- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 25th, 2014
Financial Institutions Print Cards Themselves, Regular Providers Too Busy Due to Target Breach
Millions of cards have to be reissued and the process is not as easy as it might appear
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 21st, 2014
Louisiana Bank to Update All ATMs from Windows XP to Windows 7
More banks are trying to update their ATMs before Windows XP end of support
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 17th, 2014
South Korean Companies Banned from Issuing New Cards After Data Breach [WSJ]
They’ve also been fined for failing to protect their customers’ information
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 14th, 2014
Mobile Banking Trojan Distributed with Sochi Olympics Live Stream Spam
Researchers from Kaspersky say the Trojan targets customers of a major Russian bank
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 10th, 2014
Barclays Investigates Theft of 27,000 Customer Files
The information was sold to shady brokerage firms
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 7th, 2014
Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS Settings to Lure Users to Fake Banking Websites
This type of attack works even against iPhone users
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 30th, 2014
Not Everyone Is Ready for the End of Windows XP
Experts believe that many ATMs would stick to XP after April
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 28th, 2014
Banks Planning Massive Transition from Windows XP
Nearly 95 percent of the world’s ATMs run Windows XP at this time
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 23rd, 2014
New Jumcar Malware Disguised as Facebook App, Targets Bolivian Banks
Security researchers from Kaspersky have analyzed the banking Trojan
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 23rd, 2014
Banking Industry Says It Should Not Be Blamed for Data Breaches at Retailers
The Independent Community Bankers of America responds to a letter from the NRF
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- January 21st, 2014
Opening a Bank Account While Wearing a Sky Mask Is Not the Best Idea of a Prank
The man gets thrown out of banks and tackled for scaring customers
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 17th, 2014
Former NatWest Bank Clerk Sentenced for Allowing Criminals to Hijack Bank Computers
He has been sentenced to four years in prison for fraud
- Oddiverse
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- January 15th, 2014
Malfunctioning ATM Spews Out Free Cash for Customers
More than 60 people queued up in front of the machine for some free withdrawals
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 9th, 2014
40% of iOS Banking Apps Leak Sensitive Data Through System Logs
An expert has analyzed 40 mobile banking apps from the world's top 60 banks
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 3rd, 2014
Irish Credit Union Tullamore to Notify 3,500 People Impacted by Data Breach
Personal and financial details were inadvertently made available on the firm's website
- Oddiverse
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- January 3rd, 2014
Toddler Shreds Family's Life-Long Savings to Pieces for Entertainment
Boy develops habit of ripping paper after his parents used it as a way of making him happy
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 30th, 2013
NatWest Customers Prevented from Accessing Online Services Due to DDOS Attack
This is the second cyberattack aimed at the bank's systems in December