Are you Aligning with Aggressive Ad Networks?
A recent study analyzing 384,000 free mobile apps found that nearly 20,000 of these apps use aggressive or malicious ad networks putting...
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David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
How Large of a Problem is Click Fraud?
A recent Forbes headline read “Is Click Fraud A Ticking Time Bomb Under Google?” referencing the billions in revenue Google makes each...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
DNSChanger Behind $14M Affiliate Fraud Shut Down by FBI
The DNSChanger malware, which spread to more than 500,000 devices in the U.S. and 4 million worldwide, redirected the web browsers on...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Sprint Prepares NFC Mobile Wallet and Apple Demos Passbook, Potential Precursor to a Mobile Wallet
It was recently revealed that Sprint is preparing a mobile platform and wallet called Touch Wallet and Apple demoed a new addition to...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Decrease in Debit Spending Reduces Visa’s Total U.S. Payment Volume
Although spending on Visa credit cards increased in April and May from a year ago, overall volume processed on U.S. Visa cards was down 3...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Dwolla Launches Real-Time Bank Transfers, Builds Competitive Alternative to Traditional Payment
Dwolla, an alternative cash based payment network, enables consumers to make retail payments and peer-to-peer transfers over their hybrid...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20213 min read
More Merchants Accepting Payments Over Mobile Devices, More Competitors Entering this Space
In June Square announced that they are now processing $6 billion annually while VeriFone and Intuit compete with similar product...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
PayPal Expands Brick-and-Mortar Presence via VeriFone POS Terminals
eBay owned PayPal first announced their mobile wallet and push into Customer Present payments in late 2011. Now following trials with...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Retail Sales Clerk Boosts Commission Buying Goods with Fraudulent Credit Cards
A former employee at Saks Fifth Avenue faces felony credit card abuse charges after using fraudulent credit cards opened in the names of...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
CIFAS Releases Report on Internal Fraud Trends in the UK
CIFAS, a fraud prevention membership association in the UK, reported that internal fraud in the United Kingdom increased 14.5 percent in...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
ACFE Reports on Detecting, Preventing Workplace Fraud
A recent survey and report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners focused on fraud occurring at the workplace. The study...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
DMV Employee Created and Sold Fraudulent State Licenses
Former New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicle employee Donna Rockholt was sentenced to eight to twenty-eight years in prison on...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Retail Clerk Opened Store Credit Cards with Stolen Identities
Two Louisiana residents were arrested and charged with multiple accounts of fraud and identity theft after a retail clerk used stolen...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Prepares Prepaid Card Regulations
In late May the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced they will soon formalize regulations for prepaid cards to better protect...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
PRESS RELEASE: New and Pending Legislation and Regulations Affecting eCommerce
Sarasota, FL, May 16, 2012 / Internal Release - Since the onset of the Internet in the early nineteen-nineties governments have adapted...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Proposed Bills Prevent Employers from Requiring Access to Private Accounts
In recent years it has become more common for employers to require job applicants and current employees to provide their passwords for...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20213 min read
Senate Holds Hearing on Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On May 9 the U.S. Senate held a discussion on the proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights which seeks to establish the framework for...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
FTC Charges Google, Myspace with Internet Privacy Violations
The Federal Trade Commission has accused the social networking website Myspace of providing user data to third parties without user...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
US Senator Calls for Net Neutrality Investigation
The Netherlands recently passed net neutrality legislation becoming the first country in the European Union to do so and only the second...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
High Costs Predicted as UK Prepares to Enforce Cookie Directive
The European Union’s Cookie Directive was adopted by member states in late May of 2011, but allowing up to a year to implement the...
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