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Mobile banking use has swelled since the pandemic hit, and law enforcement officials expect hackers to target the credentials of digital novices. The FBI stressed the importance of two-factor authentication and ensuring consumers know how to spot fake apps that carry malware.

Though involving an eye-popping 106 million credit card applicants' information, Capital One's breach was also unusual in a number of ways, including that it was quickly caught through a responsible disclosure program run by the bank.

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One community bank decided it can build closer relationships with business clients by hosting events to help them learn how to fortify their cyberdefenses.

Banks — especially smaller ones — are being told to brace themselves for a wave of ATM raids by cybercrooks. Industry officials are uncertain what information the red alert is based on, but experts say swift, sophisticated thefts are very doable.