When running a business, it’s already a daunting task to ensure that the company floats in the black. Yet, another often overlooked and often, even more difficult issue to keep track is internal employee frauds and thefts. It’s like having a trojan horse in the company, and to add to the challenge, it’s an evasive [...]
By David Richards | Thursday | 02/07/2009 Consumer electronics retailers who handed over millions of dollars worth of goods in a fake credit card scam could be forced to adopt a brand new credit card “pin system” similar to what has been implemented in Europe in an effort to stamp out theft. According to the [...]
Credit card fraud is a serious crime which can cost you and credit card issuers huge losses. Credit card issuers have taken security measures to protect you against such possible frauds. However, you can also take the proper safety measures to avoid from being a victim of fraud. Here’s what you can do to minimise [...]
By Kelly Jackson Higgins, DarkReading.com Researchers have discovered a sophisticated, new method of phishing that targets users while they are banking online — sending phony popup messages pretending to be from their banks. The so-called “in-session phishing” attack prompts the victim to retype his username and password for the banking site because the online banking [...]
According to Anti Phishing Working Group’s latest report, phishing reports are on the increase, with Financial Services sector being the favorite target for phishing sites. Financial Services continues to be the most targeted industry sector during the consistent with results since the APWG began tracking targeted industry sectors. The uptick is the increase in targeted [...]
Researchers at BitDefender have discovered a new type of malicious software that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox users. The malware, which BitDefender dubbed “Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A” sits in Firefox’s add-ons folder, said Viorel Canja, the head of BitDefender’s lab. The malware runs when Firefox is started. The malware uses JavaScript to identify more [...]
