Banking customers in two additional states have been hit by the telephone-based fraud scheme that already has struck institutions in several other states.
Chase Bank customers in the New York metro area have been receiving bogus text messages claiming to be from the bank, asking for account information. A local New York television station reported the phishing attack last week, claiming that "tens of millions of dollars" have already been stolen by fraudsters.
Just how good are you at getting the word out on phishing attempts against your institution?
The FDIC's alert this week is a great example of what needs to be told to customers.
Financial institutions in Kansas and New York report that their customers have received automated phone messages trying to trick them into giving out their banking information. These attacks follow an earlier spate of phone phishing attacks that hit 10 financial institutions in three other states.
Of all things I was prepared for over the Columbus Day weekend - baseball playoffs, kids' activities, fall foliage - I wasn't prepared for this: A week without bank failures.
A fresh string of phishing attacks have struck financial institutions nationwide over the past two weeks, with customers of 10 banks and credit unions in California, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin receiving fraudulent text messages or automated phone calls.
These incidents are concurrent with a new report...
It doesn't surprise me to hear that even top law enforcement officials don't bank online because they almost fell for a phisher's line of "Your bank account has been compromised, click here to reset your password..."
An international phishing operation was smashed on Wednesday by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement in Egypt.
The case called "Operation Phish Phry" has the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cyber crime case. A total of 53 people across the country and 47 people in Egypt were...
Interview with Dave Jevans of the Anti-Phishing Working Group
On Oct. 7, the U.S. government announced the results of "Operation Phish Phry," which saw 100 suspects in two countries charged with being part of a major multinational phishing ring.
And although these indictments are the most ever in a cyber crime...
There is no such thing as the hack-proof computer.
Once we accept that reality, the next challenge is to acknowledge that a certain amount of IT risk is a part of conducting business. Risks also come in many different forms. I'm often asked which is worse -- regulatory, policy or compliance risk? I believe it may...
Bogus security software applications are among the types of electronic crimes that grew 585 percent over the first half of this year, according to a new study.
The Anti Phishing Working Group's (APWG) latest report shows that rogue anti-malware programs, infected computers and crimeware broke new records in the...
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