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Businesses losing millions to fraud – in good economies and bad

7, May 2009

With all the risks facing businesses of all sizes in this turbulent economy, it might be easy to overlook one of the very oldest: fraud.
But as quickly as new banking and security technologies emerge, con artists are developing their own methods to penetrate financial transactions of all shapes and sizes — in Kitsap County [...]

McAfee Introduces First Online Center to Assist With Cybercrime

7, May 2009

The Cybercrime Response Unit provides diagnosis and remediation advice to victims of identity theft, online financial fraud, cyberbullying and other such crimes. Consumers in the United States have lost close to $8.5 billion over the last two years to cybercrime, according to Consumer Reports. In response, McAfee Inc. has launched the Cybercrime Response Unit (http://www.mcafee.com/us/) [...]

Cybersecurity’s Twitter-Fast Shifts

7, May 2009

Twitter, despite its chirpy logo and its endorsement from Oprah, isn’t as harmless as it seems.
Throughout April, worms have ripped through the “microblogging” platform, infecting user accounts with malicious code that spread from profile to profile as Twitterers visited one another’s compromised pages. Every time Twitter’s administrators declared that they had cleaned up the [...]

IN LIGHT OF RISING CRIME RATES, ONLINE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS NOW MORE ESSENTIAL

5, May 2009

Dontbeavictim.org is a free information provider to aid individuals and businesses. The site provides completely free information on background checks, self defense, safety and security, and other vital tips to help avert and counteract potentially life threatening and otherwise costly situations.
 
 
The USA has one of the highest crime rates among other developed countries. Identity theft and [...]

IDC – Web-borne Threats Rise, SaaS Follows

5, May 2009

A new report issued by researchers at IDC charts the continued proliferation of Web-based attacks and predicts that hosted security service providers may benefit from the activity.
In a piece that specifically highlights the growth potential of Purewire, a provider of SaaS online malware filtering services, IDC analyst Brian Burke reports that Web attacks are likely [...]

Industry Click Fraud Rate Declines to 13.8 Percent in Q1 2009

4, May 2009

Click Forensics Inc. today released industry pay-per-click (PPC) fraud figures for the first quarter 2009 from the search advertising industry’s leading independent click fraud reporting service – the Click Fraud Index® (www.ClickFraudIndex.com). Now in its fourth year, the Click Fraud Index provides statistically significant industry PPC data collected from online advertising campaigns for both large [...]

Red Flag Identity Theft Alert Is Your Site In The Cross Hairs

4, May 2009

In October 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it is delaying enforcement of the Red Flag rules six months to May 1, 2009. The reason for the delay is uncertainty over who is covered. Just who is covered (and therefore liable for failure to comply) is still somewhat confusing. However, if you’re not [...]

Massachusetts Mortgage Company chooses Mortgage Fraud Prevention From Edcomm Banker’s Academy

4, May 2009

A Massachusetts Mortgage Company has chosen Mortgage Fraud Prevention Training from Edcomm Banker’s Academy. Focus on Mortgage Fraud Prevention will be hosted and maintained by Edcomm Banker’s Academy’s own Learning Management System (LMS).
Focus on Mortgage Fraud Prevention, from Edcomm Banker’s Academy, teaches the knowledge and skills needed to prevent and detect fraud and to [...]

Identity fraud up 40% in 2009

4, May 2009

It’s more important than ever to protect your personal information to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft with a damaged credit rating.
The number of Brits whose credit rating will be damaged by identity theft is likely to almost double in the next five years, according to predictions from the Centre for Economics and [...]

AdmitOne Security Awarded Key Patent on Its Zero-footprint Identity Assurance Technology

4, May 2009

AdmitOne Security, the leading innovator of identity assurance as a service solutions, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a new United States Patent (US Patent Number 7,526,412). The patent is generally directed to accuracy and convenience related to online real-time user authentication in access control, account takeover prevention [...]


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