Bill Nelson, president/CEO of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, delivered the opening keynote for the CU Times' virtual cybersecurity conference, Defending Your Credit Union Against Data Breaches.

Nelson provided a primer on the cyberthreats to credit unions and the benefits of collaborative information sharing including regulators who place value on collaboration. He described online libraries, which are available to cybercriminals and how some of these forums have tens of thousands of users buying and selling spamming services.

The evolution of currents threats includes phishing, spear phishing, drive by downloads, fake antivirus software, DDoS attacks, webinjects, account takeovers, and destructive malware. Nelson explained many of them are the result of crossover or a connection between organized crime, state sponsored espionage, and businesses.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking credit union news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts.
  • Weekly Shared Accounts podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders.
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders.
  • Critical coverage of the commercial real estate and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, GlobeSt.com and ThinkAdvisor.com.
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).