Compliance is more than just cost
Compliance investments, which are basically treated only as a spending to align with compulsory regulations, when extended to all processes including privileged and super …
Millions stolen from U.S. businesses wired to Chinese companies
Small-to-medium sized businesses and public institutions are being targeted by fraudsters that compromise corporate banking credentials and transfer corporate funds to Chinese …
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
If you followed our site over the years, you had the opportunity to read a little about some of the protagonists of this book: Max Vision the creator of CardersMarket, Albert …
Carder pleads guilty to hacking and selling stolen card numbers
A carder and hacker that has been arrested in 2009 by the Secret Service for trying to sell 40 stolen card numbers to one of their undercover agents, has pleaded guilty to …
SpyEye-fueled man-in-the-mobile attack targets bank customers
The customers of a European bank have recently been targeted by a man-in-the-mobile attack featuring a SpyEye variant. “The bank uses SMS based mTANs to authorize …
Bank of America customer and staff accounts compromised
News that some Bank of America customers from the Greater Detroit area have discovered their accounts were pilfered after their debit cards were declined has raised the …
Low-tech approach to ATM heist
ATM thieves in San Francisco have adopted an unusual and very low-tech way of getting their hands on some money. According to The SF Examiner, they simply glue down the …
Fraud losses drop on cards, cheques and online banking
New figures show that banking industry initiatives are successfully keeping the fraudsters away from customers’ cards and bank accounts. Fraud losses on UK cards, …
Simple protection steps from credit card fraud
Every year, cybercriminals steal billions of dollars from unsuspecting computer users and companies by committing credit card fraud. Although this activity was once relegated …
Teenage eBay fraudster damned by own journals
An Australian teenager has been sentenced two three years in prison after having plead guilty to over 100 charges of online fraud perpetrated on eBay. The fraudster effected …
Moldovan fraud ring mastermind arrested
A coordinated effort of the Irish gardai and custom officers has led to the arrest of a Moldovan man that is thought to be the leader of and mastermind behind an international …
What are banks not telling us about card fraud?
Reports that a Russian hacker has pleaded guilty of ripping off WorldPay, the online transaction processor, to the tune of $10 million, have met with a grim smile by Lieberman …
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