The FTC says that consumers were hit with one-time charges of $10 or less, and then their payments were routed through fake corporations to Eastern European and Central Asia bank accounts.
The annual BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo was held in Orlando, Fl in late November, focusing on innovative strategies and technologies.
Nick Burke, Director of Sales for Information Security Media Group (ISMG), publisher of BankInfoSecurity.com and CUinfoSecurity.com, attended the event, meeting with many of...
All it took was a single word: "Recession."
Once a pair of Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday spoke openly of the U.S. economy being at risk of falling into recession, global markets lost all the steam they had gathered early in the week.
In the U.S., The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Weds, lost 733.08...
As the U.S. financial market prepared to reopen on Monday (a state and federal holiday), depositors of two banks were set to meet their new institutions.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced late Friday the closings of Main Street Bank of Northville, MI., and Meridian Bank of Eldred, IL....
This is a transcript of a recent webinar, Insider Threats - Safeguarding Enterprise Information Assets, sponsored by Imprivata. This session discusses the need and importance for convergence of physical and logical access control. To highlight the significance, Imprivata showcases their revolutionary product,...
Information Security Media Group recently attended the Gartner IT Security Summit 2008 in Washington, D.C. where the theme of the conference was information security 5-10 years from now. We interviewed vendors on the floor of the expo hall and heard about solutions focusing on topics ranging from application security...
ATM's are available in vast numbers in nearly every convenient location a patron could want. These small machines have become the cornerstone of the banking world by changing banking limits to a 24-hour availability. With this round-the-clock access to money, comes the threat of theft and possible assault at the ATM....
On of the most stressful times in life is those moments when you are standing at an ATM machine in the middle of the night. No one around, and the world is all behind you. It is during these times that people often remember the scenes from movies when a gun man walks out of the bushes demanding a large withdrawal from...
Is Paying Bills Online Safe?
As long as you exercise the usual, common sense precautions to keep all your sensitive information secure, then paying your bills online is quite safe. Following are some common-sense tips:
As cell phone technology advances quickly, and computer networks are no longer confined to the office, securing mobile devices has become more challenging than ever. To the individual, small company, or even medium-sized company, the loss of critical personal information or company data could be crippling. There are...
The convenience of using wireless networking technology is undeniable, because it means that you can use your computer at the airport, at Starbucks, just about anywhere there is a WiFi "hotspot" to provide access. Part of the price for that convenience, however, is security. That doesn't mean you should never use...
Identity theft starts with the misuse of your personally identifying information�your name and Social Security number, credit card numbers, and/or other financial account information.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that as many as 10 million Americans have their identities stolen each year....
Shopping online can help you find what you want faster (thanks to the search feature available on most sites), and you won't have to waste time battling crowds to get what you need. And lastly, shopping online can be the most efficient and effective way to comparison shop.
But is it really as foolproof as all...
No matter how you may have tried to avoid it, the technological age is catching up to all of us. Even if you're new to using the internet, you'll find that online banking is becoming difficult to avoid. The good news is that this is one of the best innovations for those of us who would prefer to avoid the long line at...
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