Monthly security tips from Shazam

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What is Cyber Crime?
Cyber crime is a term that covers a broad scope of criminal activity using a computer. Some common examples of cyber crime include identity theft, financial fraud, website defacements, and cyber bullying. At an organizational level, cyber crime may involve the hacking of customer databases and theft of intellectual property. Many users think they can protect themselves, their accounts, and their personal …

Heritage Bancshares Group Inc., parent company of Heritage Bank, is proud to welcome Darrel L. Posegate as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer.

The eCentive AccountTM at Heritage Bank received an independent review by blogger Ken Tumin of DepositAccounts.com.

Heritage Bank felt it was important to pass on this good advice from Shazam. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Customer Service Representatives for assistance.

The term “social engineering” refers to an attempt to gain access to information, primarily through misrepresentation, and often relies on the trusting nature of most individuals.

Most users should be familiar with email phishing scams (a form of social engineering) and have been taught not to open attachments from unknown or untrusted sources or visit untrusted websites. However, there …

Do not provide any information if you receive an automated phone call asking for debit card activation by inputting your Visa card number and personal identification number (PIN).

Heritage Bank and the Willmar Police Department are notifying customers that these calls are fraudulent. Heritage Bank and Shazam have not authorized any automated phone calls and we urge you to not provide any financial information over the phone.

Shazam Debit Card holders should ignore a Twitter broadcast with #shazamdebitcard as it is a phishing attack aimed at collecting personal information.

We have been made aware of a phishing attack on SHAZAM customers being broadcast through the Twitter hashtag #shazamdebitcard. This attack has led to the creation of several fraudulent “Shazam Debit Card” Internet sites. The sites claim to be collecting information for fast-cash loans; therefore, personal information, such as a person’s Social Security number, date of birth, and driver’s license number, is being targeted.

The SHAZAM Corporate Security team …

“Minding Your Own Business: Banking Tips for Small Companies”

Small Business Owners Get Banking Advice From FDIC

Posted on February 29th, 2012

“Minding Your Own Business: Banking Tips for Small Companies” is a collection of articles for entrepreneurs on small business loans and other financial and banking topics in the Winter 2011/2012 FDIC Consumer News. Information and resources cover such things as finding a loan to start and grow a small business, choosing among payment mechanisms for paying expenses (some of which do not carry familiar consumer protections), …

Iowa Quicken and Quickbooks Users

If you’re currently automatically downloading your transactions into Quicken or Quickbooks or other financial management programs, you will need to take some steps to make sure your downloads continue to pull in your transactions.

If you manually export transactions from Online Banking into your software you do not have to take any action and can continue to export as you normally have in the past.

Minnesota Quicken and Quickbooks Users

If you’ve recently had trouble with your automatic downloads, please …