Mobile POS Payments Forecasted to Exceed $5 Billion in U.S. by 2018
Although mobile point-of-sale proximity payments comprised just 0.01 percent of the total POS retail purchased volume in 2012 according...
top of page
FRAUDBLOG
Search
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20215 min read
Press Release: Many Businesses Are Unprepared for the Growing Risk of Account Takeover
We are starting to see more and more fraudsters focusing larger efforts on using account takeover (ATO) to perpetrate fraud. Most likely...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Most Businesses Realize Mobile Conversion Rates Below 1%
A recent survey and report from Adobe found that a significant number of business do not have a mobile app or mobile-optimized site while...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
New Cybersecurity Law Requires Government Agencies Seek Approval for Chinese IT Purchases
A recently signed appropriations bill contained an additional provision that several government agencies will need to get approval from...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Senate Budget Resolution Includes Provisions for Collecting Online Sales Tax
Government leaders claim that the lack of authority for collecting sales tax with many online purchases costs the U.S billions each year,...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Press Release: Mobile Survey 2012 Reveals Different Developments and Perspectives Related to Mobile
The mobile channel is booming and reaching a tipping point. Mobile online commerce has enjoyed triple digit growth rates for consecutive...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Internal IRS Documents Justify Reading Private Emails without a Search Warrant
An internal IRS document explicitly states that emails sent from an individual’s computer do not have reasonable expectations of privacy...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20214 min read
PRESS RELEASE: Reversing the Identity Authentication Lookup
COMPARISON OF THE IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION AND REVERSE LOOKUP TECHNIQUES Sarasota, FL, March 15, 2013 / By: David Montague Merchants...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Retailer Sues Visa in Attempts to Recover Fines for Data Breach
A retailer suffering a data compromise in 2010 was ultimately responsible for $13.3 million in fines from Visa levied against two...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Fraudsters Pass KBAs to Obtain Celebrity Credit Reports
Using AnnualCreditReport.com, a site setup by the three major credit reporting bureaus in the United States for consumers to obtain free...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Study Finds Facebook ‘Likes’ Can be Used to Determine Demographic and Personal Information
While many social media users have become more aware of privacy issues and have made their profiles private, a recent academic study has...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Javelin Finds Number of U.S. Identity Fraud Victims Increased by 1 Million in 2012
According to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research, the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased by more...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Gartner Predicts Rapid Growth in Use of Social Network Identities for e-Retail
Gartner estimates that 5 percent of new retail customers’ identities are based on social network profiles and identities today, but they...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
FBI Charges Creators and Distributor of Gozi Malware
Three sophisticated fraudsters behind the malware Gozi, which infected over one million computers including hundreds at NASA, have been...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Orchestrated Global Attacks Steal $11 Million with Prepaid Card ATM Withdrawals
In a highly organized and orchestrated attack, money mules across the world cashed out prepaid debit cards withdrawing millions of...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Global Growth Expected in Mobile Commerce and Mobile Fraud
A recent survey finds that many consumers want more opportunities to use mobile wallets in-store while online mobile commerce...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Anonymous Warns They Will be Active in 2013, but McAfee Report Predicts their Decline
Over the final weekend of 2012 hacktivist group Anonymous released a video and statement that they will be busy in 2013 citing the...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Will Increased Shipping Costs in the U.S. Affect eCommerce Sales in 2013?
The three major shipping couriers in the United States, the US Postal Service, UPS and FedEx, are all raising their rates in 2013. How...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
FDIC Warns There are no Safe Harbors for Mobile Payments
In a recent article from the FDIC’s Supervisory Insights publication mobile payments are discussed in terms of understanding and managing...
Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read
iPhone to Become Top Enterprise Smartphone, Merchants Should Prepare Accordingly
According to a recent forecast from research firm IDC, iPhones will be the top company purchased smartphone through 2016 as enterprises...
bottom of page