The increase in sophisticated hacking attacks will lead other sectors to follow the lead of the financial services industry in implementing multifactor authentication, says Ken Hunt, CEO of VASCO Data Security International.

The globalization of fraud waged by organized crime has spurred new cross-channel attacks and is affecting how ATM operators approach data security, executives from three of the world's leading ATM manufacturers explain in this exclusive interview.

ATM vendors are working together to enhance threat information sharing and ensure hardware and software compatibility. In part two of an exclusive three-part interview, three leading ATM manufacturers explain why collaboration has become so important.

The FBI has attributed the Sony hack to North Korea, in part by analyzing the messages left by the "G.O.P." attackers. But linguistics expert Shlomo Engelson Argamon says the messages appear to have been written by native Russian speakers.

How will EMV and contactless payments reduce ATM-related card fraud? In part one of this three-part exclusive interview, executives from the world's top three ATM manufacturers discuss how they're helping banking institutions address emerging fraud trends.

Ninety percent of even the largest global firms are susceptible to targeted attacks. And if adversaries want to get in, they can, says Peter George, CEO of Fidelis Security Systems, who discusses new security strategies.

Mark Horwedel of the Merchant Advisory Group says that while U.S. merchants are committed to enhancing payments security, without PINs, chip cards will do little to reduce card fraud.

Over the last 12 months, hackers have enhanced the marketing of high-value stolen data, according to Dell SecureWorks' David Shear, who explains how the underground economy works.

Distributed-denial-of-service attacks, fueled by the interconnected nature of smart devices, will only continue to increase, says Matt Moynahan, president of Arbor Networks. "The infrastructure itself is insecure," he says.

Nobody wants to be a cyber-attacker's first victim. But there are benefits to being second or third, says Akamai's Mike Smith. Then you get to enjoy the true benefits of the oft-discussed information sharing.