121 Results from 2012, /security
Pat Carroll Founder/Executive Chairman at ValidSoft
The holiday season is a prime time for fraudsters to target consumers' credit cards and it's not surprising that Dexter has come to light a week before Christmas. Dexter is yet another malware variation that targets point-of-sale purchases by skimming debit and credit cards and stealing account holders' details for subsequent fraudulent use. Dexte...
20 December 2012 /security Information Security
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Natural disaster scam: Sadly, scammers seem to come out of the woodwork during a natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy to catch consumers when they’re in a panic, looking for answers, and when they’re most vulnerable. People should not click on links or respond to phishing e-mails for relief donations that ask for credit card numbers or other pe...
19 December 2012 /security
There are two kinds of identity theft you must protect yourself from: New account fraud: Refers to financial identity theft in which the victim’s personal identifying information and good credit standing are used to create new accounts, which are then used to obtain products and services. Stolen Social Security numbers are often used to commit new...
14 December 2012 /security
Teens are spending more and more time online these days and while the Internet offers a variety of benefits it can also serve as a dangerous space –and not just in America. According to Exploring the Digital Divide study that examines teen online behavior, teens oversees and in the US are continually finding ways to hide their online activity from...
Eurograbber, a Trojan that transfers itself from a user’s PC to their mobile phone has come to light, reportedly having so far defrauded banking customers out of over €36m. The simple reason for this is that many banks are reliant on SMS as a means of authenticating the user and hence authorising online transactions. Because Trojans such as Eurogr...
10 December 2012 /security Innovation in Financial Services
Holiday shopping is easy, convenient and it can be secure too. Here are 10 tips to a secure online shopping experience during the holiday season: Avoid spoofed websites. Common sense says any time you receive an offer via an e-mail automatically be suspicious. The same goes with offers via tweets and messages received in any social media site. Don’...
09 December 2012 /security
Retired Member
I’m not sure how practical it is for Lord McAlpine to sue 10,000 Twitter users, but it does serve as a very clear reminder that comments made over a public forum do have repercussions. Something many employees forget. Social has given people a forum to vent their opinions and feelings without thinking of the consequences. Instead of waiting till th...
06 December 2012 /security /regulation Social Banks
In a world where a Twitter tweet can be heard around the world instantly, a friend’s video on YouTube can go viral overnight, and you can speak to anyone online across the globe without using a phone, it seems backwards that the local hospital may still be keeping your medical information in a filing cabinet. This situation is starting to change, ...
03 December 2012 /security
Banks need intelligent IT to increase workforce IQ In another Finextra blog post this month, it was highlighted that as banks move towards agile forms of managing their business, they are dismissing the importance of traditional testing, which can support the overall execution of achieving business goals. Whilst this is a good point to surface...
22 November 2012 /security /regulation
There is no such thing as a truly secure password. There are only more secure or less secure passwords. Passwords are currently the most convenient and effective way to control access to your accounts. Most people aren’t aware of the numerous common techniques for cracking passwords: Dictionary attacks: There are free online tools that make passw...
20 November 2012 /security
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