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New Cyberattacks Aim for ATM Management Systems

It’s called ATM cash-out fraud, and it’s a new data security threat where physical attacks and cyberattacks converge. Earlier this year, federal regulators warned financial institutions against criminal attacks on their ATM systems. But instead of breaking into the physical machines directly, some criminals are now aiming at the bank systems that control the machines. […]

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Back to Basics: IT security routines that won’t break the budget

Just because your community bank isn’t one of the giants of the financial industry doesn’t mean it’s off the target list of today’s proliferating cybercriminals. But that doesn’t mean that community banks with limited resources have to go out and start spending large sums of money on IT and data security, experts agree. “Focus on

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Multifactor Momentum

Multifactor authentication, the process of using more than one method or system to confirm the identities of consumers online, has been around for years. But recent regulatory guidelines, increasing criminal activity, lower costs and growing consumer acceptance have combined to bring the technology into the process for community banks more than ever before. “The fact

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