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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). Previous editions of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report have...
[11 May 2008]
Round-Up In a statement, anti-fraud minister James Plaskitt said: "This positive and encouraging news from the pilots shows that this technology is helping to combat benefit fraud. A lie detector test that has slashed benefit fraud by more than £330,000 is...
[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 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]
Comment We do know that terrorist organisations and jihadi groups use the internet for many purposes - communications recruiting, propaganda, intrusions and for internet fraud. The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it...
[15 Apr 2008]
Comment Despite the widespread availability of security software and more sophisticated means of tracking and preventing internet fraud, e-crime is still rising. Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards...
[15 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Phishing is an ever-growing form of Internet-based fraud. For the financial services industry, the Internet has proven to be a low-cost, efficient way to solicit and service customers. But the harsh reality is that this high-opportunity channel...
[11 Apr 2008]
News Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. Personal information is collected and sold on the internet black market, for as little as $1.
[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]
whitepaper New intelligence brief focuses on growing Internet usage trends and fraud - plus tools for fighting email scams. Trends in e-commerce and fraud - including best practices for improving enterprise security posture.
[02 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. Her warning came as payment clearing industry body Apacs released figures showing that £532.2m was lost to card fraud in...
[19 Mar 2008]
News silicon.com is today launching its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a properly funded and dedicated national UK police unit to combat the growing threat of high-tech fraud and cyber attacks. Our e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a fully...
[12 Mar 2008]
News However the biggest losses were in phone, internet and mail order fraud, up in 2007 by 37 per cent to £290m. Card fraud rose by 25 per cent in 2007, according to the latest figures from payment clearing industry body Apacs.
[12 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 To respond to client demands, Beanstream needed a scalable and reliable network infrastructure to ensure that its growing client list could quickly authenticate orders to minimize fraud and be live, online 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
[04 Mar 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]
News Consumers still lack awareness of basic online security alarms despite well publicised instances of data breaches and fraud. A survey conducted by hosting specialist NetBenefit revealed 80 per cent of consumers are concerned about internet security...
[26 Feb 2008]
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