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- Microsoft to detail planned changes in its fiscal reporting structure
- won't save themNo matter how much monkey boy tries to obfuscate this criminal enterprise, it will still go down in flames.Microsoft Cooks Bookshttp://www.aaxnet.com/news/M990112.htmlMicrosoft fills the "cookie jar" in good times and dips into it in bad to create an appearance of steady growth. FTC does not approve of this accounting...
- Tags: Litigation, Vertical industries, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial services, government, fraud, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- 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
- Business Success in a Dark Market: An Inside Look at How the Fraud Underground Operates
- The business of online fraud has developed into a sophisticated underground criminal operation that continues to evolve everyday. Much like a real-world business, fraud "Entrepreneurs" offer products and services for a profit, they fight to gain competitive advantage and market share, are continually innovating to improve their offerings and meet...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Bust in Heartland credit card hack
- Huge antihacking indictments today. A federal grand jury indicted three people for the massive theft of some 130 million credit card numbers from card processor Heartland Payment Systems, The Post reports. The same people - including Albert Gonzales, 28, are believed by the feds to have been involved in hacks...
- Tags: Credit Card, Fraud, Computer, Gonzales, Sales Channel, Productivity, Litigation, Financial Services, Sales, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!
- Audits for firms sponsoring L-1 and H-1B Visa Well, looks like the Feds are going to get around to auditing the firms that use L-1 and H-1B visas. Specifically, they’ll be verifying that the people who applied for these permits are who they purport themselves to...
- Tags: L-1, Audit, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Scalpels against five levels of medical greed
- Health care workers are bankers, and need to be treated as such. That means they must prove their honesty, know their frauds will be uncovered and that there's no re-entry for those who commit fraud. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Fraud, Health Care Worker, Litigation, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- 419 scammers using Dilbert.com
- Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...
- Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Biofuel fraud exposes some big names
- A court has awarded over $10-million in damages for fraud perpetrated by Cello, a biofuel company. If you've read Anthony Trollope's THE WAY WE LIVE NOW you could have predicted something like this. Scams are as old as the stock market. If you follow any current headlines you...
- Tags: Biofuel, Fraud, Biofuel Fraud, Scams, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-04
- Enterprisewide Fraud Management: Analytically Powered Best Practices for Detecting, Preventing and Investigating Fraud in Financial Institutions
- Few banks have strong, enterprisewide fraud management programs that can correlate a customer's behavior across all contact channels and products to identify "Bust-out" scenarios, social networks and cross-channel fraud. The fraud management process itself is often fragmented. Fraud detection, alert and case management practices are still too often viewed as...
- Tags: Financial, SAS Institute, Best Practice, Fraud, Fraud Management, Corporate Law, Litigation, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Improve Compliance Across SAP and Non-SAP Systems
- In an announcement reported around the world, bank officials revealed that, over the course of several years, a rogue trader executed fraudulent transactions that cost the bank billions of dollars. According to company executives, it was the trader's knowledge of internal policies and process controls that had allowed him to...
- Tags: Bank, Trader, Compliance, SAP AG, Fraud, Financial Services, Litigation, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraud
- Would your firm want this kind of publicity? Be sure and check out the piece in ComputerWorld (May 27, 2009) re: H-1B fraud prosecution. The article by Patrick Thibodeau describes how the U.S. Federal Government is connecting the alleged abuse of the H-1B...
- Tags: Job, H-1B Visa, Juror, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Government, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Report: Fraud and deception at Satyam was deep
- The fraud and deception at Satyam Computer Services in India was so in-depth that it included dual accounting books, thousands of forged invoices, thousands of unnecessary employees and dozens of fake bank statements, according to court records analyzed by the New York Times. ...
- Tags: Satyam, Deception, Fraud, Outsourcing, Financial Services, Litigation, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Statements, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Fraud Alert: Phishing - The Latest Tactics and Potential Business Impact
- Phishing will continue to evolve into new forms, while attempting to take advantage of human behaviors such as compassion, trust, or curiosity. Protecting the brand and the business from phishing requires constant diligence, but pays rewards beyond reduced fraud losses. By educating and protecting the customers with the highest levels...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Fraud, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2009-04-01
- HCSC Seeking to Save Millions on Healthcare Fraud With SAS
- HCSC is the parent company for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Texas and New Mexico - the focus is on proactive identification of fraud, which means detecting it before money goes out the door. The challenge was of spotting fraudulent insurance claims. HCSC deployed SAS Enterprise...
- Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, SAS Institute, Health Care, Fraud, HCSC
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Special RSA Online Fraud Report: What to Expect in 2009 and Beyond
- Online fraud is a non-stop threat to organizations around the globe, and cyber-criminals have no intention of slowing down the pace. In fact, they continue to improve their technology, launch increasingly sophisticated attacks, and use advanced social engineering techniques to dupe online users into falling for scams. Also, global conditions,...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-04-01
- $265 mln lost to Internet fraud in 2008
- The Internet Crime Complaint Center said that it received more than 275,000 complaints in 2008, up from about 207,000 in 2007. The total reported dollar loss from such scams was $265 mln, or about $25 mln more than in 2007. Among those who filed complaints, men reported losing $1.69 for...
- Tags: Complaint, Fraud, Internet, Gender And Diversity, Litigation, Human Resources, Business Operations, AM
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- What every E-buisness should know about SSL security and customer trust
- Fear of fraud is well founded, Gartner reports nearly 2 million Americans were victims of fraud over the internet during a recent 12 month period. Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of E-commerce. This White Paper address these security concerns and offers powerful encription solutions.
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., SSL, Fraud, Litigation, Security, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-03-20
- A U.S. Version of the Satyam Scandal? Washington D.C. IT Fraud?
- Early into 2009 and we already have a winner! I just saw this on the news this evening. Apparently, a couple of Washington D.C. technology types are being investigated and/or arrested by the FBI for perpetrating an IT and financial fraud on the local District of Columbia...
- Tags: Satyam, Fraud, Government, Vertical Industries, Litigation, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Was the vaccine-autism link a fraud?
- Bloggers like Science-Based Medicine now call Wakefield a fraud, while Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomy blog writes that whether Wakefield faked his results or not he's still wrong. Asks Tara Smith of Aetiology, "Vaccines and autism--can we stick a fork in it now, please?" by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Vaccine, Fraud, Deer, Andrew Wakefield, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Croatian Banks Make Fraud Virtually Impossible by Securing Transactions and User Identities With Thales nCipher HSMs
- A member of the Asseco Group, which is Europe's fifth largest system integrator, Logos is one of Croatia's most trusted IT companies. Logos has built numerous online banking systems for clients including leading Croatian banks Zagrebacka Banka member of UniCredit Group, PBZ member of Intesa Sanpaolo Group, and Raiffeisenbank Austria....
- Tags: User Identity, Online Banking, Hardware, Fraud, MasterCard International, THALES, Hardware Security Module, Banking, Litigation, E-business/E-Commerce, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Business Operations, Internet
- Case studies 2009-01-22
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