Phishing - it's the classic scheme that never goes away. In fact, it evolves. Amy Blackshaw of RSA offers insights on how to respond to this and other trends identified in the 2012 Faces of Fraud survey.
What's the best strategy for communications after a data breach, like the one suffered by Global Payments Inc.? Bob Carr, CEO of Heartland Payment Systems, discusses what to say in the weeks following a breach.
Gartner analyst Avivah Litan questions whether the security vulnerabilities that led to a breach that exposed 1.5 million cards may be linked to long-standing security issues at Global Payments.
According to our new survey, more than half of banking institutions expect an increase in fraud-fighting resources this year. But how are they investing those resources? The answers may surprise you.
"Regulation drives spending," says George Tubin of GT Advisors. "You're in a situation where the regulators are telling you, 'You have to do something; you have to make improvements.' Therefore, the bank has to spend some money on technology."
What might the Global Payments breach investigation entail? Dave Ostertag of Verizon's Investigative Response unit describes a forensics investigation - how long it can take and what it might reveal.
With a court decision handed down in Texas, a lingering lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems and two acquiring banks, KeyBank and Heartland Bank, appears to finally have been put to rest.
"What happens in Vegas got 19 people busted," says Robert Siciliano, a McAfee consultant and ID theft expert, on the latest busts. "The fight against card fraud is beginning to look like the war on drugs."
How might the Global Payments breach saga unfold? A look back on the Heartland Payments System incident and investigation offers clues to what could be a rocky road ahead.
The 24-year-old accused hacker linked to the LulzSec breach that targeted Sony has pleaded guilty to the role he played in the SQL injection attack that cost Sony more than $600,000 in damages.
Has there been an undisclosed data breach? In the wake of the latest revelations by Global Payments Inc., some fraud analysts wonder whether they might be seeing signs of a separate breach.
Gartner Analyst Avivah Litan, one of the first fraud experts to report the Global Payments Inc. data breach, says the latest revelations raise more questions than answers about the incident's impact.
The compromise of bank cards at two banks in New Zealand has garnered attention to the growing ATM fraud trend. What are the banks and law enforcement doing to address the losses?
As news of the Global Payments Inc. data breach spread, impacted organizations, including the major payment card brands, released statements about the incident. Following are the latest news releases.
In its second formal statement about its data breach, payments processor Global Payments Inc. says this incident is confined to North America and involves fewer than 1.5 million payment cards.
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