cyber fraud

• Onsite Coverage: Fraud Goes Cross-Channel

  By Robert McGarvey  |  March 12, 2013

  PHOENIX — Now big in fraud mitigation, prevention: Taking steps to stay on top of cross channel attacks, said speakers at BAI confab.

• Experian: 'Massive Surge' in Stolen Online ID Sales in Britain

  By Robert McGarvey  |  July 17, 2012

  CreditExpert, Experian’s Web monitoring service, is reporting“a massive surge” in the selling of stolen online log-in credentials involving British Internet users.

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  Experts Ponder Which Security Threats May Gain Speed

  By Robert McGarvey  |  April 1, 2012

  Wake up and smell the hack. “Mobile banking, I would argue, presently, is significantly more secure than is online banking,” said Kevin Travis, a partner with Novantas, a New York-based management consulting firm.

• Defeating Hackers: Collaboration as the Best Defense

  By Sara Gates  |  December 14, 2011

  What’s going on with hackers today is a lot like what the ranchers of the 19th and 20th centuries faced with cattle rustlers.

• Remote Deposit Security Remains a Priority

  By Marc Rapport  |  December 4, 2011

  Some of the same tech advancements that credit unions are leveraging to attract and retain members are proving just as attractive to a less savory element.

• Fraud: Report Points to Need for Robust Prevention

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  November 20, 2011

  Cybercrime and malware are the top online fraud threats financial institutions face today, and they’ll continue to top the list of threats over the next two to three years, according to a new report from research firm Aite Group.

• FBI Investigates Cyber Fraud That Put Businesses Out of $85 Million

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  September 19, 2011

  Cases typically involved keylogging malware that ended up with money transferred overseas.

• Undetected Acquisition Fraud and Existing Account Fraud Present High-Value Targets

  By Keir Breitenfeld  |  September 15, 2011

  You’ve shored up your fraud defenses when it comes to screening new members, but no product or process is 100 percent “fraud-proof.”

• NCUA Chair Matz Promises 'Enhanced Expectations' from Examiners

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 29, 2011

  Matz, chair of FFIEC, says federal credit unions will need to "adapt appropriate strategies" to meet new guidance on online security.

• Cyber Thieves Send Funds to China, Credit Unions and Community Banks Warned

  By Marc Rapport  |  May 11, 2011

  Credit unions and community banks are being warned about a cyber scam that’s sent $11 million so far to Chinese banks.