CyberSecurity Institute

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Why Has Mobile Banking Growth Stalled? Blame Hackers A recent report from the Federal Reserve (Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2015) found that 52 percent of smartphone owners with a bank account did at…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Finra CARDS data breach risk is real The initiative by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., which was recently put on hold for further evaluation amid negative feedback, was proposed as a means of…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: New malware in online banking causes problem in Japan TROJ_WERDLOD, a new detected malware, has been causing problems in the country since December 2014. More than 400 systems were affected by the new malware….

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: DOJ issues data breach guidance On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) Cybersecurity Unit issued new, detailed guidance on data breach incident response best practices….

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Unpacking the growing malware threats Kathy Gibson reports from Kaspersky Labs’ conference in Lisbon – The threat of malware attacks on corporates and states is growing in 2015. While the first advanced persistent threats…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: States with the most identity theft complaints In 2014, data theft reached record levels. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 783 data breaches last year, a substantial increase from both the…