The growth in messaging technologies has fraudsters targeting new channels to attack organizations. Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance offers tips on how to improve messaging security.
E-mail, IM, text messaging - we all increasingly depend on messaging technologies. And so do the fraudsters. Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance discusses how to mitigate our vulnerabilities.
Some U.S. federal agencies seem to be going too far in monitoring their employees' communications activities on their government-issued laptop computers.
Banks and the U.S. payments infrastructure are prime targets for international cyberattacks. And it's not just money hackers are after, says Bill Wansley of Booz Allen Hamilton. What else is at risk?
International law enforcement agencies last week touted the takedown of 36 websites that were used to sell stolen debit and credit data for more than 2.5 million accounts. But how much of an impact will the takedown ultimately have on card fraud?
How will Diane Ness and BITS help banks reduce fraud? As the new head of fraud-reduction programs for the technology division of the Financial Services Roundtable, Ness says education and communication about emerging threats will be a priority.
Rep. Dan Lungren, the bill's chief sponsor, contends the regulatory approach taken by his bill would be less intrusive on the private sector than proposed Senate legislation and a plan by President Obama.
"We will provide critical infrastructure owners and operators the timely access to actionable cybersecurity information necessary to protect their own networks and facilities," says one of bill's chief sponsors, Rep. Dan Lungren.
Draft legislation establishing a public-private sector National Information Sharing Organization received generally favorable reviews from a panel of witnesses testifying before a House panel.
U.S. and Estonian authorities have broken up one of the largest Internet crime schemes that allegedly netted $14 million in fraudulent advertising fees and infected 4 million computers in 100 countries.
Nearly four years ago, Capital One Bank set out to integrate its fraud detection and anti-money laundering platforms. Today, the institution has some impressive results and savings to share.
The disruption of text messaging and Web browsing for BlackBerry customers opens up issues of company transparency and business continuity. How should the company have responded?
RSA Chief Executive Art Coviello challenged a widespread belief that cybersecurity awareness could curb cyberthreats: "There's no amount of consumer education to make them smart enough to resist attacks. They're just too sophisticated."
Intelligence expert Terry Roberts says cyber intelligence, a new approach to IT security, could make significant gains in the coming year. "The good thing is, this isn't really rocket science," says the chair of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance's Cyber Council.
The nascent field of cyber intelligence addresses threats that originate anonymously within cyberspace with potentially enormous consequences: physical destruction and economic chaos.
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