Data security

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Kmart has been hit with a malware attack that has resulted in the compromise of payment card credentials for the second time in three years.

Attacks like the WannaCry ransomware require issuers to educate staff and shore up technology defenses, writes Bob Antia, cheif security officer of Unitrends.

ATMs tend to run on older versions of the Windows operating system, which potentially makes them targets for ransomware that preys on such vulnerabilities.

Hackers installed software to grab customer data from point of sale systems earlier this spring.

Grow Financial alleges that a former employee stole private credit union information and passed it on to GTE prior to obtaining a job there.

Two related and equally humiliating cases of high-level bankers completely falling for fake emails illustrate the dangers of social engineering and the need to better protect executives and other employees from themselves.

Cyber and data security provider Thales e-Security has launched a new version of its hardware security module monitor, which allows network operators to watch activity on numerous modules through a single dashboard.

Target Corp. agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle state lawsuits over a 2013 hack of its database when the personal information of millions of customers was stolen, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Better information security will remain the foundation of success as the financial services industry moves quickly to engage new business models.