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Cybercriminals phone it in
The mobile phone provides additional customer security for financial transactions. Either by voice or text, banks–in real time–may question account holders about large transfers of funds, potentially stopping fraud in process. While attending a recent public-private summit for the financial services industry, however, I heard of several ways that criminals are using the financial services’ [...]
May 18, 2010
Posted in: ATM PIN, ATM machines, call center fraud, security, skimming 
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Report: Data breaches up in 2008
In a report out today from the ID Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the number of data breaches increased 46% in 2008 over the previous year.
Of the five categories monitored by ITRC, only Educational and Military showed a decrease in the last year. Up were Business (reporting the most with 36% of the breaches), [...]
January 5, 2009
Posted in: Defense in Depth, ID Theft Resource Center, ID fraud, Robert Vamosi, data breach, data loss, data loss prevention, dlp, identity fraud, identity theft, linda foley, skimming No Comments
Scams top predictions for ID theft in 2009
Real estate scams and credit card scams will top the ways ID thieves will attempt to steal personal information in 2009, warned the ID Theft Resource Center (ITRC) on Tuesday in its annual predictions for the upcoming year.
The center’s Linda Foley said in a statement that as people find themselves strapped for cash and falling [...]
December 16, 2008
Posted in: ATM machines, Defense in Depth, ID Theft Resource Center, ID fraud, ITRC, Robert Vamosi, credit card scams, cybercrime, hacking, linda foley, real estate scams, security, skimming No Comments
