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According to a survey conducted by ThreatTrack Security, there may be considerably more data breaches occurring than the public hears...

Sarasota, FL, November 4, 2013 / By: David Montague, The Fraud Practice LLC. It is that time of year again, the holidays are almost here,...

Online shopping has grown year-after-year while becoming an increasingly important portion of total Q4 retail sales. Last Cyber Monday...

A guest post by: K. Volker, Certified eCommerce Fraud Professional It is often not feasible for small merchants just opening an online...

According to a recent report from Halon, an email security provider, 94.7 percent of Americans received one or more emails that contained...

Phishing scams carried out via SMS text messages, known as SMiShing, continue to grow and target mobile users in the United States....

During the first six months of 2013 720 different brands were targeted by phishing attacks, an increase of 18 percent from the last six...

A guest post by: J. Ruzicka, Certified eCommerce Fraud Professional When reconciling your past chargebacks it is important to categorize...

More consumers have mobile phones than have credit cards. This is true in the United States as well as globally and in all major markets....

The Petition Against Passwords is a public advocacy campaign that supports alternatives to usernames and passwords, which the group says...

Twitter joins Google and Facebook as another internet titan that offers more security conscious consumers the ability to use two-factor...

We are starting to see more and more fraudsters focusing larger efforts on using account takeover (ATO) to perpetrate fraud. Most likely...

Sarasota, FL, March 18, 2013 / By: David Montague I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked my opinion on the 3-D Secure programs...

COMPARISON OF THE IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION AND REVERSE LOOKUP TECHNIQUES Sarasota, FL, March 15, 2013 / By: David Montague Merchants...

A retailer suffering a data compromise in 2010 was ultimately responsible for $13.3 million in fines from Visa levied against two...

Using AnnualCreditReport.com, a site setup by the three major credit reporting bureaus in the United States for consumers to obtain free...

While many social media users have become more aware of privacy issues and have made their profiles private, a recent academic study has...

According to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research, the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased by more...

Gartner estimates that 5 percent of new retail customers’ identities are based on social network profiles and identities today, but they...

Tax refund fraud is a growing crime that costs the federal government billions each year. Eleven members of an identity fraud ring...