One midwestern credit union (which prefers to remain anonymous), with nearly $200 million in assets and more than 30,000 members, has been phished four times -- the most recent in 2006, with three of those incidents occurring within a 90-day period.
So what do you do if your financial institution's brand is...
Interview with Kim Matlon, Business Continuity/Crisis Management Expert
Workplace violence - it's one of the most common but least understood risks to all businesses.
From robberies gone awry to bullies in the workplace to domestic anger spilling over from home, the workplace is rife for violent situations. In...
The hackers that broke into Hannaford Brothers, a northeast U.S. grocery chain, may have spawned other attacks, including one at Okemo Resorts in Ludlow VT. As law enforcement and forensic experts continue to sift through the evidence of these attacks, the retailer and the ski resort remain mum on further...
The best offense is a good defense, especially when it comes to fighting criminal hackers.
Dr. Markus Jakobsson, principal scientist at Palo Alto Research Center and an adjunct associate professor at Indiana University, and Zulfikar Ramzan, a Senior Principal Researcher in the Advanced Threat Research Group at...
Some observers say there is no foolproof way to prevent identity theft.
From the moment your social security number is issued, it and your personal information are stored and entrusted to a computer database and those that have access to the database. And, although there may be no 100% effective way to exist in our...
Computer viruses are still one of the primary concerns of computer users everywhere. Luckily there are a few steps that you can take in order to keep your PC as safe as possible.
When teens move from childhood into early adulthood, they will instantly be bombarded with credit card offers and student loan requests. For teens who have learned little about banking and credit card practices, these offers can seem like a great way to move out from under the financial bounds of mom and dad and into...
In the world of fraud, skimming is one of the easiest ways for thieves to gain access to a person's credit card information. Through the use of a carefully built device, skimmers can steal away credit card numbers and access money and available credit without the knowledge of the card holder.
Skimming is the art of stealing the credit or debit card numbers from a credit or debit card through the use of a specially built, magnetic machine. A skimming machine can be placed over the card reader slot on an ATM machine with little or no change in the look of the machine. These readers store the credit or debit...
In a world full of identity theft schemes and scams, link alteration is one of the most difficult to control. Links added to emails, websites, forums, blogs and just about every Internet portal can be a potential scam. The idea behind link alteration is simple, the results profound.
Cashier's checks were once viewed as guaranteed money. Only the richest, most affluent people carried around these high-priced checks to make cash purchases of homes, cars and large appliances. But, as time advanced, so did the scamming market. Today, cashier's checks are regarded as one of the lowest forms of payment...
Mobile banking is making everyone's life just a little bit easier. With a busy social life on top of trying to get a leg up on the adult world, teens are probably leading lives that are just as hectic as the average adult. Of course, leading a hectic life is no reason to leave yourself vulnerable. Taking just a few...
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...
One of the main reasons to use online banking is the convenience. Accounts are now accessi-ble 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world that has internet access, and some banks even have live chat capabilities for customer service during regular business hours. The best part is that some banks are even offering...
From Second Life to former NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer, anti-money laundering has dominated the news in 2008. To gain new insights in the latest trends, threats and solutions, we interviewed veteran AML investigator Kevin Sullivan on:
What's new in BSA compliance;
How AML has evolved over the past decade;
What's most...
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