An article over at computerworld.com discusses the impact spear phishing is having on scam victims. Previously, scammers would target people en masse by spamming thousands, if not millions of mailboxes with emails in the hope that a few would view the email, and fall for the scam. Spear phishing is more targetted. Small numbers of […]
Fairfield County Bank has announced it has partnered with IronKey to privide clients with free USB devices to protect them against cyber crime. “IronKey is another line of protection,” says Christina Bodine, assistant vice president & cash management officer at the bank. “It creates an isolated virtual computer with an encrypted keyboard. It’s about 10 […]
David Jevens, CEO of IronKey warns consumers to watch out for more sophisticated phishing emails. Due to a potential leak of millions of emails from a large advertising company, there is a very real possibility these people will be targeted by scammers. While it isn’t uncommon to receive an email from a scammer claiming to […]
In response to the fact that financial transactions are a continued focus for hackers (a Ponemon Institute survey found that seventy-five percent of businesses experienced account takeover and fraud in the online channel), IronKey is pairing up with Channel Partners to promote the IronKey’s sales and technical abilities. Partners IronKey are targeting include systems integrators, […]
Dave Jevans, IronKey chairman, gives an insightful 15 minute interview into the new twists and turns of fraudulent activity that banks will have to combat in 2011. Jevans advises “We’re coming back to the stage, with customized software, where we have to take a little more responsibility for our end-user’s environment,” “Institutions need something that […]