New and proposed FFIEC guidance for fraud prevention and social media spurred Bank of the West in March to launch a viral campaign aimed at fraud awareness. What are the campaign's key elements?
A new ruling in the Choice Escrow vs. BancorpSouth case finds that refusing fraud-prevention tools offered by banks can shift liability for fraud losses back on commercial customers. What does this ruling mean for other institutions?
DDoS attacks, mobile malware and tax fraud are growing concerns for U.S. banks. But what's the top threat these institutions and their customers face in 2013? Nancy Guglielmo of BITS offers her insights.
Hacktivists have formally launched their third wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks on U.S. banking institutions, and their botnet is growing. How should institutions prepare to defend?
From sophisticated malware to socially-engineered schemes, banking institutions of all sizes are under constant, multi-channel attack. How can they respond? Daniel Ingevaldson of Easy Solutions shares ideas.
The PATCO fraud case shows why banking institutions cannot rely on compliance to ensure security. In an RSA 2013 preview, attorney Joseph Burton discusses legal lessons from the PATCO settlement.
The National Credit Union Administration is the second federal regulator to issue a warning about fraud risks linked to DDoS. One legal expert says banking institutions must heed the warning.
From sophisticated malware to socially-engineered schemes, banking institutions of all sizes are under constant, multi-channel attack. How can they respond? Daniel Ingevaldson of Easy Solutions shares ideas.
The Citadel banking Trojan is now a threat to multiple sectors. And new research suggests improved monitoring is essential for the protection of critical systems and intellectual property.
The White House cybersecurity coordinator, National Security Agency director and top officials from the departments of Commerce, Homeland Security and Justice have scheduled a briefing on the administration's cybersecurity policy the day after President Obama delivers his State of the Union address.
What are the two newest malware strains discovered by researchers at Trusteer and Kaspersky? And how do these exploits challenge the way banking institutions currently detect and prevent online fraud?
President Obama devoted 26 words to cybersecurity in his 2012 State of the Union address. What will he say this year? We asked IT security experts to play speechwriter, and here's what they would have the president say to Congress on cybersecurity.
"We felt that it was very important to come out with this and say this was how easy it is for them to break into any U.S. company, and here's how they're doing it," The New York Times' Nicole Perlroth says.
Using technology to prevent breaches is insufficient. Security leaders also must address the human factor, making sure staff members receive appropriate training on clear-cut policies - before it's too late.
QCR Holdings, a bank-holding company in Illinois, is moving to a new provider for commercial online banking. Why? To ensure QCR's banks conform to the FFIEC's updated authentication guidance, says CTO Michael Wyffels.
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