Tuesday, January 4, 2011

FBI identifies top nine security threats in banking industry for 2011

From the FBI's January 3 Infragard report:

16. January 3, BankInfoSecurity.com - (National) Top 9 security threats of 2011. Mobile banking and social networks are expected to pose new security threats in the payments space in 2011. But security experts said those threats would not displace the Zeus botnet, malware attacks, and phishing threats, which for years have plagued banking institutions. Fraud attempts will escalate, not diminish, as new threats and channels blossom in 2011. As 2010 came to a close, Information Security Media Group caught up with a handful of leading industry experts to get their takes on the top security threats of 2011. The top 9 threats of 2011 include:(1) Mobile Banking Risks, (2) Social Networking Risks, (3) Malware, Botnets, and DDoS attacks, (4) Phising, (5) ACH Fraud that leads to Corporate Account takeovers, (6) Cloud Computing Risks, (7) Insider Threats, (8) First Party Fraud, and (9) Skimming Attacks. Source: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3228

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