phishing

• Suit Seeks To Hook Phishers

  By Missy Baxter  |  May 20, 2013

  A South Carolina credit union is taking what legal experts say is a rare legal approach to combat phishing by filing a civil lawsuit and winning a court order to serve subpoenas on Internet service providers and phone companies related to the case without waiting for a pretrial conference.

• South Carolina Credit Union Goes After Phishers

  By Missy Baxter  |  May 17, 2013

  AllSouth FCU wins court order, deemed rare, that allows it to subpoena third-party communications providers.

• How to Dodge a Spear Phishing Attack

  By Scott Greaux  |  February 14, 2013

  Here are some tips to help prevent your workforce from becoming impaled.

• Report: When Credit Union Employees Abet Fraudsters

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 16, 2013

  Wire transfers by live chat from a trusted computer raise this spectre.

• APWG Reports Record Spike in Phishing Websites

  By Marc Rapport  |  October 24, 2012

  Industry consortium says phishing websites proliferated in the first half of 2012 in numbers not before seen.

• Followup Steps After FS-ISAC Bank Employee Fraud Warning

  By Robert McGarvey  |  September 24, 2012

  Industry experts, FBI, FS-ISAC weigh with advice after denial of service attacks against big banks, warning to credit unions.

• FBI Issues Alert on Hackers Targeting Credit Union Employees

  By Robert McGarvey  |  September 20, 2012

  Agency says phishing, malware used to drain accounts and send money overseas.

• Phishing Attacks on Credit Unions Increase

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 25, 2012

  The latest RSA Online Fraud Report shows credit unions gained attention from phishing fraudsters more in May than in the month before.

• FS-ISAC Survey Shows Uptick in Account Takeover Attempts, Drop in Actual Losses

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  June 15, 2012

  Takeover attempts triple since 2009 among 100 financial services firms surveyed but stolen funds decreased.

• Credit Unions Gain Favor With Phishers: RSA Report

  By Marc Rapport  |  June 7, 2012

  Credit unions drew more attention from phishing fraudsters in May than the month before, according to the latest RSA Online Fraud Report.