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Can Your Facebook Friends Sink Your Credit Score?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:58 PM ET | Jan 25, 2010

Want more proof that there is a downside to social networking? Look no further than the latest nitwit banking industry scheme to determine your creditworthiness.

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Avoiding ATM "Skimmer" Threats

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:31 PM ET | Jan 21, 2010

A security expert has posted photos of a device that could cost your small business dearly if you fall prey to it: an ATM "skimmer."

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Security | Tips

Bank Phishing: It Doesn't Take Much For Phishers To Take A Lot

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:49 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Most people ignore -- and, one hopes, delete unopened -- those phishmails that pose as correspondence from legitimate banks. But even a fraction of a percentage of responses generates millions for the crooks.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Accounting | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Security

Employees Stealing Data At Frightening Rate

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:40 AM ET | Nov 24, 2009

Two new studies indicate that workers are not only able to steal confidential data from employers, they're ready and willing to do so -- at rates that are troubling, if not downright frightening.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Security

FBI: SMBs Losing Millions To Cybercrooks

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:39 AM ET | Nov 4, 2009

Cybercrooks may have tried to nab as much as $100 million from small and midsized U.S. businesses in payroll scams over he last year. Now the FBI is talking about how to protect yourself from this automated threat.

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PayPal Opens Up And Gets Cheaper

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:42 AM ET | Nov 4, 2009

At PayPal's inaugural developers conference here in San Francisco, PayPal reiterated its commitment to opening up its technology platform and backed up the promise with new and improved APIs and significant cuts in the prices it charges to process payments. In the long run, this could mean new ways for small and midsize companies to charge customers and even pay their own bills.

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Bank Tells Linux Users: Get Windows Or Get Lost

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:42 PM ET | Nov 2, 2009

Would you do business with a bank that forces you to take needless security risks? According to many Linux users, that is exactly what Citibank wants them to do.

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Why A Linux Live CD Could Save Your Small Business

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 01:12 PM ET | Oct 20, 2009

Could Linux really protect your business against an online banking disaster? Absolutely -- and the major arguments against this approach simply don't hold water.

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A Quick And Easy Way To Minimize Online Banking Risks

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 02:30 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

Even if your business runs Windows, it can still use Linux to avoid problems related to one of its most important -- and potentially most dangerous -- online activities: banking.

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Online Bank Fraud: 5 Riskpoints Your Business Needs To Worry About

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:35 PM ET | Sep 25, 2009

How much do you know about the security habits, practices, technologies policies of your business's online bank and other financial services and institutions? Odds are, if Terry Austin of Guardian Analytics is right, it's nowhere near enough.

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Credit Card Compliance Still Poorly Practiced

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:46 AM ET | Sep 23, 2009

A new survey from Imperva and the Ponemon Institute finds that despite the rising number of data breaches, many companies still do not fully adhere to compliance standards. And many of those that are protecting credit card information are neglecting security when it comes to other, equally sensitive data. Smaller businesses may be having the most trouble with the standards.

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Live Chat With A Cybercrook! Popup Talk Latest Scam

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:12 AM ET | Sep 18, 2009

Phishers have always counted on volume and automation to generate revenues: scam mails by the millions, proliferating malware links, a deluge of devious and deceptive tools designed to grab info from the unsuspecting. Now they're using chat to pluck their pigeons one-on-one.

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Cisco Refreshes Its Small Business Pro Lineup

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:55 AM ET | Sep 15, 2009

As Cisco continues to evolve its efforts to reach small businesses, it's rolling out new security and collaboration technologies, including security appliances, routers, and VoIP phones.

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CODA and Corefino Hope Midmarket CFOs Are Ready For "Cloud Accounting"

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:01 PM ET | Jun 25, 2009

Corefino 2go combines the CODA 2go Software as a Service accounting package with Corefino's Triple-C Technology Platform and outsourced accountants.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Software-as-a-Service

If You're A Small Business, Your Credit Is Being Watched More Closely Than Ever

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:15 PM ET | Jun 15, 2009

Credit-score giant Experian is working hard to figure out which small businesses might have trouble paying their bills -- and that could mean trouble getting credit even before you get into trouble.

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