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Entrust TransactionGuard V3.2.1

Entrust TransactionGuard is a fraud detection solution that checks all user activity around HTTP-based transactions within online systems. It is typically used by fraud administrators and analysts, and provides a centralised fraud protection service that can operate across application boundaries within the enterprise. Although essential, detecting fraud can be a...

Tags: Butler Group, Entrust Technologies, Fraud Protection, Entrust TransactionGuard, Litigation, Business Operations

White papers 2008-11-01

Protect Your Organization and Customers From a Wide Variety of Online Attacks Using Symantec Online Fraud Protection

This webcast explains how Symantec Online Fraud Protection protects such organizations and their customers from losses that can result from online fraud. It helps protect against the threats of identity theft, phishing, pharming, and other varieties of online fraud to preserve the organization's brand, improve customer loyalty, minimize losses, and...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Attack, Fraud Protection, Litigation, Security, Business Operations

Webcasts 2008-05-21

Opera boosts its anti-phishing defenses

Opera 9.5 Beta 2 has stepped up its security game. The browser has added fraud protection and support for EV SSL Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer certificates to help prevent identity theft. Opera's move to join the EV SSL crowd leaves Safari as the only browser without...

Tags: Business Operations, Cyberthreats, Fraud Protection, Larry Dignan, Litigation, Opera 9.5 Beta 2, Opera Software ASA, Phishing, Security, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Viruses And Worms

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Upgrades Internet Security to Give Members Advanced Fraud Protection

Desert Schools Federal Credit Union is Arizona's largest credit union, with more than US$2.7 billion in assets, over 325,000 members, and nearly 60 locations. Desert School wanted to protect member data against potential threats including phishing and integrate security with minimal business disruption. The challenge was to identify a solution...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Internet, Internet Security, Fraud Protection, Litigation, Phishing, Security, Business Operations, Spam And Phishing

Case studies 2007-09-01

ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection service

ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection serviceID Theft allegations hauntThis is indeed a sad story. It is very unfortunate that consumers would entrust their information to a third party, only to have to question themselves whether or not they have placed their trust in the right...

Tags: fraud protection, identity theft

Discussion threads 2007-06-06

ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection service

This morning on the Howard Stern radio show, 'Baba Booey' come into the studio to help with a live commercial for Lifelock, an identity theft anti-fraud service that makes an eye-opening guarantee to its customers.After hearing the ad, I scribbled a note to check it out for a possible story...

Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Privacy, Piracy, Patch Watch, Passwords, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-06-05

Additional Resources

Congress may require ISPs to block fraud sites

a U.S. House of Representatives bill is taking the unusual step of requiring Internet providers to block access to certain online financial scams - or face fines and federal court injunctions. For the last decade or so, Internet service providers have been dealing with requests to block access to...

Tags: Internet Provider, Financial, U.S. House Of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Internet Service Provider, Investor, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Financial Accounting, Finance, ISP, scam, Declan McCullagh

News items 2009-11-04

Easy Login Assist 5.1 (Windows)

Help you to auto-login to website (Portal, Mail, Forum, Bank, Intranet etc) or application (Game, IM etc). Auto-identify login website or application to resist fraud or camouflage. Auto-protect login process to prevent thefts of Trojan or spyware. Safely manage your privacy data in different catalogs. Provides catalog management, record bookmark,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Easystone Software Studio, Storage, Web Browsers, Databases, Hardware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-23

Zone Alarm Extreme Security 2010

Best known for its ZoneAlarm firewall, Check Point Software also publishes two full-featured security suites. ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2010 gives users a robust firewall, antivirus and antispyware, and parental control package for $49.95, while ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 adds Web browsing protection, system tune-up tools, backup options, and anti-phishing technology...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Firewalls, Microsoft Windows 7, SECURITY, ZoneAlarm, firewall

Product reviews 2009-10-08

Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google

Originally exposed as a botnet redirecting and monetizing hijacked traffic to over 200,000 parked domains primarily located in the Bahamas, researchers from ClickForensics have recently found evidence on active DNS hijacking of Google properties allowing cybercriminals to steal revenue from Google by pulling search results and displaying them on a...

Tags: Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-08

The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Intuit service shows how little patients count

OpportunityIf I wanted to make a lot of money spamming people, I'd just send out phony doctor bills.Nobody has any idea how many bills they are supposed to be getting, or how much they are supposed to be. One more for "lab fees" would probably get paid by a...

Tags: Insurance, Intuit Inc., patient, vet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics

Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)

ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, antivirus, SpyBot, ultimate guide, TrendMicro RUBotted, Trend Micro Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Billing Credit Card Terminal 1.1 (Mobile)

Billing Credit Card Terminal provides real mobile billing on demand. An all in one wireless point of sale terminal complete with tip, signature capture and receipt support. Billing works with Authorize.net merchant accounts. Receipts are dispatched electronically directly to the customers email. Billing includes an easy demo mode toggle, which...

Tags: Billing, Mobile, Sparta Data, Billing Credit Card Terminal, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-09-14

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

iPhone's anti-phishing protection offers inconsistent results

Apple's iPhone OS 3.1 update includes a new fraud warning feature which is at least theoretically, supposed to warn users when visiting fraudulent websites in Safari Mobile. However, due to a flawed implementation in the update mechanism, the feature -- enabled by default -- is offering inconsistent...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Mobile, Fraud, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Litigation, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-10

When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?

HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Protecting intellectual property, patent, software, Donald Knuth, Newton, software patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

£10bn national ID card scheme vs. £65m cuts in higher education

Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London School of Economics, and a cut of £65m in higher education at university level would cut a further 1,500 full time...

Tags: Education, Card, National ID Card, U.K., Identity Card, Government, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Apple: Won't somebody please think of the cellphone towers?

Apple: Won't somebody please think of the cellphone towers?24 season 9 plot thread?Jack Bauer has to foil an assassination attempt on Steve Jobs. Chloe arms him with a jailbroken iPhone that cripples every cell tower in Cupertino. Jack activates the iPhone, only to find out that Steve Ballmer has already...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., cell phone, Jack Bauer

Discussion threads 2009-07-29