Latest editorial and guest blogs on bank information security

India Insights with Suparna Goswami

News and Viewpoints from ISMG's India Team

Facebook's Fact-Checking Efforts: Can They Be Effective?

Suparna Goswami • February 14, 2019

It's far from clear whether Facebook's latest move to curb fake news in India ahead of the upcoming elections by expanding its engagement with third-party fact checkers will have much impact.

Blaming Auditors for Breaches: Too Narrow a View

Another Aadhaar Leak, and Yet Another Blame Game

Euro Security Watch with Mathew J. Schwartz

Tracking security and privacy trends across UK, Europe and beyond

Battling Big Breaches: Are We Getting Better?

Mathew J. Schwartz • February 13, 2019

What if organizations' information security practices have gotten so good that they're finally repelling cybercriminals and nation-state attackers alike? Unfortunately, the five biggest corporate breaches of the past five years - including Yahoo, Marriott and Equifax - suggest otherwise.

Collusion Investigation: 37 Indictments and Counting

Data Breach Collection Contains 773 Million Unique Emails

The Fraud Blog with Tracy Kitten

Tracking fraud incidents and trends wherever -- and however -- they occur.

Information Sharing: A Powerful Crime-Fighting Weapon

Tracy Kitten • November 12, 2016

The success of Operation SAMBRE, a global cybercrime investigation into the theft of billions of dollars from banks throughout the world, proves why information sharing between law enforcement and the private sector is key to battling cybercrime.

London Summit: Inside a Cyber Takedown

Will Faster Payments Mean Faster Fraud?

The Public Eye with Eric Chabrow

Keeping tabs on federal government efforts to protect citizens' privacy

Trump Campaign Aide Knew Early About Hacked Democratic Emails

Eric Chabrow • October 31, 2017

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos learned that Russia had thousands of pilfered emails containing "dirt" on Hillary Clinton three months before they appeared online, according to court documents.

Dearth of Support for Kaspersky at Congressional Hearing

'Private Citizens' Sue Trump Campaign for Exposing Their PII

Safe & Sound with Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Insights on the security and privacy of healthcare information.

Database Hijackings: Who's Next?

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • January 5, 2017

Hackers have apparently hijacked potentially thousands of vulnerable MongoDB databases and demanded ransoms for the return of critical data, with some victims paying up, according to security researchers.

Epic Systems vs. Tata: Key Security Questions

RSA Guide for Healthcare Security Pros

The Expert's View with Jeremy Kirk

Insights from industry experts

Facebook Gets Its First Real Privacy Penalty - From Apple

Jeremy Kirk • February 1, 2019

Apple's conflict with Facebook this week resulted in the most effective and quickest punishment the social network has ever received over a privacy issue. But should a multi-billion dollar tech company like Apple be picking up the slack for the digital privacy enforcement failures of governments?