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Even with considerable security precautions in place, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey became the victim of an embarrassing compromise when attackers took control of his account on the platform by hijacking his phone number. [Read More]
Visa this week announced a new set of capabilities aimed at improving fraud prevention and cybersecurity of payment systems. [Read More]
Two Florida men have pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges filed in southern Illinois, where they targeted people with fake technical support services. [Read More]
Pakistani national Muhammad Fahd has been charged in the US for bribing AT&T employees to help him unlock phones and plant malware on the telecoms giant’s network. [Read More]
A panel monitoring U.N. sanctions says North Korean cyber experts have illegally raised money for the country’s weapons of mass destruction programs “with total proceeds to date estimated at up to $2 billion.” [Read More]
Few data breach victims can ever pin the blame on any specific breach, whether that’s Equifax from 2017 or the recently disclosed breach at Capital One. [Read More]
Cybercriminals managed to divert $2.5 million in a business email compromise (BEC) scam targeting Cabarrus County, North Carolina. $1.7 million remains missing. [Read More]
Many more healthcare companies impacted by the AMCA data breach published press releases last week (the same press release) to notify customers. [Read More]
Researchers discover a new malware framework that managed to gather over one billion fraudulent ad impressions in the past three months. [Read More]
Microsoft says it has detected more than 740 infiltration attempts by nation-state actors in the past year targeting U.S.-based political parties, campaigns and other democracy-focused organizations. [Read More]
FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Fraud & Identity Theft
When it comes to cybercrime, the police really can’t and aren’t going to protect residents of your town. The same goes for all towns and cities. Unless you’re talking a high six-figure theft, it's unlikely an officer will be assigned to your case.
The holiday season is a time of giving. But savvy security and technology professionals such as yourselves know, both during the holidays and year-round, that not all giving is good.
No more fertile ground for security breaches exists in the United States than our colleges and universities. A higher education student database is an identity thief’s dream come true.
Cooperation in the underground economy could enable a fraudster in Russia who masters the art of phishing to team up with another fraudster who already has the infrastructure of cashing out compromised online banking accounts of US banks.
Companies are increasingly seeing the benefits of using social technologies both for internal and external purposes. What is the security impact of this trend? What should security teams think about?
To maximize profits, fraudsters need to do a lot of learning. They can either learn techniques of areas they haven't focused on yet, learn better techniques in the field they already specialize in, or learn new cover stories to improve the techniques they already use.
The worlds of counter terrorism and fraud prevention should increase their ties. Systems that are already implemented in one world may be applied to the other. Solution providers and policy makers from both worlds need to meet up and share ideas, thoughts and experience for the benefit of both.
A bank that will fail to give fraud departments the power to make the necessary changes to its internal processes, may end up in a situation where everyone knows how and why fraudsters are stealing money from their bank – yet nothing can be done to stop it.
Some newer POS systems in the US have built-in authentication systems designed to protect merchants against the addition of fraudulent PIN pads. Should PCI now require retail businesses to upgrade to newer and better technology?
Unlike real-world dumpster diving, "electronic dumpster diving" can enable cybercriminals to access all the documents currently held by the user, not just those that were thrown away.
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