Security News

Amazon scam trio primed for prison stretch after million-dollar fraud
2018-06-05 20:15

Defected goods hustle brought in big bucks – for a while A pair of married scammers and their fence were sentenced to 71 months, 68 months, and 24 months in prison respectively for defrauding...

RSA Fraud Report: Newsjacking-Based Phishing on the Rise
2018-06-05 19:48

Angel Grant Analyzes Findings, Which Also Show a Surge in Mobile App FraudRSA's most recent Quarterly Fraud Report shows that "newsjacking" is increasingly empowering phishing attacks, says Angel...

Masterminds behind prolific CEO fraud ring arrested
2018-06-04 19:53

It took two years and a collaborative effort of French, Belgian, Romanian and Israeli law enforcement agencies to take down an organised crime group that was behind at least 24 cases of CEO fraud...

The Use of Machine Data in Finding Fraud
2018-06-04 18:33

Splunk's Jim Apger on How to Draw the Fraud Story Out of DataWhen it comes to fraud, enterprise data has a story to tell, and it's up to security and fraud leaders to know how to interpret that...

Fraud Protection Firm Signifyd Raises $100 Million
2018-05-31 11:21

Signifyd, a San Jose, CA-based company that specializes in fraud protection solutions for e-commerce businesses, on Wednesday announced that it raised $100 million in a Series D funding round. read more

Kidnapping Fraud
2018-05-29 14:31

Fake kidnapping fraud: "Most commonly we have unsolicited calls to potential victims in Australia, purporting to represent the people in authority in China and suggesting to intending victims here...

Unusual Breach Report by Humana Shines Light on Fraud Prevention
2018-05-29 10:33

Use of Analytics Apparently Helped to Prevent Fraud, Warn VictimsAn unusual breach notification issued by health insurer Humana shows how some organizations are identifying anomalous behaviors of...

Fraud data shows 680% spike in fraudulent mobile app transactions
2018-05-25 11:20

The number of fraudulent transactions originating from a mobile app during the first quarter has increased by 200 per cent since 2015, according to RSA Security. Analysis from the team also...

Nonstop Breaches Fuel Spike in Synthetic Identity Fraud
2018-05-18 13:47

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Years of massive data breaches have fueled an increase in synthetic identity fraud, in which fraudsters combine real and bogus details to...

As Payments Speed Up, How Can Fraud Be Minimized?
2018-05-17 13:03

Knowing as many details as possible about the customer, the payment and the recipient is a critical component of stopping fraud as payments become faster, says anti-fraud specialist David Barnhardt.