Posts Tagged ‘fraud’

FTC Says Scammers Stole Millions, Using Virtual Companies

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100% Internet Credit Card Fraud Protected
by Robert McMillan
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has disrupted a long-running online scam that allowed offshore fraudsters to steal millions of dollars from U.S. consumers — often by taking just pennies at a time.
The scam, which had been run for about four years, according to the FTC, provides [...]

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U.S. businesses face skimming fraud increase

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City woman victim of skimming; Credit card number used for purchases at store in Florida.(City): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
By Angela Moscaritolo – SCMagazineUS.com
U.S. banks are grappling with a recent increase in skimming attacks, which are being carried out by Eastern European gangs aiming to steal consumer bank account [...]

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Casinos conned by IT hackers

Image via WikipediaCasinos conned by IT hackers who printed false betting slips

Humans are the weakest and the strongest link to run computer operated machine. If these two people can create havoc, what do you think the mischief mind of a business owner can do? Think about it when you are back in casino and playing [...]

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Hackers steal credit-card numbers from restaurant customers

Here we have another unnecessary credit card data breach in a small organization which resulted in a loss of customers data demonstrating poor baseline security of small organization in this case a restaurant. Small organizations are not ready for PCI Compliance. Checkout why PCI Compliance is essential and why small merchants have to comply. [...]

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Access control fraud and countermeasures

These days access to the internet is a business requirement. Most businesses are selling their products and services on the internet which sometimes requires customers to have access to the critical assets such as applications and databases. The global growth of the internet has increased complexity and potential risks to these assets. In some cases, [...]

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