Archives for December, 2012
by Avivah Litan | December 21, 2012 | 1 Comment
Today the OCC put out an alert to its banks on the recent spate of DDoS attacks. The regulators acknowledged the existence of different attacker groups – some politically motivated and others financially motivated. They are also acknowledging that these DDoS attacks have in fact led to or been associated with fraud and customer account [...]
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by Avivah Litan | December 18, 2012 | 2 Comments
There has been much talk at the banks and in the press around DDoS attacks allegedly sponsored by Iran and praised by Hamas, and an upcoming “Project Blitzkrieg” threatening costly online theft at 30 U.S. banks. While many in the industry ‘poo poo’ these threats, I have heard now from a few senior credible sources [...]
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