fraud

Mike Lynch Attacks HP Management Ahead Of Shareholder Meeting

Former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch calls on shareholders to investigate 'misleading' HP statements

10 years ago

Google Acquires Spider.io To Take On Ad Fraudsters

Google hopes the acquisition of Spider.io will improve its relationship with advertisers by spotting click fraud and advertising malware

10 years ago

Report Finds Rise In Telephone-Based Financial Scams

Scams targeting financial call centres made a major impact in 2013, according to a new report

10 years ago

29 Arrested In £7.5m Credit Card Fraud Bust

Crooks stole data from point of sale systems and created fake credit cards

11 years ago

FBI On Hunt For ‘Fugitive Multimillion eBay Fraudsters’

Crooks said to have put up fake ads for cars, boats and motorbikes across the web

11 years ago

Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Arrest In US

A man accused of defrauding investors has been arrested for operating a Ponzi scheme involving bitcoins

11 years ago

Texas Restaurant Chain Sues Micros Over Malware Infection

The restaurant chain alleges that Micros delivered a credit card transaction system containing malware that stole customer data

11 years ago

Barracuda Finds Booming Market For Fake Social Network Accounts

Barracuda Labs has found a 'strong economy' around the sale of fake followers on social media services, with competition leading…

11 years ago

Online Fraud Takes $525m Toll On US Consumers

Online automobile fraud topped the list of Internet crime complaints reported by US citizens last year

11 years ago

Europol Busts Credit Card Fraud Ring With 44 Arrests

Body says 36,000 bank customers were affected by the illegal operation

11 years ago

UK Serious Fraud Office Investigating HP Autonomy Acquisition

SFO confirms that it is investating alleged accounting mispractices

11 years ago

Has The Strong Pound Made Britain The World’s Phishing Capital?

At RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center in Israel, TechWeekEurope hears why the UK loses three times more than the US to…

11 years ago

Autonomy’s Lynch Says HP Is ‘Backtracking’ Over Fraud Claims

Autonomy fraud allegation apparently diluted in HP filing

11 years ago

Opera Uses Big Data To Fight US Health Insurance Fraud

Opera Solutions is working with the US federal government to detect fraud in the country's new health insurance exchanges using…

11 years ago

Government To Fix Jobs Website Security After Hackers Post Fake Ads

DWP on the case after fake job ads raise fears of data theft on the government service

11 years ago

Ransomware Thieves Make £3m A Year, Symantec Warns

Symantec is warning computer users of a rise in ransomware scams in both Europe and America

12 years ago

Illegal Data Trade Grows Massively In 2012

Experian finds the illegal data trade market has doubled in size already in 2012, compared with 2011 figures

12 years ago

Global Credit Card Fraud Bust Sees 24 Arrested

FBI sting brings in 24 credit card scammers around the world, including six taken down in the UK

12 years ago

Online Fraud Scheme Hits ‘High Rollers’ For €60m

McAfee spots a highly-automated fraud campaign that has managed to get around banks' two-factor authentication

12 years ago

The Met: We Must Do Better In War On Cyber Crime

Commander Allan Gibson says fresh data sharing initiatives will help the Met get better at fighting cyber fraud

12 years ago

MasterCard And Visa Warn Banks Of Credit Card Data Breach

Sources say that more than 10 million credit card numbers may be compromised

12 years ago

Smartphone Social Media Users Are Prone To Identity Theft

Smartphone owners and social media users are more likely to become victims of identity theft, claims Javelin Strategy

12 years ago

Public And Private Sectors To Share More Customer Data In Fraud Clampdown

The government is expected to announce plans for more efficient data sharing to prevent £21 billion fraud each year

12 years ago

Zeus-based Ice IX Trojan Redirects Bank Phone Calls To Attackers

Modified version of Zeus malware targets online banking customers to capture bank and telephone data

12 years ago

Russian Opposition Sites Hit with Attacks

Websites critical of Russia's government appear to have been silenced in DDoS attacks

12 years ago

Police Shutter 2,000 Fraudulent Shopping Sites

Fake e-commerce sites defrauded shoppers of millions of pounds ahead of Christmas buying season

12 years ago

Beware Of Rogue Apps, Warns Safety Campaign

Malware infested apps can send hundreds of premium texts, warns Get Safe Online

13 years ago

ATM Association Stands Up To Cyber-Crime

ATM Industry Association highlights reverse-engineering and targeting of ATM software as the new fraud frontier

13 years ago

Authorities Clamp Down On Internet Fraud Scams

Police in America and Romania have swooped on gangs operating Internet fraud schemes

13 years ago