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Managing the Risks and Rewards of Mobile Banking Apps

Mobile banking technology may be one of the best retention tools available to banks...a differentiator. Mobile banking customers are 53 percent less likely to leave; and if customers use both mobile banking and bill pay the retention rate increases to 82 percent. The challenge banks face is increasing the security of...

Reducing SMS Authentication by a Factor of Five

Many banks are replacing traditional risk-based secret questions with out-of-band SMS authentication. Beyond the enhanced (perceived) security that comes with out-of-band authentication the major driver for adoption of these technologies is regulation (i.e. FFIEC Guidelines). However, with security and compliance...

Detecting Remote Access Attacks on Online Banking Sites

Remote Access Tools (RATs) allow an attacker to take control over a desktop and use it remotely, opening any application and operating the PC as if the fraudster was sitting next to it. Recently, RAT attacks have migrated from use in nation state and hacktivist operations to online banking fraud. Existing fraud...

Old Techniques, New Channel: Mobile Malware Adapting PC Threat Techniques

Consumers see the advantage of accessing banking capabilities from their mobile device. However, today's mobile devices lack security to stay ahead of the evolving mobile threat landscape. Cyber criminals will continue to target the mobile channel with sophisticated attack techniques and new emerging techniques in the...

How Improved BYOD/PC Endpoint and Security Management Accelerates Cost Savings

IT research firm Gartner reports that the typical knowledge worker now uses four different devices per week to access office systems. So, it shouldn't be surprising that personally-owned computers are often being used to access critical business data and apps. What does this mean for the security of everything being...

BYOD: 5 Legal Gotchas and the 3 Best Practices That Make Them Go Away

As IT organizations begin to plan and implement their BYO programs for employee-owned Macs, PCs, smartphones and tablets in the workplace, the introduction of non-corporate devices opens up a veritable Pandora's box of liability that should be carefully addressed prior to any program's roll out. Confidentiality,...

Improving Mobile Application Store Monitoring and Security: An Osterman Research Paper

Mobile apps distributed via app stores can provide significant benefits and competitive advantage to organizations that offer them. However, these apps - particularly those focused on the financial services industry - also attract cybercriminals and others with malicious intent. Malicious activities can damage an...

Context-Based Authentication & Fraud Protection for Mobile Devices

Mobile devices - smartphones and tablets - are powerful computers that are increasingly used for commerce and financial transactions. Consumers will spend $235 billion through mobile transactions, making mobile devices a very lucrative channel and the next frontier for cybercriminals to exploit. The threats against...

Mobility on Hold: Get Back on Track with Mobile Risk Mitigation

Mobile banking continues to gain momentum, growing faster than any other delivery channel to date. Many financial institutions want to expand capabilities in the mobile channel, but are concerned about security. Given the evolving threats, mobile innovation has outpaced the industry's appetite for deploying new...

Malicious Mobile Apps: A Growing Threat in 2013 and Beyond

With the exploding use of mobile devices and BYOD, mobile apps represent a major new threat. This infographic reveals some surprising facts about malicious mobile apps, including where they come from, what they do and what other IT pros are thinking about them. Below are some key highlights: 73% of IT pros expect...

Mobile Browsing - Is Your Company at Risk?

This infographic gives a quick visual representation of some of the key findings of recent Webroot research on web security in the U.S. and UK. As cybercriminals increasingly exploit vulnerabilities in mobile browsers and apps, companies with mobile workforces face new challenges in protecting users and critical data....

Top Three Mobile Application Threats

There is no question that mobile computing is growing at an exponential rate. This rapid transformation has seen security concerns outpaced by the ease of use, flexibility and productivity of mobile devices. When vulnerabilities are exploited, the security of mission-critical data becomes a serious concern. This...

Fighting Mobile Fraud - Protecting Businesses and Consumers From Cybercrime

As the growth in mobile devices creates new opportunities for consumers and businesses alike, new threats are emerging. iovation's mobile fraud detection white paper will help you understand the evolving mobile landscape, the business and technical decisions that you may soon have to make regarding fraud risk and how...

Six Key Guidelines for Securing Mobile Banking Apps

40 million consumers will be using mobile banking this year, but protecting confidential data on mobile devices presents special challenges. For example, most mobile devices don't delete data in the same way that laptop computers do, increasing the risk that confidential data could be accessed if the mobile device is...

5 Emerging Mobile Cyber Crime Trends

Effective investigation techniques for now and for the future Mobile devices are pervading everyday transactions, giving criminals increasing chances to exploit users' and organisations' vulnerabilities. Device data can be the key for crime investigators, who, by looking outside of the device for answers, can...