credit card fraud
RSS credit card fraudCotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Customers who have become a victim of fraud following the attack are being asked to contact their credit card provider. Thousands of credit card details have been stolen after high street retailer Cotton Traders' website was hacked. [11 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News It also warns of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters tricking call centre workers, a 37 per cent rise in the cost of phone, internet and mail order fraud and the threat from chip and PIN devices being modified to capture card details. [06 Jun 2008]
Meeting the PCI Standard
White Paper Identity theft and credit card fraud is a large and growing problem. In order to combat this growing menace, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and other major credit card providers have joined together to introduce a... [31 May 2008]
Tripwire PCI DSS Solutions: Automated, Continuous Compliance
White Paper The major credit card companies collaboratively developed the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) to protect sensitive cardholder account data from theft and fraud. Compliance is no longer an option; it's a requirement for all... [31 May 2008]
PCI Data Security Standard
White Paper Despite the best efforts of organizations to protect customer data, consumer fraud and identity theft have hit new highs. There has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based commerce, as well as a drastic increase in credit and debit card... [31 May 2008]
Citrix Solutions for Complying With PCI-DSS: Ensuring Protection of Web Applications and Privacy of Cardholder Information
White Paper The standard comprises a set of directives for entities that handle credit cards, with the goal of reducing fraud. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is a global standard governed by the major credit card companies. [13 May 2008]
Encrypting Recordings Is Not Enough: Steps to Protect Your Most Sensitive Data
White Paper As fraud and identity theft becomes more prevalent, businesses that record calls must adhere to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards to prevent recorded transactions from becoming a target. [13 May 2008]
Meeting and Exceeding PCI 1.1 Compliance Today
White Paper The primary purpose of this standard is to protect credit card data by reducing fraud and theft. All merchants and service providers that handle, transmit, store or process information concerning any of these cards, or related card data, are... [13 May 2008]
PCI Data Security Standard: SSO - Strong Authentication - Physical/Logical Security Convergence
White Paper Despite the best efforts of organizations to protect customer data, consumer fraud and identity theft have hit new highs. During the last ten years there has been an explosion in the use of Internet-based commerce, as well as a drastic increase in... [13 May 2008]
PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information
White Paper Fraud and identity theft are on the rise. The Federal Trade Commission received more than 685,000 complaints of fraud and identity theft in 2005, totaling more than $680 million in stolen assets. This effort resulted in the Payment Card Industry... [13 May 2008]
PCI DSS Compliance: A Difficult But Necessary Journey
White Paper This standard is a set of network security requirements agreed upon by five of the major credit card companies in an attempt to stem the growth of credit card fraud around the world and to give a common interpretation of what security is all about. [16 Apr 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News Virus-related equipment failure or data loss affected 19 per cent of businesses surveyed, credit card fraud affected 11 per cent, theft of PC/laptop eight per cent, hacking seven per cent and four per cent or less were affected by unauthorised... [09 Apr 2008]
UK a hotbed for cyber crime
News The most commonly reported crime was auction fraud but they also included non-delivery of purchases, credit/debit card fraud, computer intrusions, spam or unsolicited email and child pornography.silicon.com has won widespread support for its e... [08 Apr 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News Lemon warned that the internet was fuelling a rise in global credit card fraud and that the UK and the US were the targets. She said: "We are talking about virtual groups, for example in the case of credit card fraud from getting the details to... [19 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
Comment Identity fraud and cybercrime are of course difficult to investigate and because of the way they regularly cross international boundaries it's hard to get a conviction. A bit of credit card statement checking later, it became clear that his... [13 Mar 2008]
