identity fraud in news
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than... [18 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The annual report also shows some notable successes for the IPS last year including the detection of 9,000 fraud attempts in 2007/2008, up on last year's figures. The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade its... [02 Jul 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News Victims of online banking fraud who repeatedly fail to take appropriate security measures could be left out of pocket, the industry has warned. The online banking section of the latest Banking Code from the British Bankers Association suggests... [16 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Customers who have become a victim of fraud following the attack are being asked to contact their credit card provider. F is for Federated identity Hackers breached the company website in January and stole encrypted customer details. [11 Jun 2008]
Brits living in fear of identity fraud
News Identity fraud, and information theft from mobile phones top the list of security concerns in the UK. It comes on the back of a similar survey of 4,500 adults in the UK by telecoms regulator Ofcom, which revealed approximately half the respondents... [20 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News Soca has also sent out 46 alerts to UK business, which included 11 alerts to UK financial institutions detailing more than 46,000 online account details that had been compromised by phishing and virus attacks, a system for UK call centres to... [15 May 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
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]
Phishers attack social networking generation
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]
Banks under attack: Phishing on the rise
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]
eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat
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]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
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]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News Fraud in the UK hit a 12-year high last year as criminals increasingly turned to technology. In a statement Hitesh Patel, partner at KPMG Forensic, predicted fraud could continue to rise this year: "Given the developing economic conditions... [04 Feb 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News 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. F is for Federated identity Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [25 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Lie detector beats benefit fraud In August, the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) Framework Procurement was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting potential suppliers to pitch for the lucrative ID card contracts. [19 Dec 2007]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
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]
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