identity fraud in comment and analysis
Opinion: Online security school now in session
Comment The UK government is set to launch a programme to teach consumers and small businesses how to avoid online fraud and identity theft. It's one of the most serious cases seen to date of identity fraud, a crime that the Home Office estimates accounts... [24 Oct 2005]
Leader: How to put out the fires of ID fraud
Leader It's the same thing with identity fraud - although here for fuel you have sensitive personal data, for oxygen you have the easy access to that information, and for heat - bad guys. A big part of the identity fraud problem is down to a lack of... [08 Oct 2007]
Leader: ID cards face identity crisis
Leader We've also seen the Home Office's claims about the cost of identity fraud (a key justification for the project) comprehensively debunked, while all the time the predicted cost of the project has continued to rise. [10 Jul 2006]
Leader: Why we need data loss disclosure laws
Leader Currently identity fraud is seeing something of a migration from the US to Europe, according to Bryan Sartin, VP investigative response at Cybertrust. It goes without saying the warning signs may include evidence that some level of identity fraud... [03 Apr 2006]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment For years the government has been telling us that it is so worried about the menace of identity fraud that it wants to spend £5bn on identity cards that will apparently protect us. If the government is as worried about identity fraud as it claims... [06 Feb 2008]
The Bloor Perspective: ID theft, infrastructure modelling, new breed of consultants
Comment Companies need to be aware that identity theft is a pressing problem for them - especially since the vast majority of fraud is carried out by insiders. For a start, theft of credit card and account information is one of the most common reasons for... [10 Dec 2003]
Can you trust what you read online?
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]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment Despite tough criticism, the government argues the scheme will make identity fraud much harder. Ministers claim it could help to kerb illegal immigration, stop large-scale financial fraud - anyone trying to make a big financial transaction would... [23 Nov 2007]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
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]
Locking down financial security
Comment In 2006, internet fraud reached £154.4m, accounting for 73 per cent of card-not-present fraud. But losses from online fraud continue to rise. However, the security needed to stop fraud outside the firewall may be a tougher challenge still. [24 Dec 2007]
Opinion: Corporate IT - you can help fight cyber crime
Comment Economic crime is perceived to be more in the realm of gangland villains or crooked CEOs such as Bernard Ebbers, architect of the largest corporate fraud in US history and sentenced to 25 years of porridge last July. [03 Oct 2005]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Don't let sleeping data dogs lie
Comment Until, that is, you discover someone has used your details in an identity fraud. What if your credit card details, address, date of birth, bank account data - everything about you that an identity thief could possibly want - were stolen by hackers... [04 Sep 2007]
Opinion: UK needs cybercrime strategy
Comment Confidence and trust in the internet as a safe environment is at an all-time low and hardly a day passes without some news appearing on phishing or viruses, identity theft or fraud. What happens, I wonder, if one of the large clearing banks decides... [13 Jan 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up So nothing that could raise any risk of serious identity fraud. The wispy goatees of the National Union of Students (NUS) officers were quivering with rage as they described the revelation in the leaked National Identity Scheme Delivery Strategy... [25 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime
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]
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