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News B is for Botnets Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner of threats ranging from botnets to metasploit attacks. Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank Mitsubishi...
[17 Apr 2008]
News B is for Botnets Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. C is for CMA The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963...
[09 Apr 2008]
News B is for Botnets 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.
[18 Mar 2008]
News B is for Botnets 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...
[10 Mar 2008]
News B is for Botnets 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 cyber...
[06 Mar 2008]
News B is for Botnets 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...
[04 Feb 2008]
News B is for Botnets 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. C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more.
[25 Jan 2008]
News B is for Botnets The society now has assets worth £4.4bn and like all banks is a potential target for fraud and money laundering. C is for CMA The building society currently carries out transaction monitoring and exception reporting, which requires...
[11 Dec 2007]
News B is for Botnets 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.
[10 Dec 2007]
News B is for Botnets The number of adults shopping online has more than doubled in the last five years to around 30 million, meaning more people are potential victims of fraud, according to Apacs. C is for CMA
[30 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets 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.
[30 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets 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.
[29 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets 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.
[29 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets Darling said no individual will suffer any financial loss if they are innocent victims of fraud as a result of this security breach. C is for CMA The records contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance...
[20 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets 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...
[05 Sep 2007]
News B is for Botnets The finding relates to customer details being left open to potential fraud or retained without customer consent. C is for CMA Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA) by the...
[22 Jun 2007]
Leader B is for Botnets 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...
[22 Nov 2006]
News B is for Botnets 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.
[15 Nov 2006]
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