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whitepaper This can include personal information that can be used for the purpose of identity theft (the act of stealing the information) or fraud (using the information to commit fraud). Security 2.0 is not a new service or application.
[11 May 2008]
whitepaper Today's cybercriminals create malicious code for the purpose of obtaining information that can be used for financial gain - i.e.identity theft or fraud. With a widening group of users tapping into corporate resources, the need to secure all...
[11 May 2008]
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. The vast majority of these cases stemmed from data...
[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. Department of Justice, the number of identity thefts and fraudulent credit card charges reached over four million in the U.S...
[09 May 2008]
whitepaper Password fatigue and online fraud is a growing problem that is shaking users' confidence in the safety and security of the Internet. InfoCard" is the code name for a new technology from Microsoft that helps address the problem of managing and...
[01 May 2008]
News 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 people or events.
[17 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Because viruses spread, hackers find it easier to compromise business computers, identity theft is better enabled and computer fraud is easier to perpetrate. Anti-virus technology fails to prevent computers from virus infections.
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper These types of messages pose a tremendous e-mail security threat that can easily result in identity theft and/or compromise of corporate networks. SPAM has evolved beyond just annoying junk e-mail advertisements to being a primary vehicle for...
[10 Apr 2008]
News Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. F is for Federated identity The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963...
[09 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This paper describes the online fraud of phishing, looks at other methods it has spawned, and gives advice on how organizations can prevent the theft of their identity. Fraudsters and scammers are finding increasingly devious ways of stealing...
[08 Apr 2008]
News 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]
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. The Naked CIO: Identity crisis A bit of credit card statement checking later...
[13 Mar 2008]
News 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, but most of the...
[10 Mar 2008]
News 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 crime complaint...
[06 Mar 2008]
whitepaper As a successful and lucrative form of financial fraud, phishing made its mark on the networked landscape in 2004. Phishing is an automated form of identity theft, targeted primarily at the casual e-mail user.
[28 Feb 2008]
Comment Criminals are increasingly targeting individuals in cases of financial fraud rather than businesses. Over the past 12 months, leading UK banks such as Barclays have been successful in reducing online fraud.
[27 Feb 2008]
Comment Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal with internet-based crime, and allowing victims of online card fraud to report to the police - rather than to the banks which seem reluctant to act in many cases.
[27 Feb 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]
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