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Commonwealth Bank trials Australia's first contactless payment system

Commonwealth Bank trials Australia's first contactless payment system

In an Australian first, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is piloting a contactless payment solution that supports both credit card and prepaid mobile phone payments at the MasterCard Masters Golf Tournament.
Staff Writers Jan 8 2008 3:38PM Software
Bank details for sale on the web

Bank details for sale on the web

More than 100 websites have been found selling account information for UK bank customers, including account details, Pins and security codes.
Matt Chapman Dec 4 2007 10:04AM Security
RSA Study: Targeted attacks against banks continue to soar

RSA Study: Targeted attacks against banks continue to soar

Targeted attacks against financial institutions continued to soar last month, according to the latest report by RSA.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 10 2007 6:11AM Security
Bank of India website back online, without malicious code

Bank of India website back online, without malicious code

The Bank of India website is operational today – approximately four days after security teams disabled it after hackers embedded malware on the home page.
Dan Kaplan Sep 5 2007 2:56PM Security
Exploited Bank of India website downloads malware

Exploited Bank of India website downloads malware

The website of one of India's leading financial services companies is back online after US researchers discovered it was downloading a wide range of malware to customer PCs.
Jim Carr Sep 3 2007 9:55AM Security
Hackers lift US$45,000 from Nevada bank

Hackers lift US$45,000 from Nevada bank

Hackers have broken into the State of Nevada's Carson City general fund bank account and stolen US$45,000, security experts have revealed.
Clement James Jun 13 2007 3:48PM Security
Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Microsoft to be represented on PCI standards council

Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Microsoft to be represented on PCI standards council

Bank of America, Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores are three of 14 organisations that will make up the newly formed PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) Board of Advisors.
Dan Kaplan May 28 2007 9:49AM Security
New strain of Gozi virus steals thousands of bank details

New strain of Gozi virus steals thousands of bank details

A fresh batch of the Russian Gozi virus has spread across the world stealing personal data from thousands of computer users.
Fiona Raisbeck May 22 2007 10:41AM Security
Swiss trial first biometrics-only bank

Swiss trial first biometrics-only bank

No tokens needed to access your Nazi gold.
Iain Thomson May 8 2007 10:17AM Security
Sensitive documents found in bank garbage; posted on YouTube

Sensitive documents found in bank garbage; posted on YouTube

A new YouTube video shows a group of union protesters scouring through trash outside several Chase bank branches in New York, discovering documents with customer information that could be used for identity theft.
Dan Kaplan May 2 2007 9:57AM Security
Phishing scheme dupes bank customers into forwarding phone calls

Phishing scheme dupes bank customers into forwarding phone calls

A phishing scheme attempted this week to capture both victims' personal information and their phone calls, according to researchers at SecureWorks.
Frank Washkuch Apr 30 2007 9:42AM Security
Hackers bank on Trojans to steal financial data

Hackers bank on Trojans to steal financial data

Banker Trojans a fast-growing threat.
Robert Jaques Mar 30 2007 12:01PM Security
US$3m frozen after pump-and-dump hacking

US$3m frozen after pump-and-dump hacking

A US federal judge froze US$3 million in assets from a Latvian bank's US trading account accused of orchestrating what the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is calling "a modern-day, technological version of the traditional ‘pump-and-dump' market manipulation scheme."
Ericka Chickowski Mar 13 2007 1:16AM Security
Poor passwords open web bank users to ID theft

Poor passwords open web bank users to ID theft

Kaspersky Lab finds password security not good enough.
Robert Jaques Mar 8 2007 8:32AM Security
Spyware-aided hackers in US$300 000 online bank robbery in Turkey

Spyware-aided hackers in US$300 000 online bank robbery in Turkey

Turkish police have arrested 17 people who allegedly hacked into internet banking accounts and stole US$300,000.
Fiona Raisbeck Feb 16 2007 3:34PM Security
Swedish bank hit by ($1.5M) internet fraud

Swedish bank hit by ($1.5M) internet fraud

Swedish bank Nordea has suffered the biggest internet fraud in history after more than eight million kronor ($1.5M) disappeared as a result of tailor-made Trojans launched by Russian criminals.
Matt Chapman Jan 22 2007 9:37AM Security
Russian bank chief jailed for identity theft

Russian bank chief jailed for identity theft

A Russian bank chief, who coordinated an international identity theft operation, has been jailed for six years.
Fiona Raisbeck Dec 20 2006 10:06AM Security
Hoosiers warned about fake Chase Bank scam site

Hoosiers warned about fake Chase Bank scam site

Indiana's attorney general is warning state residents about a phishing attack in which an email claiming to be from Chase Bank offers customers $20 to complete an online survey and provide personal information.
Dan Kaplan Apr 6 2006 9:38PM Security
Three Florida bank servers hacked

Three Florida bank servers hacked

An investigation continues into the hacking of three Florida banks' web servers.
Dan Kaplan Mar 29 2006 10:38PM Security
Trojan threat to bank tokens

Trojan threat to bank tokens

A new trojan circulating the internet could render security tokens used for home banking useless, experts warned.
René Millman Mar 27 2006 4:54PM Security

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