Recent analysis from the FBI and other government agencies demonstrates that malicious actors are targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while they are establishing an Internet connection in their hotel rooms. Continued…

Scammers, hackers, and identity thieves are looking to steal your personal information – and your money. But there are steps you can take to protect yourself, like keeping your computer software up-to-date and giving out your personal information only when you have a good reason.  Click here to learn how to protect yourself.

Providing IT security will only get tougher over the next couple of years as digital threats become more numerous and complex.

That’s the gist of a new report from the Information Security Forum entitled Threat Horizon 2014: Managing Riskes When Threats Collide. Continued…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) receives thousands of reports each year from taxpayers who receive suspicious emails, phone calls, faxes or notices claiming to be from the IRS. Many of these scams fraudulently use the IRS name or logo as a lure to make the communication appear more authentic and enticing. The goals of these phishing scams are to trick victims into revealing personal and financial information. The scammers can then use such information as Social Security, bank account or credit card numbers to commit identity theft or steal money. Continued…

In observance of National Consumer Protection Week 2012 (NCPW), the FDIC has issued a guide to help consumers understand the differences between debit, credit and prepaid cards. The guide is intended to help consumers, who routinely use cards to pay for goods and services but who don’t always understand the differences in how these cards work or the applicable consumer protections.

Click here to view the guide.

FDIC Consumer News is produced quarterly by the FDIC Office of Public Affairs in cooperation with other Divisions and Offices. It is intended to present information in a nontechnical way and is not intended to be a legal interpretation of FDIC or other government regulations and policies. Due to periodic changes in statutes and agency rules, always check the FDIC Web site — www.fdic.gov — for up-to-date information. Mention of a product, service or company does not constitute an endorsement. 

Click on this link to read the latest FDIC Consumer Newsletter.

Dear Parkside Clients:

To protect the confidentiality of your personal account information contained in future electronic mail, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust will be sending emails that contain protected client information through Parkside’s secure email system.  This system uses encryption to protect your information from being viewed by someone else as it is transmitted across the Internet. 

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The FBI is warning the public of coordinated malware and denial of service (DDoS) attacks designed to drain bank accounts, while also launching a DDoS attack. The responsible crime ring steals banking credentials using Zeus variant “Gameover” malware, while also launching a distributed DDoS attack on the victim’s financial institution as a diversion. Continued…

1. Geolocation madness

Europe has quickly caught on to the perceived invasion of privacy that location services pose on mobile device users. The U.K,’s Data Protection Act sets limits on location data collection. A person’s location in the U.K. can only be traced to the physical address of their Internet service provider. Many European Union countries have privacy laws in place regulating how Google, Yahoo and other tech firms can tag the location of individuals to provide relevant location-based content. Continued…

The Federal Reserve Bank has confirmed that there currently are fraudulent emails circulating claiming to be a public service announcement jointly distributed by the Federal Reserve Banks Compliant Center (IC3) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Continued…