Only months ago, pirates preferred to be paid through a complicated web of bank transfers using offshore jurisdictions, according to a maritime security source now involved with ransom negotiations with hijacked ships.
The bank's web of social connections, obligations and institutional relationships put it at the core of power in Japan.
Vodafone's Web site says that the Bank of New York, as custodian of the company's ADR program, held approximately 12.5% of the company's ordinary shares of 10 cents each at 23 May 2005 as nominee.
For a bank, those channels could include automated teller machines (ATMs), bank teller terminals, Web pages, mobile apps, point-of-sale machines in retail, human-staffed call centers, and automated call systems.
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Their main target was the Bank of Israel's Web site, but they couldn't shut it down.
Net-natives like the Influencers see the Web as more than just a data bank.
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It was a deception project where we created what appeared to be a bank front end, a Web-based front end where transactions were taking place.
One reason that the phishers' tactics are increasingly effective: Instead of directly asking for bank account information in scam e-mails or on Web sites, cybercriminals are using hidden malicious software downloaded to users' desktops that monitors their online activities and records bank codes, Litan says.
Ruben Canlas, Web Information Systems Consultant at the Asian Development Bank, Belina Capul, President of the South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archives Association (SEAPAVAA) and Ray Edmonson, Director of Archive Associates, Australia and a UNESCO Memory of the World Committee Member.
Typical phishing tactics include sending fraudulent e-mails to lure users to look-a-like banking or government Web sites that convince them to give up their bank codes or other sensitive information.
Sujit Kapadia of the Bank of England is trying to model the web of interdependencies created by the use of complex derivatives.
Atlanta-based Exploit Prevention Labs says criminals have been using Google's AdWords program this month to snoop on Web surfers with the hopes of eventually breaking into their bank accounts.
Failure to implement an online post-death plan could mean things like valuable web addresses, treasured photos and even access to online bank accounts may all be lost for good, experts say.
Atlanta-based Exploit Prevention Labs says criminals have been using Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) AdWords program this month to snoop on Web surfers with the hopes of eventually breaking into their bank accounts.
Mark Mazower, a British historian at Columbia University, New York, presents his work as a stocktaking: a chance, just as the West is seeing power shift to emerging giants in the East, to ponder how Europeans and Americans crafted the present web of international institutions, from the UN to the World Bank or International Monetary Fund.
Developers can now create web software, mobile apps or Google Motion Charts based on World Bank data.
Using Autonomy, a bank can apply the same policies to phone calls, web visits, email or a Facebook message.
When the student applies for a loan, he gets an e-mail from the bank with a link to the document on a new web page.
Until then, attempts like those of the Swiss Bank Julius Baer in 2008 to wipe it off the Web only increased its notoriety and cachet with leakers.
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Do not ever provide a service over the web that controls something critical (house lights, surveillance cameras, bank accounts, car lock-out devices, street signs, traffic lights, bank accounts, stock trading accounts, etc.) without having at least rudimentary controls in place.
Bank of New York Mellon and JP Morgan both maintain extensive Web sites with detailed information on ADRs.
The basic premise of these bank disintermediaries is that they harness the networking power of the Web to match people who have excess cash with people in need of it or those who simply want to refinance credit card debt.
Clear your browser cache, remove passwords to Web sites you use from work, such as your personal email or online bank account and delete any personal files on your work computer that aren't relevant to work.
When it comes to investing in more established companies like Facebook and the bigger web firms, traditional venture capitalists now face competition from private-equity companies and bank-led funds hunting for profits in a bleak investment environment.
The Web sites of many banks offer excellent information about educational financing, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo.
Bank of America has joined several other large financial institutions halting services for whistle-blowing Web site Wikileaks , the BBC reports.
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