If you’ve got a PayPal account, you’re likely a target for phishers who’ll try to nab your login credentials by sending phony e-mails that lure victims to a bogus site so they’ll unwittingly give up the info. The solution?
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We’re not No. 1 anymore, at least where IT’s concerned, according to the annual Connectivity Scorecard, a global study of “useful connectivity” that measures infrastructure, complementary skills, software and informed usage of IT around the world.
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Tags: Connectivity Scorecard, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United States
How much pressure does it take to get Chinese officials to crack down on would-be cyber-criminals? Plenty, but there’s been modest movement recently with the shuttering of an alleged hacker training operation.
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Now here’s what I call customer service gone wild: A Texas bank has decided to sue one of its commercial customers that was robbed by a gang of international cyberthieves.
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Tags: cybertheives, Hillary Machinery Inc., lawsuit, PlainsCapital Bank, security, Texas
Hackers are getting past some of the toughest tactics used in online banking security, say the analysts at Gartner.
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Tags: Gartner, malware, online banking, security, threats
