Adobe hack exposes customer card details
October 4, 2013 - Software giant Adobe says hackers have hit its network, stealing the personal information, including encrypted payment card details, of 2.9 million customers.
Swift signs MoU with Thailand's EDTA to promote uptake of ISO20022
October 4, 2013 - SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with Electronic Transactions Development Agency ("ETDA") of Thailand to promote the adoption and use of ISO 20022 among the financial industry in Thailand and ASEAN.
Britain's banks told to draw up cyber-attack plans
October 2, 2013 - Britain's financial institutions must put concrete plans in place over the next few months to deal with the growing threat of cyber-attacks, the Bank of England has warned.
Santander has UK's weakest online banking security - Which?
September 26, 2013 - NatWest and RBS have been crowned the UK's most secure online banking providers by consumer group Which?, with Santander ranked bottom of the pile.
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.
