A $1.5 million mortgage fraud scheme in Virginia shows that these complex scams continue to thrive. Why is this type of fraud so difficult to detect, and what can be done to prevent it?
Factors driving up the index vary from month to monthly, but the clear takeaway of the survey of IT security practitioners is that they're getting more apprehensive about safeguarding IT.
Security firm Imperva had the opportunity to watch a hacktivist attack play out. Learn what the three phases of the attack were and how it was stopped.
A new guide from federal regulators on key privacy and security issues to address when adopting electronic health records is valuable. But additional guidance on risk assessments and other issues is needed.
The lack of common definitions, understandings and approaches among countries may hamper international cooperation on cybersecurity, a need acknowledged by most countries.
Which security concerns should institutions be bracing for, as more consumers adopt mobile banking? BITS offers a collection of recommendations from some of the industry's top institutions.
Even with security information and event management systems, organizations labor to separate normal log data from actionable events, according to the latest Log and Event Management Survey from the SANS Institute.
What steps can financial institutions take now to control and enhance the security of mobile banking? Brian Pearce and Amy Johnson of Wells Fargo share some of their bank's strategies.
How can organizations ensure that their information security staff is mitigating the latest threats? And what truly defines an information security professional? Here are some of the key ingredients.
Too many banks and credit unions are being narrow-minded in their approaches to FFIEC Authentication Guidance conformance, by focusing on commercial accounts and neglecting retail accounts, one ACH fraud attorney says.
New advisories from Visa suggest that payments processor Global Payments Inc. may have been breached in June 2011 - nine months earlier than initially reported.
When it comes to curbing ACH fraud, banking regulators and law enforcement agencies have joined forces to keep institutions abreast of emerging best-practices. What are their top recommendations?
Payments processor First Data warns about an uptick in trolling - hackers sniffing networks for easy access to merchants' point-of-sale systems. What can banks do to help merchants prevent breaches?
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