Archive for the 'Security' Category

Bankdata Upgrades Network Security with Juniper Networks Remote Access Solution

Juniper Networks announced on February 19 that Bankdata, a leading financial services provider in Denmark, has chosen the Juniper Networks market-leading Secure Access SSL VPN solutions to provide safe yet easy access to key applications and other corporate network resources for Bankdata’s international workforce and customers.
Bankdata needed a cost-effective way to provide its remote workers in […]

Entrust and BBS Join Forces to Provide Managed PKI Service in Europe

Public key infrastructure (PKI) continues to serve as the benchmark for online security, particularly for organizations that specialize in financial services. Banking and Business Solutions (BBS) has selected Entrust, Inc. and Entrust Authority Security Manager to offer a complete managed PKI services solution, which serves as a key component of a layered security model.
“To truly […]

Bank Scammers Scammed, says Security Researcher

Many of the people behind identity theft scams are themselves having data stolen from them in the process, a security researcher has revealed.
Phishers, who trick online banking users into typing in their details to fake sites, use tools in the process which have built-in security holes for others to access the data that many do […]

Use of Rogue DNS Servers on the Rise

They’re called “servers that lie.”
 
Mendacious machines controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks, according to a paper published this week by researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc.
The paper estimates roughly 68,000 servers on the Internet are returning […]

Spear The Phishers–Not The Fish

To fight cybercrime on the Web, security experts have tried “good cop” tactics. They’ve worked to teach users to spot and avoid the “phishing” sites that spread malicious software and steal bank codes. They’ve tried tweaking Web browsers and search engines to make scam sites more apparent. But as the dark side of the Web […]