Fraud & Identity Theft
Several people have pleaded guilty to their roles in tax fraud schemes involving the Internal Revenue Service’s “Get Transcript” database.The “Get Transcript” online service...
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US conducts sweeping crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations as part of what officials say is a “new theater of war”.
Cybercrime
The sprawling cybercrime operation abuses major providers to prevent takedowns and distance itself from sanctions.
Cybercrime
Law enforcement in the US, UK and Canada identified more than $45 million in cryptocurrency and froze $12 million.
Fraud & Identity Theft
The document provides a behavior-based model of the tactics and techniques employed by fraudsters.
Fraud & Identity Theft
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Monday that it has temporarily suspended its Identity Protection (IP) PIN tool while it further strengthens its...
Fraud & Identity Theft
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported on Friday that the total number of taxpayers affected by the incident involving the agency’s Get Transcript application...
Fraud & Identity Theft
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed on Tuesday that identity thieves abused its Electronic Filing PIN application in an attempt to generate PINs...
Cybersecurity Funding
Pindrop Security, a startup focused on combating phone-based fraud, announced that it has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by...
Cyber Insurance
Aircraft parts manufacturer FACC AG revealed this week that cybercriminals managed to steal a significant amount of money in a scheme targeting the company’s...
Fraud & Identity Theft
Following an investigation into a breach of its payment processing systems, Chicago-based hotel operator Hyatt Hotels has determined that the incident affects 250 hotels...
Fraud & Identity Theft
A company which sells identity theft protection services agreed Thursday to pay a fine of $100 million for failing to protect consumer data in...
Fraud & Identity Theft
Landry’s announced on Thursday that it’s investigating reports of unauthorized charges on payment cards used at some of its restaurants.
Fraud & Identity Theft
An impression fraud scheme powered by a piece of malware that has infected millions of devices could cost advertisers a lot of money, enterprise...
Fraud & Identity Theft
TalkTalk reported on Friday that the personal details of only 156,959 customers were accessed in the recent data breach.
Application Security
Hackers breached the systems of anti-adblocking solutions provider PageFair and used the access to deliver malware via the publishers that rely on the company’s...
Fraud & Identity Theft
British telecoms company TalkTalk has published information regarding the details accessed by hackers in the recent data breach, and law enforcement has announced the...
Fraud & Identity Theft
A team of French researchers have completed their analysis into the techniques of a criminal ring that in 2011 managed to steal $680,000 using...
Fraud & Identity Theft
A threat group believed to be operating out of Iran has created a network of fake LinkedIn profiles as part of a campaign aimed...
Fraud & Identity Theft
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month announced bringing charges against tens of individuals and companies allegedly involved in an illegal trading scheme....
Cybercrime
The LinkedIn accounts of security specialists have been recently assaulted with recruitment requests from a series of fake accounts in what appears to be...
Fraud & Identity Theft
The hackers who breached the online adultery website Ashley Madison last month made good on their promise to leak customer details.
Fraud & Identity Theft
Las Vegas - Hackers at an infamous annual Def Con gathering in Las Vegas on Friday got schooled in how to be online killers....
Fraud & Identity Theft
86 Million Scam Calls Made to US Consumers Every Month, Says Pindrop SecurityBased on data from its “telephony honeypot,” anti-fraud company Pindrop Security has...
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