Security News

Lithuanian Extradited to U.S. Over Hacking, Fraud Charges
2019-11-22 14:59

A Lithuanian man extradited to the United States this week has been charged with hacking U.S.-based computers and stealing from online bank accounts and securities brokerage accounts. read more

Business Email Compromise: 5 ways this fraud could happen and what can be done to prevent it
2019-11-21 19:42

Millions of dollars and loads of personal information is being stolen through a growing threat known as Business Email Compromise (BEC).

Business Email Compromise: 5 ways this fraud could happen and what can be done to prevent it
2019-11-21 19:13

Millions of dollars and loads of personal information is being stolen through a growing threat known as Business Email Compromise (BEC).

Half of Oracle E-Business customers open to months-old bank fraud flaw
2019-11-20 08:00

Haven't gotten around to patching since last Spring? Now would be a good time Thousands of Oracle E-Business Suite customers are vulnerable a security bug that can be exploited for bank fraud.…

ICO scammer Maksim Zaslavskiy to miss 2020 Tokyo Olympics over digital currency fraud
2019-11-20 07:01

Businessman gets 18 months for bogus cryptocoin sales A 39 year-old man from New York has been ordered to spend the next 18 months in prison after being convicted of cryptocurrency-based securities fraud.…

Do your infosec habits make you vulnerable to fraud?
2019-11-18 05:00

A third of Americans have been a victim of information fraud or identity theft. Despite notable data breaches in 2019, when asked if they update or change passwords/PINs after a company they do...

Crossword Cybersecurity launches new family of ML based security and anti-fraud software products
2019-11-18 04:00

Crossword Cybersecurity, the technology commercialisation company focused solely on cyber security and risk, has announced the launch of Nixer CyberML, a new family of machine-learning based...

Fraud rates increasing as criminals become more sophisticated
2019-11-14 05:30

Fraud rates have been skyrocketing, with 90 voice channel attacks occurring every minute in the U.S., Pindrop reveals. Key findings Voice fraud continues to serve as a major threat, with rates...

Russian Accused of $20M Credit Card Fraud Extradited to US
2019-11-13 05:44

A Russian accused of running a website that helped people commit more than $20 million in credit-card fraud has been extradited to Virginia to face criminal charges. read more

Identity Fraud: Account Origination
2019-11-12 15:03

Bala Kumar of iovation, a TransUnion company, sees a marked spike in identity fraud in general, and at account origination in particular. How does this increase manifest across industry sectors,...