Facebook engineer Greg Stefancik has made his opinion about biometrics known. In an interview with The Australian, Stefancik said that the technology is no good as an authentication method because of its irrevocability. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
While the infamous Heartbleed virus reared its ugly head back in April, a recent report showed that over 300,000 unpatched servers could still be at-risk. According to Errata Security’s Robert Graham, efforts to patch remaining systems are slowing drastically. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Andreessen Horowitz is placing the second biggest bed in the venture-capital firm’s history on Tanium Inc., a largely unknown start-up that helps companies pinpoint security threats to sprawling and vast computer networks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Keith Alexander, the former National Security Agency chief and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, recently spoke to cyber consultants about the potential dangers facing the financial industry. According to a recent Bloomberg article, Alexander retired in March, but is now trying to speak directly...
California-based oil company TRC Operating Co., Inc. has reached a settlement with United Security Bank for reimbursement funds stolen during a 2011 cyberheist on the company’s accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Bancorp Bank’s recent FDIC consent-decree agreement has hobbled the nation’s top prepaid issuer and will likely open the prepaid market to others. But the FDIC’s actions aren’t limited to prepaid card issuers, as Discover can attest which was the target of FDIC’s probe into potential...
Digital Citizens Alliance, an internet safety research group, announced earlier this week that it had found dozens of videos on YouTube of individuals selling stolen credit card data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
A new form of a mobile Trojan virus appears to target online banking, and it potentially could place multiple banks’ customers at risk. More than 100 million Americans use mobile banking. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Mobile banking is now under the CFPB’s spotlight in order to assure that access to mobile financial services is being applied equally in all sectors of the population. Independent of that action, a House committee has introduced several bills that would limit the CFPB’s powers...
