Data breaches

The bank is drawing renewed scrutiny after a lawyer’s unauthorized release of sensitive client details for tens of thousands of accounts belonging to wealthy customers of its brokerage unit.

Cyberattacks are on the rise, but that doesn't mean becoming a victim is inevitable. The right preventative measures and best practices can help secure digital assets and customer data, writes Robert Fifield, co-founder of Payably.

Military and intelligence agencies around the world have grappled with data breach challenges for years, and have relied on Secure KM (Keyboard/Mouse) switches to manage the risk.

Federal law established oversight of banks’ security measures, but the lack of similar requirements for retailers creates a blind spot in defending against hacks.

Given the breach epidemic, it's time for retailers to consider the security of the vendors that sell point of sale systems, according to RiskVision CEO Joe Fantuzzi.

The ransomware attack caused fear across banks, retailers, health care and governments in May. But worse attacks may be on the horizon.

It's time for credit unions, industry stakeholders and the movement's 107 million members to speak up and tell Congress to get serious about protecting members' data from retailer data breaches.

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.

The Internet of Things is making it possible for POS terminals to be connected to all sorts of applications and devices, which helps improve customer experience, but also makes these systems more vulnerable to hacking attacks.

One-time passcodes or more complex passwords are not enough, and add friction and potential frustration for the user. The solution is mobile identity authentication, writes Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Secure Technology Alliance.

Restaurants and other hospitality businesses have suffered a series of breaches. E-wallets can provide extra security and marketing heft at the same time.

As restaurant security issues mount, it's important to have a set of sophistiated tools that can mitigate and respond to fraud, writes John Christly, global CIOS of Netsurion.

There are several steps necessary to contain, assess and report an incident that should precede further action.

EMV is strictly an anti-counterfeiting measure that leaves several elements of the payment process untouched, and fraudsters are exploiting these gaps.

Readers weigh in on a notable OCC personnel change, the Scottrade breach, the ability of corporate owners to still be anonymous and more.

The speed of the crooks and the threat to retailers and customer data is more than enough reason to get aggressive with new identity protections.

Private information about consumer and business accounts was exposed. The bank immediately cited vendor error.

Adoption is increasing, but most consumers would stop using the technology if they suffered a security incident

Passwords are often restrictive, undynanmic and draw attention from fraudsters. And there's also the risk of repeated cybercrime linked to old authentication.