Ryan Singer, CEO and cofounder of startup Blockchain Health, discusses the problems with the traditional "shared secrets" method of verifying identities, and the possibilities opened up by mobile computing devices.

Hackers penetrated the computer network of a Verizon Communications subsidiary, but the company says it plugged the hole before much data was compromised.

Asking for static information like a mother's maiden name seems increasingly passé, since shared "secrets" can be stolen or gleaned from the Internet. But without a brilliant alternative, and done with care, knowledge-based authentication still has value.

Hackers linked to the Iranian government launched a series of cyber-attacks on U.S. financial institutions including Bank of America Corp. and the New York Stock Exchange, federal prosecutors say.

Bangladesh's central bank has suggested the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had a "major lapse" in allowing hackers to transfer $101 million in transactions that it later flagged as suspicious, according to an internal document seen by Bloomberg.

Technology at many banks has been assembled haphazardly over years. That makes for complex systems with lots of connections. Those points are prime targets for cybercriminals to find a way in.

A cybersecurity panel at the Women in Finance and Technology Symposium Thursday explored ways to enhance communication and collaboration between different branches of government working to strengthen the nation's cyberdefenses.

Like any well-run business, the Dridex cybercrime gang is growing and diversifying. It's stepping up its efforts to break into banks, through increased phishing attacks and ransomware.

American Express has filed a notice with the attorney general in California informing some of its cardholders that their account information may have been compromised.

As the Central Bank of Bangladesh threatens to sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over at least $80 million stolen from its account there, the Fed says its systems were not compromised.

A mature governance framework and risk culture that reaches all employees are among the attributes of a high-functioning "risk organization."

In focusing on private blockchains, banks make the same mistake companies made in the nineties when they favored private information networks over the open protocols of the Internet.

The tax agency's struggle to protect sensitive data mirrors banks' own, and its shortcomings can also be found at financial institutions.

Cybercriminals and hackers are increasingly targeting people, and not just technology, in an attempt to breach financial institutions.

Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., has added Amazon's former chief information security officer to its board of directors.

The FBI's fight with Apple over access to a locked iPhone could undermine software security for financial institutions and their technology vendors and make it harder for banks to do business internationally or use cloud computing.

Community banks can't win on size, but their values give them an upper hand in competing against cookie-cutter megabank branches.

The precedent set in the ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI over custom access to a device in question opens up unsettling risks on privacy and security.

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday named Thomas Donilon, the former national security adviser, to chair a special commission to develop a long-term cybersecurity strategy.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice on Tuesday released guidelines for the implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, prompting some industry skepticism as well as renewed privacy concerns.