Fraudster
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Cybercrime heads to the cloud
News Cloud computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be hired to steal online banking details for as little as US$299 per month.
Tags: Security, Fraudster, Malware, online banking, Cloud Computing, distributed denial of service, Computer, RSA Security Inc., URI, London
Online security growing concern for Indian banks
News Survey reveals 30 percent of India's top 40 banks were victims of phishing attacks in the past year. Only 57 percent have formal plan to drive user awareness about fraud.
Tags: Banking, Network security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, IT Budget, India, Survey, electronic communication, software
A lesson in card fraud
Blogs Two weeks ago, I received a call from Citibank. Thinking that it was a telemarketer trying to sell me a financial produc...
Tags: Security, Hacking, Spam and phishing, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Biometrics
Bank phishing fraudsters learn to spell
News Fraudsters are targeting financial services organizations, and their attacks are continuing to develop, say banking execs at the RSA Conference.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Bank Of America Corp., Fraudster, Malware, Phishing Web Site, Gartner Inc., financial service, bank, industry
eBay: Let us look inside your PC
News E-commerce giant will initiate new site offering malware scanning to its users as part of a raft of new features to combat efforts of phishers and virus writers.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Web services, Phishing, Malware, Security, eBay Inc., Online Payment, Information Security
Verizon gaffe lets customer details slip
News Spreadsheet with limited data on more than 5,000 wireless subscribers in the United States was accidentally e-mailed to other customers.
Tags: Data security, Security
New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams
Techguide Tool automatically creates dynamic phishing sites that pull in data from the target Web site, RSA says.
Microsoft, Yahoo team up against lottery hoax e-mail messages
News The tech companies are forming a coalition to educate consumers on the dangers of those nasty hoax e-mail messages that try to get financial information out of people.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Spam and phishing, Lottery, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., E-mail Message, Europe, Internet User, e-mail
ID fraud reports rocket
News U.S.-headquartered financial information firm Experian sees 69 percent year-on-year rise in ID fraud victims during the second half of 2006.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Authentication and encryption, Security Management
British tax site goes dark after data security breach
News USB thumb drive with passwords turns up in pub parking lot, prompting government site to shut down to protect sensitive data of 12 million English citizens.
Tags: Security, Data security, Privacy, Atos, USB flash drive, Password, Tax Site, credit card information, payment, England
Stop fraud by blackballing PCs
News Instead of locking out specific users, sites using Iovation's technology can nail suspected fraudsters' hardware.
Tags: Business security, PC security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards
New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams
News Tool automatically creates dynamic phishing sites that pull in data from the target Web site, RSA says.
Tags: Spam and phishing
SAS: Spot fraudsters in your office before they strike
News Bad hats can be sifted out by analyzing CVs and relationship data, but companies should not over-rely on technology.
Tags: Enterprise risk management, Business security, Data security
Last week in security
News Uproar over massive data security breach raises question of whether consumers should be notified about possible data exposure.
Tags: Business security, Data security, Security implementation/standards
U.K. banks off the hook for Indian data breach
News No action in store for banks over alleged sales of customer data by an Indian call center worker, U.K. watchdog says.
Tags: Data security
