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Increase in Targeted Attacks Against Small Businesses
A recent study and report from Symantec found that targeted attacks against small businesses greatly increased in 2012 as cyberattacks...

Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20211 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, 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


Adobe Breach Compromises 150,000 Customer Records
After a hacker posted a sample of compromised records online Adobe confirmed a breach affecting 150,000 customers through a vulnerability...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20211 min read


House, Senate Will Hear 3 Online Sales Tax Bills in 2013
In preparation for the upcoming legislative session multiple bills have been drafted that seek to change current tax laws requiring all...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20213 min read


California Considers Credit Card Privacy Laws and how it Applies to eCommerce
The California Supreme court is considering a class action suit against Apple for collecting personal information for online transactions...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Supreme Court, Ruling Could Have Major Effect on Auction and Marketplace Sites
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the final ruling on a case between a book publisher and eBay seller, and while this individual...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Audit Finds Many Popular UK Websites do Not Comply with Consumer Protection Regulations
The United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading recently released their results from a study examining the most popular websites to ensure...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20211 min read


UN to Reassess Internet Telecom Regulations in December
In December the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold a meeting in Dubai to review the International...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Take the 2012 Mobile Payment & Fraud Survey
The Fraud Practice is a proud sponsor of the 2012 Mobile Payment & Fraud Survey. The drive to move commerce to the mobile phone is not a...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20211 min read


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Two major acquisitions occurred in the world of eCommerce in late October as merchant acquirer Litle & Co. was purchased by the publicly...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20211 min read


TD Bank Suffers Data Breach Compromising 260,000 US Customer’s Data
On October 12 TD Bank reported that two backup tapes containing sensitive information from 260,000 US banking customers were lost back in...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read


OFAC List Equivalents in the UK
There are many similarities to doing business online in the United States and the United Kingdom, and while similar rules or regulations...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Shipping Address Considerations for the United Kingdom
There are many things to consider when expanding sales to a new region, but a simple fact that is often overlooked is the differences in...

Fraud Practice
Nov 2, 20213 min read


eBay Trials International Shipping Service for Auction Sellers
For the past few months eBay has been testing a new service with an international logistics provider that would make it easier for...

David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read


Two Fraudsters Steal $4M with Online Car Sale Scam
A man and woman organized a scheme posting non-existent vehicles for sale on many marketplace and auction websites scamming U.S. car...

David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Fraudsters Target New Zealand Auction Site to Recruit Money Mules
Fraud rings have been trying to increase their membership as they have targeted users of the New Zealand auction website Trade Me with a...

David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Amidst Organized Attacks Against Two Major Banks, Cyber Threat Level Raised to “High”
After distributed denial of service attacks disrupted Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase websites in late September the Financial...

David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read


FICO Acquires UK Fraud Prevention Firm Adeptra
In mid-September data analytics provider FICO announced they would acquire Adeptra Ltd., a privately held company based out of the UK...

David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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