ATLANTA – You've seen them on television, Secret Service agents scanning the crowd during a presidential visit. What are they looking for? Anything out of the ordinary. Someone obviously sweating when it's a cool day. A man with his hands in his pockets when everyone else is applauding or waving.
Security experts figure that's not a bad approach for credit unions to take as they face an increasing threat of hacker attacks. In a study spanning February 2005 to March 2006, SecureWorks saw 67% more Internet attacks attempted against its credit union clients than its banking clients. On average, the company says it is blocking 767 attacks per day per credit union client.
"We're definitely seeing target attacks coming from, for example, the former Soviet Union countries," Wayne Haber, SecureWorks director of software development, says.
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