Banks face growing threat of inside identity theft
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| They installed programs to record keystrokes on computers that were used
| to handle international wire transfers of money.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061122/tc_nm/financial_security_dc
Related:
Why not Embedded? ATM's Running XP Professional...
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| This time, I happened to be there when it suddenly BSOD'd and began a
| reboot cycle. Obviously, to BSOD it needs to run Windows, and moments
| later, that was confirmed. But that's not the story here -- believe it or
| not, most ATMs run Windows nowadays, and there's absoloutely nothing
| wrong with that.
|
| [...]
|
| There's a million reasons why an ATM should must be RTOS, be it Linux or
| VxWorks or Windows CE, but even if you don't go with RTOS, Windows XP
| Professional most certainly isn't the answer. Especially if it's not even
| SP2.
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http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/287
ATMs hacked using MP3 player
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| A criminal gang in the U.K. was able to steal confidential banking
| data by bugging ATMs with an MP3 player, The Times of London
| reported in its online edition Thursday.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6135905.html
Some recent stories about Linux penetrating banks' servers, infrastructures,
and back ends:
Banks not using open source?!?
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| It's already happening. Every day. At nearly every big bank.
| Heard of MuleSource? They're providing core infrastructure for
| several major US banks' core system operations. Not because
| it's open source, per se, but because it's actually better.
|
| [...]
|
| In some cases banks are using open source because of decreased
| regulatory risks through open source. In others, it's just
| because they want to modify the source code. In others, it
| just happens to be the best thing money can buy.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/11/banks_not_using.html
Linux Vendors Team to Address FFIEC Compliance for Online Banking
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| Online Banking Solutions (OBS) and WiKID Systems Announce
| Partnership and Integration of WiKID Strong Authentication
| With OBS Online Messenger(TM)
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-16-2006/0004452466&EDATE=
Webster Bank Chooses Centrify to Streamline Audits and Centralize
Administration of UNIX and Linux Access Control
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| Webster Bank is deploying Centrify DirectControl on over 150 UNIX and
| Linux servers that are used to support employees and customers at 160
| Branches and over 308 ATMs in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and
| Rhode Island. With total assets of $18.0 billion and 3600 employees,
| Webster Bank is the 42nd largest bank in the US.
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http://www.tickertech.com/cgi/?a=news&ticker=a&w=&story=200610200610101100PR_NEWS_USPR_____SFTU101
Nucleus Software Certifies FinnOne Suite Applications On Red Hat Enterprise
Linux
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| Red Hat announced that Nucleus Software has joined Red Hat's
| Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner ecosystem. Nucleus Software
| is a leading provider of software solutions for the banking and financial
| services industry. The applications from Nucleus now certified on Red Hat
| Enterprise Linux are FinnOne Customer Acquisition System (CAS), FinnOne
| Loans Management Systems and FinnOne Collections. Nucleus and its
| flagship product FinnOne have had over 200 successful implementations
| across the globe and the company's client base includes leading names in
| the banking and financial services industry.
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http://linux.sys-con.com/read/267070.htm
Innovation fuels NAB's Linux foray
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| A shift to Linux-based grid computing at the National Australia Bank
| has opened the gate to a more agile IT infrastructure and dramatically
| reduced maintenance costs, according to one of the bank's senior technology
| strategists.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;580233128;fp;4;fpid;3
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