FRAUD PREVENTION Articles
Heartland Pays Amex $3.6 Million Over 2008 Data Breach
Heartland Payment Systems will pay American Express US$3.6 million to settle charges relating to the 2008 hacking of its payment system network.
Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches
In Esperanto the word is "malica." It means malicious and it's the best way of describing many of the search results Google visitors got Tuesday when the clicked on Google's front-page Doodle sketch, dedicated to Esperanto's creator.
FBI: Rogue Antivirus Scammers have Made $150M
They're the scourge of the Internet right now and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says they've also raked in more than US$150 million for scammers. Security experts call them rogue antivirus programs.
DHS: Counterfeit Goods Still Rampant in U.S.
Phony products seizures fell slightly, but counterfeiting continues to be big business.
Google Sues Over Work-At-Home Schemes
Google filed a lawsuit Monday against a U.S. company it alleges runs work-at-home scams that unnecessarily charge people's credit cards and spoof Google's brand name.
Global Warming Research Exposed After Hack
An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem.
Operation Phish Phry Hooks 100 in U.S., Egypt
More than 50 people in Southern California, Las Vegas and Charlotte, N.C., were indicted by a grand jury in Los Angeles for scheming to steal bank account information from thousands of people in the U.S. using phishing techniques.
Facebook Warns Members About Rise in '419' Scam
More and more fraudsters are harvesting the log-in data of Facebook members in order to impersonate them and ask their friends for money, according to the social-networking company.
New Trojan Gives Criminals Full-Service Bank Theft
Security experts agree that cyber-criminals are getting better, but a new Trojan takes things to a whole new level.
Two Romanians to Face Phishing Charges in US
The U.S. Department of Justice has extradited two Romanians to the U.S., where they face charges in connection with a massive phishing scam.
