Industry News
Fraud Blog posts tagged “Industry News”.
Fraudsters Pass KBAs to Obtain Celebrity Credit Reports
Using AnnualCreditReport.com, a site setup by the three major credit reporting bureaus in the United States for consumers to obtain free…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsFraudsters Used Spear Phishing Tactics to Initiate Attacks Against New York Times and Other Websites
In a high profile attack led by the Syrian Electronic Army against the New York Times and other websites, users accessing the affected…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionGartner Predicts Rapid Growth in Use of Social Network Identities for e-Retail
Gartner estimates that 5 percent of new retail customers’ identities are based on social network profiles and identities today, but they…
Nov 3, 2021 · 3 min read Industry NewsGlobal growth of mobile channel shows no signs of slowing down
Tablet devices are gaining ground, but smartphones are still the most popular mobile commerce devices. In the UK, half of smartphone owners…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Industry NewsGlobal M-commerce Volume Expected to Double Between 2013 and 2017
A recent report from Juniper Research estimates the value of mobile commerce transactions will grow from $1.5 trillion in 2013 to a…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Industry NewsIdentity Fraud Against Payment Cards and Bank Accounts on the Rise in the UK
According to CIFAS, a fraud prevention membership association in the UK, both fraud involving payment cards and identity fraud increased in…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsIdentity Fraud in the U.S. Increases for Second Consecutive Year
Identity fraud occurred every three seconds in the United States and led to $21 billion dollars in losses in 2012 according to Javelin…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsInternal IRS Documents Justify Reading Private Emails without a Search Warrant
An internal IRS document explicitly states that emails sent from an individual’s computer do not have reasonable expectations of privacy…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionJavelin Finds Number of U.S. Identity Fraud Victims Increased by 1 Million in 2012
According to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research, the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased by more…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsMajor Facebook permissions bug found by producers of privacy app
When bug-testing a new Facebook app, a group of programmers recently stumbled over a dangerous and previously unknown Facebook bug. With…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionMasterCard works to improve credit card security through mobile geolocation
MasterCard partners with Syniverse for an opt-in service that can help reduce credit card fraud while decreasing the risk of cards being…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsMeasuring consumers’ patience with identity checks
A study performed on UK customers by Experian found that consumers on average will abandon transactions when identity checks take 7 minutes…
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