Ex-black hat Alissa Knight recently joined Aite Group's new cybersecurity practice, and among her first tasks: a hard look at the security of major financial institutions' mobile banking apps. The results may surprise you.
54 percent of survey respondents say their institutions' digital authentication measures are average or below when compared to their peers. And 55 percent rate themselves at average or below when it comes to their institution's current ability to apply the right amount of security to the right transactions at the...
A U.K. bank says no customers lost money after cyberattackers attempted account takeovers by rerouting one-time passcodes, Motherboard reports. Such attacks involve unauthorized tampering with Signaling System #7, the protocol used to route mobile phone calls worldwide.
As part of its ongoing push toward cashless payments, India is taking steps to ramp up the use of contactless payments, which are already becoming more common in Japan, South Korea, Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. What can be done to balance security vs. convenience?
There is greater awareness to the proliferation of mobile threats, and yet many organizations still underestimate their own vulnerabilities. Brian Duckering of Symantec discusses the rise and maturity of mobile threat defense.
There is greater awareness to the proliferation of mobile threats, and yet many organizations still underestimate their own vulnerabilities.
Mobile security should be taken just as seriously - if not more so - as traditional endpoints. Every employee behind a desktop computer also has at least one mobile device...
If you hold, share or have access to important information, you should assume your smartphone has already been hacked.
Unprotected smartphones could pose the greatest security risks to governments, enterprises and individuals. Consider what's at stake and prevent hackers from capitalizing on your...
Email security in the era of the cloud is a critical concern for business leaders. This tool is a powerful way for businesses and services to communicate with their customers. From transaction notifications to billing statements to social media updates, email is a proven reliable and effective way for businesses to...
Digital transformation has made it increasingly easy for consumers to switch institutions at the least provocation.
But leaders like Capital One, Guardian Life, and Goldman Sachs are embracing change and moving to the cloud. They're creating great customer experiences - and fighting churn - by integrating email into...
Over the past year, financial services organizations have seen an 87% increase in credential leakage, 149% increase in stolen credit cards, 151% increase in cyber-attack indications, and a 48% increase in fake social media accounts. In addition, state-sponsored APT groups with little to no financial motivation have...
PSD2 requires European banks to provide communication interfaces to Third Party Providers (TPPs). These interfaces, generally referred to as APIs, will allow TPPs to build innovative financial services on top of the services provided by banks.
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The PSD2 requirements for...
A leading mobile-based financial services company sought out fraud prevention tools. In the past, fraudsters used that company's customer accounts to funnel money via stolen identities. But with advanced device fingerprint technology, the company could detect multiple accounts created from the same device and suspend...
How to Select, Implement and Succeed with Mobile Threat Defense
As more workplaces become 'everywhere' workplaces, cyber threats and attacks increasingly target mobile devices.
Through the eyes of many business leaders, opening a presentation or other document on a mobile device is hardly different from doing the...
Modern enterprise mobile security provides pre-emptive threat defense, runs on predictive intelligence and crowd wisdom, and delivers a noninvasive employee experience.
As the connected world becomes more connected by the day, cyber threats have been retooled to attack ubiquitous mobile endpoints. While attack...
From open banking to emerging technology and the evolving needs of a new generation of on-the-go customers, financial institutions are experiencing unprecedented change. This means the use of advanced technology is on the rise as every institution searches for the next big thing to maintain a competitive edge.
How...
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