Hack Attack: US Financial Institutions In The Cross-Hairs

Last week the FBI released a fraud alert warning financial institutions that cyber criminals have been using tactics such as spam and phishing emails to obtain employee log-in credentials. After obtaining the credentials the hackers initiated wire transfers oversees. A few days after the alert, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo suffered service outages that prevented access to their websites. According to security experts, such outages were likely caused by denial of service attacks that disrupt the service to websites by overloading the servers with traffic so that they cannot respond to legitimate requests.

These attacks have been aimed at financial institutions, but are a good reminder to all organizations that cyber security remains an important aspect of your company's overall security. Technology is constantly changing and hackers are always finding new ways to penetrate systems so it's important for organizations to analyze their systems and make