Many of you have heard me spout off about hacker's motivation. It's simple - THEY CAN ROB BANKS without a note, gun or mask.
Now (4/4/11) comes a study that supports my allegations. Please read the complete article as it is most alarming...
"Fifty-six percent of businesses experienced fraud in the past 12 months, according to the study. Of those that experienced fraud, 61 percent were victimized more than once. Seventy-five percent of the victims experienced online account takeover and/or online fraud. These figures are nearly the same as last year's, the researchers say."
Yet, everyone is acting like a deer in the headlights when it comes to doing something about it. Yes, you can take steps to prevent hackers from taking over your computer but that is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic - it's only a matter of time before they succeed.
Until the banking industry makes changes to the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) that governs business bank accounts (personal accounts are not near as susceptible) giving customers more protection, this "industry" will continue to flourish.
It's time for small-medium size businesses (SMBs) to make it clear to their banks that they will not tolerate lack of controls on wire transfers made remotely (from a PC logged into the account). This is a no-brainer - it's just a software program that makes it happen and it CAN be controlled by the same software.
But, apparently, we have a banking industry that thinks this is someone else's problem. After all, they have implemented all the security they are required to by their industry. So what's the problem? Well, the security practices/procedures agreed upon by the industry is NOT STOPPING THE HACKERS!!
From the Soapbox, thanks for listening....Tom
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