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Cloud computing technologies and financial services
Cloud computing offers cost savings but how does it fit into the highly regulated financial services industry? Article | 02 Dec 2010
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Application security test finds financial software lacking
Majority of financial services applications studied by firm weren't sufficiently secure. Article | 22 Sep 2010
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Citi releases iPhone banking app security fix
Flaw in mobile banking application mistakenly saved customer account data on iPhone. Article | 26 Jul 2010
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Website malware scanning service uncovers drive-by downloads
Service alerts financial institutions and other companies about malware on their websites. Article | 25 May 2010
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Fraudulent mobile applications will threaten mobile banking security
Banks are eager to expand their mobile banking services but the emergence of malicious applications threatens mobile banking security. In this tip, Aite Group Senior Analyst Nick Holland examines this new threat. Article | 15 Feb 2010
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Banks have room to improve Web security
Study shows that many banks don't encrypt home pages and some use insecure authentication in enrollment processes Article | 08 Dec 2009
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SANS: Application threats, website flaws pose biggest security threats
A new report from the SANS Institute calls flaws in client-side applications often the most ignored by IT professionals. Article | 15 Sep 2009
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SSLstrip hacking tool bypasses SSL to trick users, steal passwords
Researcher explains how his hacking technique fools Web users into thinking they are on an SSL-protected banking site, leaving them feeling quite safe, but pwned all the same. News | 19 Feb 2009
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Study of banking malware analyzes underground economy
Researchers uncover thousands of stolen online banking credentials, email passwords and credit card data Article | 29 Dec 2008
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Gartner advises banks to shore up online channels
A bank-targeted Trojan could lead to copycats and should spur security improvements, analysts say. Article | 17 Dec 2008
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Mobile banking risks and mitigation measures
Mobile banking is taking off, but can financial firms keep up with the risks? Learn about steps Wells Fargo and Bank of America are taking to ensure mobile banking security. Tip
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Evaluating tools for online bank security
Criminals are hijacking online bank accounts with sophisticated bank Trojans but a variety of technologies promise online bank security. In this tip, Dave Shackleford examines the pros and cons of tools designed to thwart online banking fraud. Tip
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Financials and the need for software regression testing
Attackers target financial-services websites, making it critical that financial firms include regression testing and version control in their software development practices. Tip
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Why financials must implement Web application security best practices
The financial services sector is a favorite target for attackers, making it critical that the industry dedicate more resources to securing Web applications. In this tip, Russ McRee describes his research into vulnerable financial Web applications and... Tip
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The PCI compliance case for source code review
Web application firewalls won't protect against application logic flaws. Michael Cobb explains why source code review can. Tip
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Security questions to ask SaaS vendors when outsourcing services
As financial-services firms turn to Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings to save money and increase efficiency, they need to make sure their SaaS providers implement strong data security. Someone providing SaaS is also supposed to be providing you ... Tip
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The security risks of Google Notebook
Security practitioners know to keep sensitive information under lock and key, but, as Web services proliferate, ensuring information remains private is more difficult than ever. In this tip, Ed Skoudis examines how one of Google's latest Web applicat... Tip
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Developing a patch management policy for third-party applications
Enterprises may push the latest critical Windows patches once a month, but here's a dirty little secret: Most organizations don't bother patching their third-party applications. The diversity of client-side software -- including everything from Acrob... Tip
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Web application threats: What you really need to know
In this special presentation, Mike Rothman details today's top Web application threats and pragmatic methods to integrate security into the Web application development process. Video
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Outsourcing and cloud computing for financial services firms
In this video, C. Warren Axelrod explains the security risk and potential benefits of outsourcing and cloud computing for financial services firms. Video
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Social media and cloud computing for financial services
Paul Smocer of BITS discusses the use of social media and cloud computing by financial services firms, including the inherent risks, and what you can do to mitigate them Video
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Security on the street with SearchFinancialSecurity.com: Mobile banking
Mobile banking is set to grow rapidly as customers become more and more reliant on mobile technologies and the convenience they bring. However, there are information security issues to consider. Editor Sarah Hurley recently spoke with Mark Kadrich, C... Podcast
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Web application threats: What you really need to know
In this special presentation, Mike Rothman details today's top Web application threats and pragmatic methods to integrate security into the Web application development process. Video
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Cloud computing technologies and financial services
Cloud computing offers cost savings but how does it fit into the highly regulated financial services industry? Article
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Application security test finds financial software lacking
Majority of financial services applications studied by firm weren't sufficiently secure. Article
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Mobile banking risks and mitigation measures
Mobile banking is taking off, but can financial firms keep up with the risks? Learn about steps Wells Fargo and Bank of America are taking to ensure mobile banking security. Tip
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Citi releases iPhone banking app security fix
Flaw in mobile banking application mistakenly saved customer account data on iPhone. Article
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Evaluating tools for online bank security
Criminals are hijacking online bank accounts with sophisticated bank Trojans but a variety of technologies promise online bank security. In this tip, Dave Shackleford examines the pros and cons of tools designed to thwart online banking fraud. Tip
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Website malware scanning service uncovers drive-by downloads
Service alerts financial institutions and other companies about malware on their websites. Article
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Outsourcing and cloud computing for financial services firms
In this video, C. Warren Axelrod explains the security risk and potential benefits of outsourcing and cloud computing for financial services firms. Video
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Social media and cloud computing for financial services
Paul Smocer of BITS discusses the use of social media and cloud computing by financial services firms, including the inherent risks, and what you can do to mitigate them Video
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Financials and the need for software regression testing
Attackers target financial-services websites, making it critical that financial firms include regression testing and version control in their software development practices. Tip
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About SaaS and Web application security
Software as a Service (SaaS) applications can create serious enterprise data integration challenges, especially when it comes to security. Learn about the security implications of SaaS, Web applications from Google and Microsoft, hosted software and application service providers (ASPs).