News
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- April 22, 2009
22 Apr'09
Infected bank computers part of massive botnet, Finjan says
Finjan researchers discovered a botnet of 1.9 million compromised computers at banks, government agencies and other organizations.
- April 14, 2009
14 Apr'09
Protecting data in a merger and acquisition
Upheaval in the financial-services industry has put the spotlight on financial information security. Experts share ways to keep sensitive information secure during an M&A.
- April 07, 2009
07 Apr'09
Biometrics project studies ways to combat bank fraud
Industry consortium launches effort to see how biometrics could improve customer authentication and battle identity theft. Analyst says iris scanning at ATMs holds potential.
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- April 02, 2009
02 Apr'09
Data masking tool helps protect student loan data
Student loan guarantor deploys data masking technology to secure sensitive information used in development and testing.
- March 18, 2009
18 Mar'09
Diebold ATMs in Russia targeted with malware
Company issued a security update after criminals attacked its Windows-based ATMs in Russia and installed malware.
- March 16, 2009
16 Mar'09
Shared Assessments aims to ease third-party security evaluations
Evaluating service provider controls can take a lot of time and effort, but the Shared Assessments program aims to give financial institutions and other organizations a way to streamline...
- March 16, 2009
16 Mar'09
Visa removes Heartland, RBS from PCI list
Breaches prompt Visa to remove payment processors from its list of PCI-compliant service providers.
- March 05, 2009
05 Mar'09
Financial fraud affects consumer bank behavior, Gartner finds
Survey finds victims of financial fraud more likely to change their shopping and payment behavior, including their choice of bank.
- March 03, 2009
03 Mar'09
Study: banking Trojans dynamic, insidious
Panda Security report examines increasingly sophisticated malware that aims to steal banking credentials.
- March 02, 2009
02 Mar'09
Visa says no new breach
Visa statement counters reports that a second payment processor was compromised.
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- February 27, 2009
27 Feb'09
Wells Fargo deploys Voltage for secure email
Bank uses email encryption to securely exchange confidential information with commercial customers.
- February 24, 2009
24 Feb'09
Heartland Payment Systems to vigorously defend breach claims, CEO says
Heartland CEO Robert Carr said the company still can't reasonably estimate the potential impact of the data breach on its day-to-day operations.
- February 23, 2009
23 Feb'09
Credit unions confirm new processor credit card breach
The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association and the Tuscaloosa, Ala. VA Federal Credit Union warn of a new payment processor data security breach.
- February 13, 2009
13 Feb'09
Three men arrested in connection with Heartland breach
Trio arrested in Florida after allegedly using stolen credit card numbers for purchases at local Wal-Marts, officials said.
- February 11, 2009
11 Feb'09
Financial firms focus on internal threats, employee errors
Data protection, information leakage and identity and access management were a top priority for financial industry CISOs, according to a new survey.