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DDoS attacks against banks surge, sparking ho-hum response
Banks have always been a favorite target of hacks. For whatever reason, the number of distributed denial of service attacks against banks has surged recently, according to one estimate.
Cyber attack threats continue to grow
It's fair to say that the SEC and other government agencies have awakened when it comes to cyber threats. After a string of hacks that victimized the likes of Citigroup, RSA and Google, the SEC
Bank of America explains web site outage
Bank of America found itself in a tough situation when its web site stopped working, about six or seven days ago. The worst thing Bank of America could have done was spread misinformation, so it
Bank of America's web site a vexing problem
Bank of America's main talking point when it comes to its troubling web site issues has been that it is not--repeat, not--the victim of a malware or hacking incident. While some sporadic outages
Hackers exact revenge on MasterCard, PayPal, Visa, Swiss bank
Anonymous, a shadowy group that is bent on revenge on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has struck with fury against MasterCard. The cyberattack forced the firm, which had previously cut
Banks, exchanges hit with cyber attack? Really?
It had all the trapping of a major news event: An unprecedented cyberattack that was victimizing the likes of the NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq and top U.S. and Korean banks. Finextra reported, "South Korean
