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Nearly half of Americans had personal information compromised in the last year
Hackers and data breaches have compromised the personal information of 110 million Americans just in the last twelve months, affecting 47...
Fraud Practice
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Use of Consumer Authentication in eCommerce Annual Survey, 2014
The new survey presented by The Fraud Practice and CardinalCommerce asked nearly 450 organizations worldwide the most pertinent questions...
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Nov 4, 20211 min read
250 million stolen credit cards for sale online
According to estimates from fraud prevention startup Trustev, there are 250 million compromised payment card numbers for sale in the...
Fraud Practice
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Heartbleed may have ripple effects on websites and authentication
All organizations need to be thinking about the future of user authentication and the heavy reliance on passwords which may be on the...
Fraud Practice
Nov 4, 20213 min read
More secure credit cards make fraudsters rush to eCommerce
October 2015 is the deadline for switching credit cards and readers to EMV/Chip & PIN technology in the US. At this point fraud liability...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Measuring consumers’ patience with identity checks
A study performed on UK customers by Experian found that consumers on average will abandon transactions when identity checks take 7...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Spring Training Promotion
The Fraud Practice is offering a 10% discount to all who sign up for the eCommerce Fraud Professional Certification by March 31st. The...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
Starbucks leads the way for mobile payments
Point-of-Sale mobile payments at Starbucks reached $1 billion in 2013. The focus on mobile coupons and loyalty programs with the...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
MasterCard acquires digital wallet maker C-SAM
MasterCard has entered an agreement to acquire C-SAM, mobile wallet provider and transactions provider behind ISIS, the mobile wallet...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
Mobile Malware Targets Android
Cybercriminals target the vulnerable and popular Android mobile platform through banking Trojans. 98% of mobile malware batters Android...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Website sells tens of thousands of counterfeit credit cards
The FBI and US Postal Inspection Service recently assumed control of fakeplastic.net, a massive and well organized online operation...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
National response to criminal cyber-attacks?
In the aftermath of several large US retailers being targeted by data theft, the National Retail Federation urges Congress to act and...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Cost of Target data breach still rising
In a press release from January 28th, the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) estimates around 40 million customer credit and debit cards...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
Anonymous Stratfor Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years
Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, associated with the hacker groups Anonymous and Antisec, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 15th...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
Considerations for Handling Increased Traffic and Changing Consumer Preferences this Holiday Season
Online shopping has grown year-after-year while becoming an increasingly important portion of total Q4 retail sales. Last Cyber Monday...
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Nov 3, 20213 min read
Websites Can Let Customers Checkout Through Amazon
Amazon is reemerging as a third-party payment provider leveraging the hundreds of millions of Amazon buyers that already trust their...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Manual Fraud Prevention for Small Businesses
A guest post by: K. Volker, Certified eCommerce Fraud Professional It is often not feasible for small merchants just opening an online...
Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20215 min read
95 Percent of Americans Received Email with Malware and 9 Percent Opened the Attachment
According to a recent report from Halon, an email security provider, 94.7 percent of Americans received one or more emails that contained...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Fraudsters Used Spear Phishing Tactics to Initiate Attacks Against New York Times and Other Websites
In a high profile attack led by the Syrian Electronic Army against the New York Times and other websites, users accessing the affected...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Avoiding Customer Service Chargebacks for your Online Business
A guest post by: J. Ruzicka, Certified eCommerce Fraud Professional When reconciling your past chargebacks it is important to categorize...
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Nov 3, 20213 min read
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