SAN FRANCISCO — Financial institutions, including credit unions, are top targets of Internet kiting, in fact more than double that of any other business segment.

That's the word from MarkMonitor's first Brandjacking Index, a report measuring the effect of online threats to brands.

Kiting takes advantage of a five-day grace period for registering the marketability of Internet domains.

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