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  • Bank forensic app searches customer PCs for malware

    The customer would be asked to send a log report, which can then be analyzed while the customer is on the phone, Boodaei said.Flashlight can also send other data, such as details of a PC's operating system, version number of applications and…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Send • Programs • Institutions • Banks • Banking • Bank

  • Mobile banking doubles every year

    This growth can be seen everywhere, but Asia - led by India - is pushing it particularly hard.Growth of this market in Europe and North America has been somewhat limited so far because - in contrast to banks elsewhere - the financial institutions…
    19 February 2010
    Tags: North America • Europe • Carry • Banks • Banking

  • Hackers getting to grips with 'secure' authentication warns Gartner

    NACHA, with more than 11,000 financial institutions as members, oversees the Automated Clearing House (ACH) electronic payments network.Just a few days earlier, a similar alert was sent to members of the Financial Services Information Sharing and…
    16 December 2009
    Tags: Accounts • Automated • Bank • Transactions • Login • Alert

  • Cyber criminals target small business accounts

    An organisation representing more than 15,000 financial institutions has issued a warning about a growing wave of attacks against small banks and businesses by cyber criminals using stolen banking credentials to plunder corporate accounts.
    03 September 2009
    Tags: Institutions • Attachments • Alert • Theft • Banks • Warning

  • Microsoft issues previews for Azure products

    For example, it is used by financial institutions for rapid-fire stock trading, and e-commerce sites for fraud detection.While the CEP market remains fairly small, observers expect it will grow quickly in coming years.StreamInsight will be…
    19 August 2009
    Tags: Cloud • Edition • Processing • Sql Server • Blog Post

  • 'Iceman' pleads guilty to massive company hacks

    A former security analyst turned hacker, yesterday pleaded guilty to breaking into numerous financial institutions and card-processing networks and stealing credit card and identity data on hundreds of thousands of individuals.
    01 July 2009
    Tags: Activities • Charges • San Francisco • Authorities • Federal • Rooms

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    What if instead of a mere data breach, our financial institutions were attacked by a weapon that could instantly neutralise all electronic transactions? What if instead of a mere data breach, our financial institutions were attacked by a weapon…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • Oracle looks for new 11g features to speed take-up

    The company provides technologies to financial institutions and handles mortgage loan processing.We tend to deal with a lot of odd forms of information," he said. There are several features he would've liked to see in 11g including the ability to…
    11 July 2007
    Tags: Adopt • Financial Services • Modify • Migrate • Vice President • Hoping

  • UTM: more security, fewer boxes

    A world-wide financial electronic commerce provider, CheckFree offers services including electronic bill presentment and payment for such large financial institutions as Bank of America and Wachovia over a network that processes more than 1…
    13 October 2006
    Tags: Unified • Players • Electronic • Transactions • Sessions • Leaders

  • What the Infosecurity sages think

    Techworld comment: Why have some of the richest institutions in the world banks - done so little to stop a problem that many warned was coming? Because these attacks emulate a legitimate business in order to elicit personal information from…
    12 April 2005
    Tags: Professionals • Credentials • Faced • Banks • Secured • Legislation

  • Enterprise WLAN security: Controlling the rogues

    As soon as nearby wireless devices pick up the connectivity from these APs, corporate information within the network can be accessible.This is particularly important for financial institutions, as confidential financial data or transactions could…
    15 February 2005
    Tags: Qos • Locations • Wlans • Access Control • Configured • Balancing
 

How-Tos

  • How to protect your banking online

    Despite increased regulation, many financial institutions still have not implemented the latest technologies beyond user authentication that are necessary to fight today's sophisticated threats. A JP Morgan study found that 71 percent of financial…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Victim • Transfers • Transactions • Procedures • Assume • Alerts

  • Case Study: Bankers give the finger to network security

    For Daren Mehl, securing billions of dollars in transactions is so easy he can do all the heavy lifting with just a finger.Mehl, the assistant vice president of technology for United Banker's Bank (UBB) in Minnesota, found his strength in…
    31 August 2006
    Tags: Banking • Reader • Passwords • Banks • Encrypted • Stronger

Reviews

  • Intuit Quicken Premier 2010 software review

    Adding, for example, an investment account module by clicking the View button at the top right of the screen was as simple as adding a button to a Windows toolbar.Like its web-based brethren, Quicken continues to offer automated downloads of…
    02 November 2009
    Tags: Continues • Accounts • Shipping • Downloads • Module • Finance

White Papers

  • FFIEC Compliance and Beyond

    Financial institutions need to consider which types of customers they are securing; the capability of their current transaction methods; information sensitivity and existing security; the ease of use and impact on the customer experience; and the…
    18 April 2007
    Tags: Institutions • Banking • Transactions • Vision • Securing • Confidence

  • Security Beyond Today

    In addition, global regulations such as the US-based Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council guidance, the UK-based Faster Payments Initiative and others are focused on providing specific guidelines in response to online fraud, with…
    18 April 2007
    Tags: Term • Consumers • Transactions • Fraud • Organizations • Confidence

  • The Impact Of Strong Authentication On Usability

    The Impact Of Strong Authentication On Usability RSA, the Security Division of EMC For financial institutions utilising the web whitepaper A positive user experience can lead to increased consumer confidence and a higher number of online transactions.
    22 March 2007
    Tags: Consumer • Differences • Division • Matter • Interaction • Assurance

  • Concurrent Real-Time Extensions

    Many of today's businesses -including financial institutions, manufacturers, government agencies, telecommunications carriers and medical providers-require deterministic, real-time computing. It's also extremely important for government…
    20 March 2007
    Tags: Transactions • Suse Linux • Foundation • Concurrent • Deterministic

  • ORACLE PAYMENTS

    It is the central payment engine for Oracle E-Business Suite that lowers costs and improves control by integrating out-of-the-box with major processors and financial institutions. Oracle Payments is a complete payment and receipt processing…
    19 March 2007
    Tags: Processes • Visibility • Organizations • Administration • Payment • Payments

  • PCI Compliance

    The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (referred to hereafter as PCI) represents a collaboration between the leading credit card institutions, including, among others, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Compliance • Assets • Account • Denial • Credit Card

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