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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.
[13 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. This effort resulted in the Payment Card Industry...
[13 May 2008]
whitepaper Millions of cases of identity theft, including a number of high-profile cases where large amounts of payment card data was stolen or compromised, have fueled an urgent industry-wide movement to tighten payment card data security.
[28 Mar 2008]
Comment For example, firms can analyse in which regions most online theft occurs or identify the cities or regions where most online shopping for books occurs. For instance, online retailers and payment processors use geolocation to detect possible credit...
[09 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Identity theft and credit card crime are on the rise. Identity theft is the crime of the 21st century. Organizations today rely increasingly on open protocols and the Internet for business-to-business file transfers.
[13 Sep 2007]
whitepaper Identity theft and credit card crime are on the rise. Identity theft is the crime of the 21st century. Organizations today rely increasingly on open protocols and the Internet for business-to-business file transfers.
[13 Sep 2007]
whitepaper This webcast covers how creating innovative day-to-day technology operations will help to improve the security of the entire organization in addition to protecting cardholder information, minimizing consumer identity-theft and protecting the...
[23 May 2007]
News Fraud related to identity theft has risen by more than 50 per cent across the pond since 2003, according to analyst Gartner. Gartner said electronic theft of sensitive information is the leading cause of credit/debit card fraud and bank account...
[07 Mar 2007]
News Representative John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat and the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called the announcement "a serious down-payment on resolving the scourge of identity theft and related abuse".
[09 Feb 2007]
Round-Up A statement from the Met said: "We believe the risk of staff members falling victim to either fraudulent activity or identity theft is minimal. The laptops were swiped from LogicaCMG South London offices and the IT services partner is claiming the...
[24 Nov 2006]
News However, the theft is sufficiently serious that UK fraud prevention service Cifas, payment services organisation Apacs and credit reference agencies have been consulted about what action to take to safeguard staff against becoming victims of fraud.
[22 Nov 2006]
Comment Next year's e-Crime Congress in London will focus on identity theft and the BBC reported this week that phishing has caused a rise in the amount of money lost to online banking fraud in the first half of this year.
[08 Nov 2006]
News Identity theft emails, known as phishing attacks, cost banks £12m last year, according to the Association of Payment and Clearing Systems (Apacs). Barclays already offers an SMS text-alert payment confirmation system and anti-keytroke logging...
[05 Sep 2006]
News No reports of identity theft have arisen, and ACS is monitoring the situation, she added. Earlier this year, the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan company said up to 1.3 million borrowers were at risk of ID theft after computer equipment loaded with...
[25 Aug 2006]
Comment We're sending the responsibility for safe-guarding data to countries where legislation and law-enforcement efforts to deter the risk of fraud and identity theft are not in any way comparable with the UK.
[25 May 2006]
whitepaper PCI is one of many emerging mandates designed to address data privacy and identity theft. Decru DataFort storage security appliances provide turnkey encryption and access control enforcement to protect cardholder data, supporting compliance with...
[02 Feb 2006]
News The government has admitted losing £2.7m to fraudulent claims through a hole in the tax credits system as details emerge of further employee identity theft. Brian Contos of security firm ArcSight said: "This incident has been described as one of...
[19 Jan 2006]
whitepaper So, a payment system that offers consumers a higher level of convenience, speed and increased protection against identity theft sounds like a winner for retailers. With identity theft on the rise, consumers have never been more cautious about...
[30 Nov 2005]
News Bank of America is to provide two-factor authentication technology to 14.5 million customers in a bid to cut identity theft. The move was part of a wider strategy outlined by the Association of Payment and Clearing Systems (Apacs) which said that...
[07 Nov 2005]
News Card fraud and identity theft are driving demand for and cutting the cost of smart cards in the financial sector, analysts claim. The analyst said banks are rapidly adopting contactless payment cards, such as MasterCard's PayPass and Visa's Visa Wave.
[18 Oct 2005]
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