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Data strategy launched to combat ID authentication fraud

4, May 2009

The U.K. government has announced that it is to launch a new data strategy to combat the incidence of ID authentication fraud.  A three-year national fraud strategy, it is designed to encourage businesses to improve best practice in the handling of consumer identity verification information.ID authentication details, is the objective of the initiative, which comes [...]

Insecurity: Musings on Risk Management

30, Apr 2009

Paul Gillingwater, European lead, Fraud and Risk Intelligence at Unisys, examines the growing link between this time of unrest and a rise in financial fraud and provides insight for businesses and governments on how to tackle growing consumer fears.
 
And how are consumers reacting to this burgeoning offense (financial fraud)? According to research from Unisys- [...]

Who’s most at risk online?

30, Apr 2009

Students are placing themselves at the greatest risk of online fraud compared to any other adult demographic in the UK, according to a new study (1) from GetSafeOnline.org.
Highest risk group: Students
- Internet users in full-time education (2) are almost twice as confident online as other internet users – more than half (51%) consider themselves ‘very’ internet [...]

Acxiom and Privo to create “Do Not Contact” registry for children

30, Apr 2009

Acxiom Corp. has teamed up with Privacy Vaults Online Inc. (Privo) to create a do-not-contact online registry for children.
The Protect My Child Registry is slated to go live by third quarter 2009. It combines Acxiom’s identity management and data assets with Privo’s online youth registration and parental permission tools to allow parents to create ‚Äúdo [...]

Internet fraud has increased twice at the beginning of 2009

30, Apr 2009

FBI’s Internet Fraud Complaint Center affirms in its report that Internet fraud in the U.S. increased by 33% in 2008 and continues rising for the first time in three years. Early indicators for 2009 are not cheerful either, they showed a 50% increase in reported Internet fraud complaints with February to March 2009.    
 
http://ecommerce-journal.com/news/14725_the_number_of_internet_fraud_increased_twice_at_the_beginning_of_2009

Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. to Enter the Credit Card Fraud Prevention Market

30, Apr 2009

Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ETAK), an international telecom and multimedia content distributor specializing in carrier grade mobile enabling platforms, today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire controlling interest in ValidSoft Limited.  ValidSoft is an emerging global leader in preventing electronic bank theft, credit card fraud, and [...]

Internet Crime Stats Go Up, But It’s Mostly Due To Methodology Change

28, Apr 2009

Internet fraud complaints received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and a non-profit consumer protection organization, seem to reveal that online scam victims lost about $25 million more in 2008 than in 2007, but the IC3 concedes its numbers might be skewed by an increased effort to make filing [...]

Online Fraud Hits New High, Driven By Recession

28, Apr 2009

Internet fraud losses reported in the United States reached a record high $264.6 million in 2008, according to a report released on Monday from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, run by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.  CNBC reports Online scams originating from across the globe—mostly from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Nigeria [...]

Authentication and Online Trust Alliance Changes Name to Online Trust Alliance

28, Apr 2009

The Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA), an organization of the world’s leading brands and public institutions striving to improve online trust, today announced the change of its name to the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) to better reflect its expanding mission.¬† OTA’s renaming and expansion is an evolution for an organization founded in 2004. The [...]


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