credit card fraud
RSS credit card fraudPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Primer Version 1.1 Applying PCI to Wireless LANS and Compliance Requirements
White Paper These requirements, which impact firewalls, anti-virus software, encryption methods and more, are designed to enhance credit card security and minimize fraud. The new PCI DSS v1.1... [12 Jul 2009]
Understanding PCI: A White Paper for Executives Making Decisions on Compliance
White Paper To protect client information and deter fraud, Visa, American Express, Diner's Club, Discover, JCB and MasterCard collaborated to create a new set of regulations known as the PCI (Payment Card Industry)... [12 Jul 2009]
Visual-Similarity-Based Phishing Detection
White Paper Phishing is a form of online fraud that aims to steal a user's sensitive information, such as online banking passwords or credit card numbers. The victim is tricked into entering such... [30 Jun 2009]
Anti-Phishing: How to Prevent Identity Theft and Safeguard Information Assets With Finjan's Active Real-Time Code Inspection
White Paper If their employees are not protected, enterprises could be held liable for not putting protections in place to prevent fraud. One of the techniques they use is Phishing (pronounced "Fishing"), which relates to Web... [30 Jun 2009]
'RFID in all new mobiles by next summer'
News In some countries there's a lot of fraud with credit cards so therefore it's in the interest of the credit card issuer to be able to match the position of the phone that... [24 Jun 2009]
A Pretty Kettle of Phish
White Paper "Phishing" usually refers to the practice of posting a deceptive message as part of an attempt at fraud and/or identity theft. Historically, carding is understood to apply to the fraudulent use of an (often stolen)... [20 Jun 2009]
It's a Matter of Trust: When the Customer Relationship is Everything, Businesses Bank on SSL Solutions
White Paper Whether actually a victim, most individuals see themselves as potential prey to any number of electronic crimes, from an account take-over to credit card fraud or identity theft. For... [05 Jun 2009]
Deloitte banking on PIN sharp security
News The passcode technology can also provide remote authentication to combat card not present (CNP) fraud and identity theft associated with online banking, internet shopping and telephone authentication. [13 May 2009]
ID cards head for the high street
News With an identity card, people will be able to prove their identity quickly and conveniently while helping to protect themselves against identity fraud. But Phil Booth, of anti-ID cards pressure group... [06 May 2009]
Naked CIO: It's time compliance quit crippling SMEs
Comment Then the arrival of chip and PIN switched the burden of accountability for credit card fraud from the banks to the businesses. During this time the banks raised credit... [05 May 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News Since then, he said, Russian organised crime groups have become more adept, moving on to financial fraud through the use of internet worms and phishing attempts. We're not far behind," says Mularski, who spent a couple... [23 Apr 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment Hackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques such as phishing, where an attacker tries to perpetrate fraud by sending out legitimate-looking emails in an attempt to garner personal or financial... [22 Apr 2009]
Payment cards: Top target in data breach attacks
News PIN data was increasingly targeted in 2008 in attacks in which magnetic-stripe data and PIN data was used for identity fraud. The top five breaches accounted for 93 per cent of total records compromised and as a... [16 Apr 2009]
Browser hijacks and holey software skyrockets
News Most data breaches that could lead to identity fraud were in the education sector, while the financial sector was the top industry for identities exposed. Theft or loss of equipment accounted for nearly half of data... [14 Apr 2009]
Is your credit card data well enough protected?
News Yet representatives of the retail industry told a panel of the House Homeland Security Committee that when the credit card industry established the PCI standards in 2004, it did so mainly to reallocate... [01 Apr 2009]
