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Photos: Inside the RSA cybercrime war room
Photo At RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Centre (AFCC) in Herzelia, Israel, more than 100 staff work to detect, dissect and block phishing sites and Trojan attacks 24 hours per day. Once a phishing site is detected by the AFCC,... [18 Sep 2009]
Microsoft files lawsuits in malicious-ad crackdown
News Microsoft likened the latest lawsuits to prior legal action that it has taken against those suspected of click fraud or instant messaging spam. Fraud and malicious abuse of online ad platforms are... [18 Sep 2009]
Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News The chat window is displayed if the log-in credentials are typed in or if any other link on the page is clicked, said Sean Brady, an online fraud expert at RSA. The scammer claims to be from the bank's... [18 Sep 2009]
Dell settles fraud case with $4m
News The initial suit brought by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo accused Dell of fraud, false advertising, and deceptive business practices, including offering misleading financing, and failing to honour rebates, warranties,... [16 Sep 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Then, if someone falls for the ruse and provides credit card and other billing information, the scammers have sensitive financial data that can be used for identity fraud. Instead of hacking into major online sites to... [16 Sep 2009]
Executive Overview - Combating Fraud, Improper Payments, Waste and Abuse: Best Practices for Government Agencies
White Paper With an integrated suite of solutions from SAS, agencies can implement an anti-fraud program tailored to their specific needs and timetable. Or, one could choose to implement an enterprise wide approach from the start -... [16 Sep 2009]
Combating Insurance Claims Fraud: How to Recognize and Reduce Opportunistic and Organized Claims Fraud
White Paper According to the Insurance Information Institute, property and casualty insurance fraud strips an estimated $30 billion from the industry each year5 - losses that must be made up in premiums. Since insurance... [16 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Albert Gonzalez, a former federal government informant and the alleged ringleader of one of the largest known identity theft cases in US history, pleaded guilty in Boston to 19 counts of conspiracy, computer fraud, wire... [14 Sep 2009]
Chip and PIN and the PCI Data Security Standard
White Paper The purpose of Chip and PIN was to reduce the amount of fraud in face-to-face credit card transactions. Chip and PIN is a British government-backed initiative to implement the Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) standard... [02 Sep 2009]
Data Mining in the Insurance Industry: Solving Business Problems Using SAS Enterprise Miner Software
White Paper For example, by applying data mining techniques, companies can fully exploit data about customers' buying patterns and behavior - as well as gaining a greater understanding of their business to help reduce fraud, improve... [02 Sep 2009]
Barclaycard users tuck into pie charts with web banking overhaul
News Users will also be able to alert Barclaycard to when and where they will be abroad, to help ensure their card is not blocked while on their travels and to also guard against fraud.mybarclaycard will also feature a... [01 Sep 2009]
Best Practices in Fraud Detection and Prevention Using Business Intelligence & Predictive Analytics
White Paper Analytics is in use by insurers for product innovations, product redesign and optimal pricing resulting from intelligence gained from fraud detection to stay competitive and keep portfolio position healthy. [01 Sep 2009]
Enterprisewide Fraud Management: Analytically Powered Best Practices for Detecting, Preventing and Investigating Fraud in Financial Institutions
White Paper Few banks have strong, enterprisewide fraud management programs that can correlate a customer's behavior across all contact channels and products to identify "Bust-out" scenarios, social networks and cross-channel... [30 Aug 2009]
Improve Compliance Across SAP and Non-SAP Systems
White Paper According to company executives, it was the trader's knowledge of internal policies and process controls that had allowed him to hide the fraud for so long. Though Societe Generale reacted quickly to the discovery,... [30 Aug 2009]
Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
White Paper Often used as a means for detecting fraud, assessing risk, and product retailing, data mining involves the use of data analysis tools to discover previously unknown, valid patterns and relationships in large data sets. [29 Aug 2009]
