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News/Phishing
Germany's Commerzbank has deployed technology from UK vendor Cronto that enables online banking customers to authenticate transactions by taking a photo of their PC screens with their mobile phones.
13 November 2008
There has been a surge in the number of phishing e-mail attacks over the last month as fraudsters look to cash in on the confusion surrounding bank mergers and acquisitions, according to figures from security services firm MessageLabs.
21 October 2008
A successful phishing sting on French president Nicolas Sarkozy has prompted a government condemnation of online security on the Internet.
20 October 2008
A Romanian man has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges related to a phishing scam that saw him defraud over 7000 victims of around $700,000.
10 October 2008
Colorado-based Jeffco Credit Union is using phone-based authentication technology from Positive Networks to protect its online customers from phishing scams.
08 October 2008
The credit crisis has made it more difficult for fraudsters to set up fake accounts so they are increasingly targeting existing bank accounts instead, according to a report from a group of MPs.
Industry losses from online banking fraud increased a massive 185% in the first half of the year to £21.4 million, according to figures released by UK payments association Apacs.
01 October 2008
A specialist police unit dedicated to fighting cybercrime and Internet fraud is set to launch next year after the UK government and London's Metropolitan Police Service committed funding to the project.
Researchers have compromised the security of over 1000 US bank branches in a series of physical and virtual heists that involved "stealing" the personal data of bank customers.
10 September 2008
A US man has been sentenced to seven years in a federal prison for his part in an elaborate phishing scam that targeted users of AOL.
15 August 2008
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is the financial institution most targeted by phishing fraudsters, according to anti-spam outfit Clearmymail which is reporting a quadrupling in the number of spam attacks aimed at UK Internet users.
07 August 2008
A security expert is warning of a flaw in the iPhone's e-mail application and Safari Web browser that could leave users open to phishing attacks.
25 July 2008
There were more than 20,000 reported phishing incidents in the first half of 2008, an increase of more than 180% from the same period last year, according to figures from UK payments association Apacs.
24 July 2008
Non-bank personal finance Web sites put customers at risk with lax security and should be made to adhere to the same regulations as traditional online banks, says a new TowerGroup report.
25 June 2008
The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has issued a stark warning about the growing number of international crime gangs that are using the Internet to steal and trade confidential personal data.
09 June 2008
US authorities have charged 38 members of an international criminal gang that allegedly used spam e-mails to steal bank account details and passwords from thousands of customers.
23 May 2008
ING Direct, the direct banking business of Dutch group ING, is offering US customers free anti-phishing software from Internet security outfit Trusteer.
UK banking group HSBC is rolling out technology from California-based digital security firm VeriSign to help online customers identify fake sites run by identity thieves and phishers.
23 April 2008
PayPal, the online payments business of electronic auction house eBay, says it will block people from accessing its site with older browser technology that leaves users exposed to security risks.
18 April 2008
UK payments association Apacs is urging Web banking customers to be extra vigilant following a 200% jump in the number of phishing attacks in the first quarter of 2008.
15 April 2008
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