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RSS scams theftNo Phishing: Protecting Employees from E-mail Fraud
White Paper SPAM has evolved beyond just annoying junk e-mail advertisements to being a primary vehicle for phishing scams. These types of messages pose a tremendous e-mail security threat that can easily result in identity... [10 Apr 2008]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News The UK suffered more than £1bn of fraud in 2007, 90 per cent of which was perpetrated by organised gangs carrying out ID theft and VAT scams, according to the KPMG Forensic Fraud Barometer. A spokesman... [04 Feb 2008]
The Anatomy of a Phishing E-mail
White Paper Phishing scams—the emerging form of online fraud that relies on bogus e-mails and look-alike Web sites to trick users into submitting login IDs, passwords, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal... [13 Dec 2007]
Chinwag Live: The Dark Side Of Social Media
White Paper Identity theft, libel, stalking, scams and even violence were on the agenda at this event held19th June 2007, but so too was an exploration of online identity management and the changing nature of... [31 Oct 2007]
Chinwag Live: The Dark Side Of Social Media
Identity theft, libel, stalking, scams and even violence were on the agenda at this event held19th June 2007, but so too was an exploration of online identity management and the changing nature of... [08 Sep 2007]
Google search apps packing 'phishing flaw'
News Phishing scams typically use spam email with a link to a fraudulent website. A security flaw in Google's search appliances could expose websites that use the products to info-stealing phishing attacks, experts have warned. [28 Nov 2006]
Leader: Phishers raise their game
Leader It used to be the case that phishing scams were pretty random. This morning news broke that the Nationwide building society had suffered the theft of a laptop which contained customer account information. [14 Nov 2006]
Microsoft Phishing Filter: A New Approach to Building Trust in E-Commerce Content
White Paper The recent flurry of media coverage around identity theft and what is being called "The new scam of phishing," in which online thieves attempt to use computers to gain illegal access to personal information, sometimes... [06 Oct 2006]
ID theft: Which banks do best?
News Another way could be to promote online account monitoring and advanced protection against phishing scams that seek to trick people into giving up account details, the research company said. A report into which US... [26 Sep 2006]
Banks fight e-fraudsters with two-factor authentication
News Losses from this type of fraud doubled in 2005, hitting £23.2m, due to the rise in email phishing scams. Identity theft emails, known as phishing attacks, cost banks £12m last year, according to the... [05 Sep 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment The extent of the damage e-criminals are causing was revealed to me at a recent Westminster briefing, where I heard reported figures for one high street bank's losses to phishing scams in the last 12 months. [15 Mar 2006]
Chip and PIN leads to fall in UK card fraud
News Online banking fraud losses have also doubled in the last year to £23.2m because of the rise in email phishing scams that dupe customers into disclosing their bank security details. Apacs figures on card ID... [07 Mar 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in security
News And such scams, travelling in far smaller numbers are far harder to detect. Leading the charge are far more finely tuned phishing scams and the snowballing menace of spyware. And the endgame of the... [19 Dec 2005]
Korea forces banks to repay fraud victims
News But the Korean government people who are careless with PINs and passwords would not be compensated for losses or damages from online scams under the new law. The South Korean government is to force financial companies to... [09 Dec 2005]
Leader: Careful with that customer data
Leader Interestingly, last year the Association of Payments and Clearing Systems (Apacs) said phishing scams accounted for £12m in losses for banks - a figure which, based on Visa's announcement, appears suspiciously low. [07 Oct 2005]
