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News Data including credit card numbers, online banking credentials, and login names and passwords of thousands of individuals from Australia and the US has already been collected in the scam, Roger Thompson, chief technology officer at security... [22 Sep 2006]
Bank of Ireland coughs up for phishing victims
News Bank of Ireland has agreed to compensate victims of a recent phishing scam, backtracking from its earlier position. It said: "Bank of Ireland is aware that there are fraudulent emails being circulated purporting to be from Bank of Ireland 365 online. [08 Sep 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up Could it be the days of the 419 scam are numbered? The Round-Up's favourite statistic of the week is undoubtedly the number of bananas that supermarket giant Tesco has sold online this year. To make matters worse the ads were intended to inform... [25 Aug 2006]
Is chip and PIN really a success?
News In May, petrol company Shell was hit by an alleged chip and PIN scam which resulting in the company suspending the use of chip and PIN payments at 600 UK petrol stations as a precautionary measure. According to figures from Apacs, online banking... [15 Aug 2006]
PayPal tackles phishing trap
News PayPal has fixed a flaw in its website to block a sophisticated scam designed to obtain sensitive data from members, the payment service said on Friday. The company has no information on how many people may have fallen victim to the scam, she said. [19 Jun 2006]
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
News Last week Betfair Poker issued a statement to users of its site warning of a social engineering scam which attempted to direct users to a site that would drop a Trojan onto their computer - effectively surrendering control of the PC to an unknown... [17 May 2006]
New IE security flaw could aid phishing scams
News Phishing is a prevalent type of online scam that seeks to pilfer personal information from unsuspecting internet users. An unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer could aid fraudsters in pulling off phishing scams, experts have warned. [07 Apr 2006]
Why does phishing work?
News Speaking at the E-Crime Congress in London last week, Bernhard Otupal, a crime intelligence officer for high-tech crime at Interpol, said consumers are not only still falling for this kind scam in large numbers but they're even making matters... [03 Apr 2006]
Open Rights Group wades into DRM debate
News The music industry isn't a scam. I don't think anyone would argue that online child pornography should be tolerated but we have to be careful we don't sacrifice freedom of speech and expression. Suw Charman, executive director of the Open Rights... [16 Mar 2006]
Firefox takes aim at phishers
News Phishing is a prevalent type of online scam that attempts to steal sensitive data such as user names, passwords and credit card details. With the continued rise in online attacks, security tools have become something web browser makers can use to... [09 Mar 2006]
Leader: Bad Girls won't scare web bad boys
Leader Scam websites in the UK can be knocked out in several ways. Bad Girls and Emmerdale star Claire King was this week the unlikely choice of celebrity to launch a project to sweep the internet clean of online scammers. [03 Mar 2006]
Can 'scam sweeps' clean up the internet?
News One online scam was stopped last year, when the OFT forced offline a company offering high-tech gadgets as a free gift in return for buying low-value products. Click here to see a photo of Gerry Sutcliffe, DTI minister for consumer affairs, and... [02 Feb 2006]
Leader: Playing sheriff of the wild, wild web
Leader Having said that, the Scam Awareness Month scheme is a start. New government plans to crack down on fraudsters show just how restricted individual countries are in the fight against online scammers. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the... [02 Feb 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.12.05
Round-Up The scam was eventually rumbled when greed took over and staff at online betting exchange Betfair.com became suspicious of very large bets being placed on what are essentially novelty markets. However, a spokesman insisted the scam doesn't throw... [16 Dec 2005]
Blacklist of 'risky' bank staff to counter insider fraud
News Major US financial institutions are working to set up a new defence against insider fraud: a database of employees who are known to be scam risks. Banks are also increasingly protecting their online services and putting up shields against phishing... [27 Oct 2005]
