Malware designed to get ATMs to spit out their cash - advanced when it first debuted - has been upgraded, according to a report from FireEye. Now, the Ploutus-D malware talks to legitimate ATM middleware, enabling it to target machines from 40 vendors. What does this mean for financial institutions?
Anonymous has unleashed a DDoS campaign against banks, commencing with an attack against the Bank of Greece's website, followed by attacks against other bank websites. But the impact of the interruptions apparently has been minimal, continuing Anonymous' track record for attacks that fail to pack much of a punch.
The top video interviews of the past year featured, among others: Bob Carr of Heartland Payments, Eduardo Perez of Visa and cybersecurity attorney Joseph Burton. Check out their thought-provoking insights.
The massive number of retail point-of-sale breaches we've seen in the last two years has fueled an uptick in call center fraud that targets payments processors. Find out how the schemes work.
By 2018, Javelin predicts that new account fraud and account takeover will eclipse present worries about POS attacks and retail breaches. Why breached PII should be our biggest worry.
Unlike previous presidential campaigns, cybersecurity will be raised by candidates on the hustings, although the issue likely won't play a big role in determining the election. Two GOP candidates - Marco Rubio and Rand Paul - already have broached the topic.
Businesses targeted by ransomware attacks are increasingly willing to negotiate with - and even pay - their extortionists. But negotiating with cyberthieves is never a good idea.
Is having too many stakeholders who care about cyberspace's viability a hindrance to security? That's one way to interpret comments from White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel as he addresses the challenges of governing the Internet.
Conventional wisdom dictates that the high demand for IT security practitioner would cause salaries to rise, perhaps significantly. But a new study by SANS shows only a slight fattening of paychecks for many IT security professionals.
Our analysis of U.S. government labor statistics shows a sizable increase in the IT security workforce. But the way the occupation is defined may have as much to do with the increase as the number of jobs themselves.
President Obama wants Americans to trust his administration on the way it collects data from Internet and telephone communications in the search for terrorists. Does the president deserve that trust?
Partisan bickering surrounding a bill aimed at protecting the nation's critical IT infrastructure is the likely reason the measure will not come up for a vote in the lower chamber this week, as representatives debate four other cybersecurity bills.
No one is really sure when the FFIEC's new authentication guidance will be issued, but we do know banking institutions can't afford to wait. Hence, our new FFIEC Authentication Guidance Resource Center.
The sad scenario plays out on the news on a regular basis these days. A homeowner facing foreclosure is barricaded inside their home as law enforcement comes to serve the papers. Shots ring out, and officers rush in to find the wounded homeowner.
What happened last Friday with Addie Polk of Akron, Ohio, a...
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