As the use of mobile banking grows, banks and credit unions also should take steps to educate their customers and members about safe e-banking practices.
The team at the European Network and Information Security Agency identified 50 security threats that exist within the new web standards and sent recommendations for how they should be addressed to W3C.
Four banks were closed by state and federal banking regulators on Friday, Aug. 19. These latest failures bring the year's tally to 84 failed banks and credit unions so far in 2011.
As banks and credit unions assess online risk, in light of the updated guidance from the FFIEC, financial fraud analyst Tom Wills says they should consider mobile as a viable layer for out-of-band authentication.
The National Credit Union Administration shares some thoughts about emerging online security threats - threats it expects credit unions to address as they work to comply with the updated online authentication guidance issued by Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.
Has our financial system's attention focused so much on cyberthreats that it's forgotten to lock down controls to prevent low-tech schemes? In a nutshell, yes.
This $38 billion bank has invested a great deal of time and effort into its online security program, continuously conducting risk assessments and making strides to ensure commercial customers stay informed about evolving online-banking risks.
Australian authorities this week said two more arrests have been in connection with an international POS skimming scheme that targeted merchants in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and North America. So far, 27 people have been charged.
The FDIC is yet again a target for phishing, with fraudulent e-mails urging business owners to click malicious links purporting to provide FDIC information about their financial institution.
Debit fraud and skimming are growing problems, and they're why California-based Fremont Bank is switching from mag-stripe to chip-based debit cards, says Chris Olson, the bank's chief operating and enterprise risk officer.
A months-long investigation led Australian investigators to more than 50 stolen POS terminals, dozens of card skimmers and more than 18,000 blank and counterfeit cards. So far, 25 people have been arrested and charged for their parts in the alleged scheme.
Phishing e-mails, feigning to be from the Internal Revenue Service, are reportedly targeting consumers with claims that tax accounts have been locked and require immediate action to reopen.
Eduardo Perez says, simply, the "time was right" for Visa's introduction of chip-based payments incentives for U.S. merchants. Visa's new mobile-to-EMV program offers PCI-audit-compliance waivers to qualified merchants who implement dual-interface contact and contactless acceptance.
Adoption of chip technology will not only help the U.S. payments infrastructure prepare for expected acceleration in mobile-based payments, Visa says, but will improve transaction security by providing dynamic authentication.
With the extension of ENISA's mandate into 2013 by the European Parliament & Council, the agency can continue to educate and collaborate with other nations on cybersecurity issues, an area of constant importance.
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