banks

$1bn Stolen In World’s Biggest Cyber Heist

Up to $1bn stolen from banks and financial institutions worldwide over the past two years

10 years ago

China Demands Technology Firms Hand Over Source Code

Protectionism or national security? China demands foreign firms hand over source code for inspection

10 years ago

More Than Half Of Brits Are Ready To Switch To Mobile Payments

Zapp survey finds attitudes towards alternative payments in the UK have changed significantly

10 years ago

Chthonic: The Dangerous ZeuS Trojan Attacking You Via Your Bank

Kaspersky Lab discovers a new strain of Trojan targeting victims through 150 banks' web links and email attachments

10 years ago

US Banks Targeted In ‘Co-Ordinated’ Cyber Attacks – FBI Investigates

The FBI and Secret Service investigate reports that a number US banks suffered co-ordinated cyber attacks

10 years ago

Paym To Let UK Bank Holders Make Payments To Mobile Numbers

Registration for mobile number payment system 'Paym' opens for most of the country's banks, with the rest set to follow

11 years ago

Lloyds Fixes IT Systems Failure That Prevented Card Payments

Lloyds, TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers are left red-faced after being unable to use their cards on Sunday…

11 years ago

South Korea Bank Data Breach Hits 15m

Epic data breach affecting a third of all South Koreans - believed to have been an inside job

11 years ago

Banks Warned About ‘Cutting Edge’ Financial Malware

Banks beware as trojans and botnets aimed at financial institutions are being upgraded and enhanced

11 years ago

Banks Must Not Take The Internet For Granted

Banks and other bodies can be hit badly if their Internet service fails, warns Stephen Bonner

11 years ago

Banks Testing Cyber Attack Communications Resilience

Operation Waking Shark 2 taking place in London today

11 years ago

UK Bank ‘Cyber War Games’ Coming In November

Bank of England to oversee stress tests next month

11 years ago

UK Banks Told To Test Cyber Attack Resilience

Banks also asked to test resilience against legacy IT failures

11 years ago

KPMG: New Breed Of Cyber Attack Could Cripple Banks

British banks should watch out for fresh kinds of attacks as they can't afford to suffer another systemic shock, KPMG…

11 years ago

Zeus Malware Back With A Vengeance To Cause Carnage In May

Keep hold of your bank logins, Zeus is getting aggressive again

12 years ago

Eight Charged Over “Unlimited” $45m Cyber Bank Heist

After one of the most devlish cyber plots ever is uncovered, seven are arrested, but the gang's alleged leader has…

12 years ago

InfoSec 2013: British Banks Threatened By DDoS Boom

US bank attackers have turned their attention to Europe, and UK financial institutions have been told to prepare

12 years ago

EU Could Force Banks And Other Critical Industries To Report Cyber-Attacks

EU proposals could force 42,000 companies to reveal details of cyber-attacks

12 years ago

US Officials Suspect Iran Of Bank DDoS Attacks

US and Iran cyber tussles continuing, according to a report

12 years ago

US Banks Hit By Denial-Of-Service Attacks

Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America have been hit by attacks that make it difficult for customers to access…

12 years ago

Anonymous Claims DDoS Hit On HSBC

HSBC services downed by DDoS attack

12 years ago

More US Banks Hit By Attackers

Two more US banks were hit by denial-of-service attacks which caused outages in spite of advance warning

12 years ago

Cyber Gang Planning Massive Trojan War On US Banks

RSA spies underground call to arms to steal from US banks

12 years ago

Bank-Theft Botnet Gameover Infects 700,000 Systems

A bank-theft botnet by the name of Gameover has infected 675,000 systems, many at Fortune 500 companies

12 years ago

Bank Security Lax As Leaky Websites Aid Hackers

Banks are handing over loads of useful data to hackers, a KPMG study finds

12 years ago

RBS and NatWest Continue To Struggle With IT Fail

Millions of NatWest customers continue to be frustrated thanks to an IT failure

12 years ago

Academics Develop Electronic Chequebook

Cheque payments could receive a new lease of life if banks adopt digital alternatives

13 years ago

Anonymous Targets Brazilian Banks In Fight Against ‘Inequality’

Some of Brazil's biggest banks have been hit by DDoS Attacks, although customer accounts are believed to be unaffected

13 years ago

Two Thirds of Brits Prefer Bank Clicks To Bank Clerks

Research shows that more Brits than ever use online banking with two of three using it at least once a…

13 years ago

EC To Investigate Europe-Wide E-Payments Scheme

The SEPA Europe-wide e-payments system, proposed by banks, could exclude newbies like PayPal

13 years ago