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IT guy at US govt fraud watchdog stole 16 computers from... US govt fraud watchdog
2019-03-08 01:28

How agents tracked down half-inched Surface Pro slabtops to eBay store An IT contractor for a US government fraud and abuse watchdog pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing 16 US government computers.…

Surprise, surprise, yet another cryptocurrency creator collared, hit with $6 million fraud rap
2019-02-28 20:27

All that glitters ain't gold, as they say The founder of now-dead cryptocurrency My Big Coin has been arrested and charged with seven counts of fraud and unlawful money transfers for what is...

OneSpan launches AI-based risk analytics to stop fraud
2019-02-14 03:00

OneSpan, a global leader in software for trusted identities, e-signatures and secure transactions, announced the launch of its open API, cloud-based Risk Analytics solution to help financial...

Japan's Credit Card Fraud Debacle
2019-02-13 10:18

Fraudsters Received 20 Percent Cashback for Fraudulent PurchasesA convergence of events in December in Japan led to an unprecedented spike in card-not-present fraud. New statistics from a dark web...

Healthcare email fraud: Attack attempts jump 473% over two years
2019-02-13 06:30

Proofpoint found that healthcare organisations were targeted in 96 email fraud attacks on average in Q4 2018 – a 473 percent jump from Q1 2017. More than half of these organisations (53 percent)...

Alleged SIM swapping crypto-crooks cuffed, iOS app snooping, ad-fraud botnets, and more
2019-02-09 08:39

All your extra bits and bytes of this week's infosec news in less than 5 minutes Roundup Here's a summary of more infosec news beyond what we've already reported this week – enjoy.…

20 Indicted in Multimillion-Dollar Online Fraud Scheme
2019-02-08 03:13

Federal prosecutors have indicted 20 people in a multimillion-dollar international online fraud scheme. read more

Using Gmail "Dot Addresses" to Commit Fraud
2019-02-06 16:24

In Gmail addresses, the dots don't matter. The account "[email protected]" maps to the exact same address as "[email protected]" and "[email protected]" -- and so on....

Failed Fraud Against UK Bank Abused Mobile Infrastructure
2019-02-05 10:33

Fresh SS7 Fraud Highlights Ongoing Call Routing WeaknessesA U.K. bank says no customers lost money after cyberattackers attempted account takeovers by rerouting one-time passcodes, Motherboard...