Articles about Barclays Bank

Barclays Bank buys 8,500 Apple iPads in one go

Bank's ranks thank bosses for fondle-slabbin' workplace

Jock and Awe: Scottish schools' sixty-mil 'slab splurge

Fondlekit to spread across prisons, third sector etc

What can save the Xmas PC market? Not Windows 8, say analysts

People wanted Win7, but there's no Vista effect now

Barclays scripting SNAFU exploited by phishers

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Barclays denies online confusion

Barclays Bank customers have complained they can no longer set up new payments through the website. Barclays' call centre is telling customers that an increase in fraud, especially phishing, has forced them to stop customers setting up payments to new people - existing standing orders are not affected. Customers are advised to …

Job cuts loom for Barclays IT staff

Barclays Bank is to cut as many as 200 jobs from its IT staff, according to reports. The company confirmed that redundancies are in the pipeline, but declined to discuss specific numbers. The bank, which has recently appointed a new head of IT, also confirmed that it would be "reviewing the structure and nature" of its £350m …

Bank and mortgage scam nets ID crooks thousands

Why settle for just emptying an online bank account?

Why did Comet fail? Hint: It wasn't just the credit insurers

If you can't bark with the big dogs, get off the porch

Fayrewood ends takeover talks

Fayrewood has ended takeover talks with North Atlantic Value LLP which could have led to the company being bought. Distributor Fayrewood, which trades as Interface Solutions, had been in talks since November 2007. It is not the first time the company has been rebuffed by a suitor - previous takeover talks in 2005 were also …

Inside man in failed £72m electronic heist jailed

A former HSBC worker who tried to steal £72m ($141m) from the bank through an audacious electronic heist has been jailed for nine years. Jagmeet Channa, of Church Road, Ilford, was sentenced to 90 months for conspiracy to defraud and nine years for money laundering at a sentencing at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, after …

UK banks hope to send phishing mules packing

UK banks plan to delay transfers between account holders of the same group by up to a day in order to introduce new security checks. The move is designed to help thwart phishing attacks that cost British banks an estimated £12m last year. NatWest, Halifax and Barclays have all introduced the security measure, the BBC reports. …

Cybercrooks lurk in shadows of big-name websites

A small team of security researchers has documented how many high-profile websites are unwittingly helping phishing fraudsters. Phishing scams often use "open redirector" exploits on major sites to make their attack URL look more legitimate. The trick also makes it more likely that fraudulent emails that form the basis of …

Google and eBay thwart phishing redirection ruse

High-profile websites have cleaned up their act after a small team of security researchers documented how they were unwittingly helping phishing fraudsters. Phishing scams often use "open redirector" exploits on major sites to make their attack URL look more legitimate. The trick also makes it more likely that fraudulent emails …

Phishing attack targets one-time passwords

OUT-LAW News, 11/10/2005 A Swedish internet bank was forced to shut down its website for a short time last week after its one-time password security system was targeted by a new type of phishing scam, according to reports. Phishing usually occurs when a fraudster sends an email that contains a link to a fraudulent website where …

'Microsoft' to compensate 419 victims

We're obliged to the reader who alerted us to the agreeable news that Microsoft will compensate deserving 419 victims to the tune of £100,000 a head. The email bringing these glad tidings is worth reproducing in full, and your attention is drawn in particular to the links kindly provided by the Lads from Lagos to back their …