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PC security warning for banking online
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus Section 12.9 of the Banking Code offers advice about how to protect your online banking activities including keeping your PC secure - through up-to-date antivirus and spyware software along with a personal firewall. [16 Jun 2008]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus Fraud in the UK hit a 12-year high last year as criminals increasingly turned to technology. Government was the primary target, suffering £833m fraud. Banks were scammed for £37m - down from £140m in 2006... [04 Feb 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than one million customers, and that none have been hit by fraud. [18 Jul 2008]
London hottest for online card fraud
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus London is the UK hotspot for card not present fraud committed through transactions made online, on the phone and by mail order. By tracking the postcodes of addresses where fraudulently obtained goods are... [05 Sep 2007]
Banks under attack: Phishing on the rise
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus 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]
Home chip and PIN readers 'make shoppers feel secure'
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus According to MasterCard-commissioned research, one in four (28 per cent) of consumers still worry about fraud when buying over the phone - and nearly a third (31 per cent) said that fear of fraud deters them... [15 Nov 2006]
Christmas spend online to hit £5bn
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus Among the measures suggested by Apacs, are keeping antivirus software up to date and registering your payment card with the card security schemes. The number of adults shopping online has more than doubled in the... [30 Nov 2007]
Beware the insider security threat
News Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner of threats ranging from botnets to metasploit attacks. B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at... [17 Apr 2008]
eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus 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... [10 Mar 2008]
Leader: Unjust extradition laws must be amended
Leader B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus In this post-Enron era the prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of white collar crime and corporate fraud is something still high on the agenda for the US authorities. [22 Nov 2006]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus 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... [06 Mar 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. C is for CMA The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there... [09 Apr 2008]
Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus The finding relates to customer details being left open to potential fraud or retained without customer consent. C is for CMA Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA... [22 Jun 2007]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus 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. C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. [25 Jan 2008]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News B is for Botnets A is for Antivirus But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The police inform me that they still have no evidence or intelligence that this data has fallen into the wrong hands and no evidence of fraud or criminal... [29 Nov 2007]
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