Neowin News Feed for: Banking

IMF hit by major cyber security hack

Byron Hinson — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:46:14 +0100

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that they have been targeted by what they called “a sophisticated cyber-attack”. According to the BBC website, officials at the fund didn’t give out many details, but said that... Read more...

Online banking danger increases with new Zeus/SpyEye release

Christopher White — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:47:39 +0000

After ZeuS and SpyEye were rumored to have merged, many security professionals were concerned that advanced online banking malware would hit the scene sometime soon. According to Yahoo News, it appears that time may be... Read more...

Bank of America buying up derogatory domain names in bulk

Kelly Hodgkins — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:31:57 +0000

Bank of America is buying up domain names with derogatory words like "sucks" and "blows" in an effort to protect its executives and board members from potential future attacks according to a report out of... Read more...

Citigroup warns of security flaw in their iPhone mobile banking app

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:17:31 +0100

Citigroup instructed the users of its mobile iPhone banking app to upgrade immediately in the wake of a discovered security flaw, according to the Wall street Journal. Apparently, the mobile banking iPhone app (currently the... Read more...

Man in the browser is new security threat to online banking

Steven Parker — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:00:55 +0000

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Hackers infecting PCs with malware that is only triggered when they access their bank accounts, is the latest threat to online banking, according to security software supplier F-Secure. Hackers are acting as a 'man in... Read more...

Fears over online banking checks

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:23:34 +0000

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Complicated security checks could be undermining confidence in online banking, warn experts. Security extras such as number fobs, card readers and password checks might make consumers more wary of net bank websites, they fear. The... Read more...

UK Online banking fraud up 8000%

Rob Wright — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:00:39 +0000

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The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) stated it was 'very concerned' about the... Read more...

Online banking faces security upgrades

Shane Pitman — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:40:08 +0100

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Millions of netizens do their banking online each day; chances are you're one of them. Unfortunately there are risks associated with banking over the internet. Criminals are constantly looking for their next victim, often establishing... Read more...

World of Warcraft banking info

malebolgia — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:24:21 +0000

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Blizzard updates its official World of Warcraft site with information on how the banks of Azeroth with operate. Blizzard has recently updated its official World of Warcraft Web site with information on... Read more...

Citibank moves to swap out aging back-office banking platform

configure — Sun, 27 Jan 2002 09:07:37 +0000

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In what analysts estimate is a project worth more than $100 million, Citibank is switching out a decades-old set of back-office corporate banking systems in all of its overseas corporate offices to install a single... Read more...

First Direct online banking locks out WinXP with Sun Java

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:49:43 +0000

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Microsoft's efforts to "kill cross-platform Java" by growing "the polluted Java market" seem to be bearing fruit in at least one place. The Internet banking arm of UK bank First Direct supports the Microsoft Virtual... Read more...