fraud security standard phishing

Barclays doles out 500,000 chip and PIN devices

News Davis said the users setting up third party transactions have been targeted because if a fraudster gets hold of a customer's bank details, for example from a phishing email, then there is very little the crook can do... [18 Apr 2007]

RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services

News Online payment company PayPal faced its own phishing problems in the form of a flaw on the company's website which left customers open to phishing scams - the flaw was quickly fixed.... [19 Dec 2006]

Banks aiming to alleviate online banking fears

Comment The need for two-factor authentication follows the rise of phishing email scams and card-not-present fraud. Online banking fraud losses also doubled in 2005, hitting £23.2m, due to the... [28 Mar 2006]

Leader: Chip and PIN won't solve the fraud problem

Leader In the UK banks have started to dabble with more secure approaches, such as the trial of an anti-phishing hardware device kicked off by Lloyds TSB last month. It's great news that chip and PIN is stopping... [08 Nov 2005]

Crime bosses plot smarter fraud attacks on banks

News Fraudsters will start developing more sophisticated attacks as they move on from simple phishing frauds, according to John Meakin, group head of information security at Standard... [18 Oct 2005]

Lloyds TSB tests anti-phishing hardware

News Lloyds TSB is piloting a token-based security with 30,000 of its online banking customers in an attempt to crack down on phishing and other fraud attacks. But there is a fear that as... [14 Oct 2005]

Fighting back against the phishers

News These emails, dubbed phishing attacks, ask for personal information from the reader so scammers can steal identities and money. But phishing attacks continue to get more sophisticated. John Cheney, CEO... [06 Sep 2005]

Make our anti-spam tech the standard, say Yahoo! and Cisco

News Sender ID and DKIM have similar goals: to improve the security and reliability of email and to stop the tide of spam, phishing and email fraud. The idea is to make it easier to eliminate... [12 Jul 2005]

Microsoft: No plans to patch IE spoof

News Phishing is a prevalent type of online fraud that attempts to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card numbers. The advisory said: "This is an example of how current... [24 Jun 2005]

Dodgy characters create phishing flaw in browsers

News Phishing attacks, which try to fool consumers into handing over sensitive information by creating legitimate-looking websites and email messages, have become a central security concern recently. That... [08 Feb 2005]

Alarming rise in phishing attacks

News It is estimated that up to five per cent of phishing emails persuade users to perform an action, such as clicking on a link, that could result in credit card fraud, identity theft or some other financial... [26 May 2004]

IE "phishing" fix lockout causes more complaints

News Major banks and other financial websites, such as PayPal, are popular targets of such fraud, often called "phishing. The big exception, of course, is the phishing scam artists. Some web... [05 Feb 2004]

5 years ago... eBay has its back to the wall over online auction fraud

News Recently the practice of phishing has had its sights set firmly on the auction site. And when users cotton on, it's the original victim of the phishing who takes the blame. 15.12.98: The suspension of a... [15 Dec 2003]

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