Employees Causing Security Threats With Persistent Use of Personal Cloud-Based Lockers, File Sync Services
September 25, 2013 - Nearly 30% of employees are using personal cloud services to store work-related documents, according to a survey conducted at recent technology trade shows in which 5% of respondents also admitted to uploading confidential data to their personal cloud accounts. The severity of this threat to their employers is the subject of a new report from Varonis Systems, Inc., the leading provider of access, governance and retention solutions for human-generated data, which conducted the survey.
Police arrest eight over £1.3m Barclays branch cyber-theft
September 20, 2013 - UK police have arrested eight men in connection with the theft of £1.3 million by a gang which managed to take control of a Barclays Bank branch computer system.
US bank regulator raises prospect of cyber-security legislation; Iosco also on guard
September 19, 2013 - A top US banking regulator has warned that more legislation may be needed in the fight against an ever-growing cyber-security threat.
NSA snooped on Visa/Swift networks - Der Spiegel
September 16, 2013 - The US National Security Agency allegedly tapped in to credit card and bank-to-bank transactions crossing the Visa and Swift networks as part of its global intelligence gathering operations, according to documents passed to Der Spiegel by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
12 arrested over multi-million pound Santander cyber-heist plot
September 13, 2013 - UK police have arrested 12 men accused of plotting to take control of a Santander bank branch computer and use it to steal millions of pounds.
FBI warns banks of 9/11 cyber-attack threat
September 11, 2013 - US banks could face a wave of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) hits today to mark the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, warns the FBI.
China extends probe into brokerage IT after Everbright reports $85.5 million loss due to glitch
September 9, 2013 - China Everbright Securities lost $85.5 million due to a technical glitch in its order management system which flooded the market with erroneous buy orders and seriously disrupted trading in China last month.
Bloomberg told to improve security in client data privacy probe
August 23, 2013 - Bloomberg has said it will create and enforce stronger barriers between its news services and financial data units to stop reporters accessing client information.
