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Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News A is for Antivirus Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said: "Undoubtedly, the statistics show that 70 per cent of fraud is perpetrated by staff rather than by external...

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

Phishers attack social networking generation

News A is for Antivirus Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. B is for Botnets The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963...

Tags: social networking, phishers

[09 Apr 2008]

Banks under attack: Phishing on the rise

News A is for Antivirus Phishing attacks on banking organisations and their customers across the globe has increased steadily over the last six months, according to the latest fraud report from security software specialist RSA.

Tags: rsa, banks, phishing, banking

[18 Mar 2008]

eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat

News A is for Antivirus Last June eBay revealed details of a three-year long campaign to curb online fraud by criminals in Romania - leading to several hundred arrests. Most of Romania's law enforcement efforts are concentrated on its capital, Bucharest...

Tags: romania, ebay, security, crime

[10 Mar 2008]

Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime

News A is for Antivirus Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans to create a police national cyber crime unit, a minister for e-crime, a fraud and...

Tags: e-crime, security, cyber crime, threat

[06 Mar 2008]

UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech

News A is for Antivirus Fraud in the UK hit a 12-year high last year as criminals increasingly turned to technology. The UK suffered more than £1bn of fraud in 2007, 90 per cent of which was perpetrated by organised gangs carrying out ID theft and VAT...

Tags: fraud, id theft, phishing, theft

[04 Feb 2008]

Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details

News A is for Antivirus A spokesman for the ICO said: "There is no evidence that any employees suffered ID fraud but there is always that risk with this type of information. B is for Botnets Security from A to Z

Tags: ico, data loss, laptop theft, marks and spencer

[25 Jan 2008]

Building society installs anti-money laundering tech

News A is for Antivirus The society now has assets worth £4.4bn and like all banks is a potential target for fraud and money laundering. B is for Botnets The building society currently carries out transaction monitoring and exception reporting, which...

Tags: money laundering, systems, tech, regulations

[11 Dec 2007]

Bot attacks target those looking for romance

News A is for Antivirus PC Tools senior malware analyst, Sergei Shevchenko, said in a statement: "As a tool that can be used by hackers to conduct identity fraud, CyberLover demonstrates an unprecedented level of social engineering.

Tags: bot attacks, id, dating, russia

[10 Dec 2007]

Christmas spend online to hit £5bn

News A is for Antivirus Among the measures suggested by Apacs, are keeping antivirus software up to date and registering your payment card with the card security schemes. The number of adults shopping online has more than doubled in the last five years...

Tags: uk, online, consumer, retail

[30 Nov 2007]

Who's been reading your emails?

News A is for Antivirus She explained security is a big issue, with risks of confidential business information being leaked or of companies becoming victims or even perpetrators of fraud through the actions of staff.

Tags: emails, monitoring, legal, staff

[30 Nov 2007]

HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes

News A is for Antivirus And despite the increased fears around identity fraud, around 30 per cent of adults who receive child benefit payments have yet to take any action, according to a YouGov survey of 435 adults.

Tags: customers, hmrc, fraud, accounts

[29 Nov 2007]

Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'

News A is for Antivirus But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me that they still have no evidence or intelligence that this data has fallen into the wrong hands and no evidence of fraud or criminal activity.

Tags: alistair darling, hmrc, house, evidence

[29 Nov 2007]

Missing: 25 million child benefit records

News A is for Antivirus Darling said no individual will suffer any financial loss if they are innocent victims of fraud as a result of this security breach. B is for Botnets The records contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance...

Tags: hmrc, alistair darling, security breach, activity

[20 Nov 2007]

London hottest for online card <strong>fraud</strong>

London hottest for online card fraud

News A is for Antivirus London is the UK hotspot for card not present fraud committed through transactions made online, on the phone and by mail order. By tracking the postcodes of addresses where fraudulently obtained goods are delivered fraud...

Tags: card, postcode, online, london

[05 Sep 2007]

Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog

News A is for Antivirus The finding relates to customer details being left open to potential fraud or retained without customer consent. B is for Botnets Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA) by the...

Tags: customer, breach, data protection act, ico

[22 Jun 2007]

Leader: Unjust extradition laws must be amended

Leader A is for Antivirus In this post-Enron era the prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of white collar crime and corporate fraud is something still high on the agenda for the US authorities. High-profile sentences include 25 years for former...

Tags: extradition

[22 Nov 2006]

Home chip and PIN readers 'make shoppers feel secure'

News A is for Antivirus According to MasterCard-commissioned research, one in four (28 per cent) of consumers still worry about fraud when buying over the phone - and nearly a third (31 per cent) said that fear of fraud deters them completely.

Tags: chip and pin

[15 Nov 2006]

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