UK banks accused of weak login page security
January 7, 2015 - More than half of banks and building societies in the UK are leaving their online customer login pages vulnerable because of insecure SSL instances, according to security experts at Xiphos Research.
JPMorgan dupes 20% of staff in to opening fake phishing email
December 21, 2015 - Just weeks after falling victim to a massive cyber theft of customer assets, JPMorgan sent a fake phishing email to all employees to test their reaction. You can probably guess what happened next.
Banks to up spending on payments
December 16, 2015 - Banks across the world are set to significantly increase spending on new payment technology in 2016, according to a study by analyst house Ovum.
UK and US bankers place cybercrime worries ahead of economic outlook
December 9, 2015 - UK and US bankers place fears about cybercrime at the top of a list of 24 possible risks to the financial services industry, beating off traditional worries about excessive regulation and economic growth.
Europe agrees EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity
December 8, 2015 - Negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed on the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity.
Fear of cyber-attacks drives increased belief in FS sector 'high-impact event'
December 1, 2015 - Over 60% of risk managers at financial services firms think that the probability of a "high-impact event" on the global system has increased over the last six months, with worries about cyber-attacks driving the rising jitteriness, according to a Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation survey.
Banks to raise IT and innovation spend to counter tech threat
November 25, 2015 - The world's banks are to hike their IT and innovation budgets over the coming year to counter the growing threat from large tech companies like Apple and Google, according to a Capgemini survey of clients of core tech vendor Temenos.
A quarter of online users would continue to use a website that suffered a data breach
November 25, 2015 - While more than two thirds (68 per cent) of online users would immediately stop using a bank or retailer if the site suffered a security attack or data breach, a quarter would continue using the site. This is according to a survey conducted for global information security and risk management company, NTT Com Security.
