The lowering cost and increasing popularity of wireless routers and laptop computers has lead to wireless networks becoming increasingly common in households and businesses. Most of these routers can be set up for wireless access in a matter of minutes by the average computer user. Without the proper knowledge of...
Online shopping, or eCommerce, has become commonplace for the average consumer in recent years. Consumers can even purchase their groceries online.
But with this ease of shopping comes some associated risk. As technologies improve to make shopping experiences faster and easier, there is less interaction from people...
The World Wide Web contains a vast amount of information that businesses and consumers rely on everyday. Not everything on the Web is beneficial, though, and users need to be careful what they access.
Threats
Though much of the content on the Web is intended for good purposes, there are still Internet users who...
Privacy is a growing issue, as more information is digitalized. As data containing personal information is stored online to become more accessible to consumers and businesses, protecting that information becomes increasingly important.
Protecting personal information not only stops others from viewing it, but it...
Phishing is an attack method of leading consumers to give up login or personal information to a fraudulent version of an organization or website. Phishing scams also include a reason to entice users to give up the requested information.
The reason used in the scam varies, but the most common attempts include a lack...
About
Mobile banking, or M-Banking, is the use of financial services over mobile devices such as cell phones. With the recent advent of mobile banking services, new and improved mobile banking technologies are still under development for better usability and security.
Mobile banking services are currently...
An unencrypted backup tape is missing from the Bank of New York Mellon, potentially exposing information on 4.5 million customers of that bank and of People's United Bank of Bridgeport, CT.
The missing tape contains social security numbers and bank account information on 4.5 million customers - including several...
New Hampshire customers of TD BankNorth were notified earlier this week that their Visa debit or credit cards have been compromised, and the likeliest culprit is the recent Hannaford Brothers Supermarkets security breach.
"We became aware during the last few days that there was some fraudulent activity on some of...
Phishing, vishing, whaling - there are a growing number of electronic social engineering threats to unsuspecting consumers and their identities. Financial institutions and their customers increasingly are targets of these attacks. But they're also fighting back.
Listen to this interview to hear:
What are the...
As financial institutions continue to migrate their services and operations online, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reminds national banks and their technology service providers about the importance of application security as a component of an information security program.
A new OCC bulletin...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a comprehensive new report on mortgage fraud that doesn't paint a pretty picture of what's happening in the housing market.
The facts stare out from the page - mortgage fraud is on the rise. The agency has no central way to track the total extent of mortgage fraud,...
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:
Imagine the scenario: Your institution has a customer who does all of his banking online -- bill pay, transfers, account balances. This customer calls after seeing an unauthorized transaction. After tracing the account transfers, which were wired overseas, you find the customer's computer loaded with crimeware. Your...
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