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whitepaper 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]
whitepaper 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.
[10 May 2008]
whitepaper 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.
[09 May 2008]
whitepaper 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...
[09 May 2008]
whitepaper 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...
[07 May 2008]
whitepaper 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.
[06 May 2008]
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]
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]
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]
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]
whitepaper Criminals have become more skillful having discovered that there is a significant amount of money to be acquired with very little risk and as such, credit card fraud and identity theft have become much more common place in recent years.
[24 Feb 2008]
whitepaper This paper studies an active underground economy which specializes in the commoditization of activities such as credit card fraud, identity theft, spamming, phishing, online credential theft, and the sale of compromised hosts.
[14 Feb 2008]
Comment For instance, online retailers and payment processors use geolocation to detect possible credit card fraud by comparing the user's location with the billing address on the account or the shipping address provided, or identifying known IP addresses...
[09 Jan 2008]
Comment In 2006, internet fraud reached £154.4m, accounting for 73 per cent of card-not-present fraud. While overall card fraud is falling, instances of online fraud are rocketing, according to UK payment association Apacs.
[24 Dec 2007]
whitepaper Its reputation depends on its ability to protect clients from fraud - particularly credit-card fraud. Raiffeisenbank needed a solution that would reduce the cost of preventing credit-card fraud and provide a more effective, customer-focused service.
[18 Dec 2007]
News Aviva PLC, of which Norwich Union Life is a subsidiary, issued a statement on Monday apologising for the fraud. Norwich Union Life apologised, saying the fraud was unacceptable. The financial services company blamed "organised fraud" for the losses...
[17 Dec 2007]
News London hottest for online card fraud Research found London was the hottest spot in the UK for distance purchase (or card-not-present) card fraud. The report sponsors, Early Warning predicted card-not-present fraud would hit £200m in 2007.
[17 Dec 2007]
whitepaper Phishing scams—the emerging form of online fraud that relies on bogus e-mails and look-alike Web sites to trick users into submitting login IDs, passwords, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal or financial data—have...
[12 Dec 2007]
whitepaper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), produced and governed by the major credit card companies, comprises directives to reduce fraud.Citrix Application FirewallTM, along with other Citrix solutions, provide compliance...
[08 Nov 2007]
News Brooker said since the banking community has concentrated on reducing credit card fraud, fraudsters have moved on to other things, such as direct debit and direct credit fraud. Financial risk management specialist Experian has launched an account...
[03 Oct 2007]
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