Data security

The top U.S. derivatives watchdog wants new cybersecurity rules as a recent attack on the software company ION Trading U.K. continues to roil the industry.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General found a number of weaknesses in the agency's cyber risk examination program.

While most distributed denial-of-service attacks against U.S. banks and credit unions result in little to no disruption, they can chip away at reputations if left unchecked.

Rusty Haferkamp, the head of IT at Central National Bank in Waco, Texas, discusses his vigilant approach to protecting his bank from cyberattacks.

Banks worried about similar attacks against their own customers can use multifactor authentication and suspicious login detection to reduce risk.

Using compromised identities, fraudsters could simply skip security questions to obtain credit files loaded with sensitive information.

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA will have to face a lawsuit by a unit of the French maker of Ray-Ban glasses that claims the bank ignored suspicious transactions as cybercriminals drained $272 million from its New York bank account.

Phishing and ransomware attacks were among the deadliest for financial institutions in the past year.

Hacks of banks, credit unions and insurance companies compromised the data of millions of consumers, who filed a flurry of class actions in response.

The National Credit Union Administration can no longer examine third-party vendors and service providers. That leaves the industry vulnerable to cybercriminals and other bad actors.