks that netted £1.6 million ($2.6 million) from 51 cash machines over a three-day holiday weekend in May.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, Intel introduces a solution that provides end-to-end encryption of consumer and financial data built into POS systems, while Arbor Networks launches Peakflow, a DDoS mitigation solution.
A Bulgarian who participated in the Shadowcrew forum, a now-defunct online marketplace for hacking and identity theft, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in the operation.
Security vendor Proofpoint warns that a "malvertising" campaign has been launching ransomware attacks against users of numerous high-profile websites, including search site Yahoo, dating site Match.com, and an AOL real estate site.
A bill before Congress to encourage the sharing of cyberthreat information won't come up for a vote until lawmakers act on legislation to end NSA's bulk collection program, says Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Tom Carper.
Many issuers of chip-based credit cards will likely allow U.S. consumers to complete transactions with a signature, not a PIN, which will limit the fraud protections offered by EMV cards, says Citizen Financial Group's Tim Webb.
Target Corp. and several banking institutions continue to argue back and forth over the retailer's request to dismiss a consolidated class action lawsuit the institutions filed following the retailer's December 2013 data breach.
Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to China in the wake of allegations that hackers are targeting Chinese iCloud users. The Chinese government has denied any involvement in the attacks, which can bypass the latest iPhone's stronger encryption.
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