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Newly organised methods of online criminal activity are threatening to democratise fraud and undermine banks and online traders, according to security experts at this year’s RSA Conference Europe. Criminal gangs are placing staff members in companies to operate as moles. As lucrative as class As and less chance of getting shot. Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts. Security firm SafeMedia has warned that the use of peer-to-peer software to steal personal information is likely to increase sharply. Australians are more concerned about the misuse of their personal information and credit card theft rather than national security in a terrorism related event, according to an August Newspoll survey commissioned by Unisys. People who send their CVs to online job sites may be putting themselves at risk of identity theft according to a fraud prevention experiment. In light of the fake Olympic ticket scam the Federal Police together with the Bankers' Association is warning internet users of a another popular internet swindle. An initiative championed by a consumer to slash the number of identity theft victims has been adopted by one of the UK's top credit reference agencies. A Nigerian man has been arrested over an Internet-based lonely-hearts scam, which stripped a 45-year-old Queensland man of thousands of dollars. The recent rash of high profile security breaches, data loss incidents and associated fraud highlights the fact that the security industry is failing to meet the threats. An Australian company has launched a "virtual safety deposit vault" and security service aimed at protecting travellers from identity theft and fraud.
The French trader behind the huge losses at Société Générale used his knowledge of computers to set up dummy accounts and impersonate other users, his former employer alleges.
More than half of all UK internet users are not concerned by online banking fraud, according to a new study by Lloyds TSB. Internet-related criminal activities resulted in nearly US$240 million in reported losses in the US, according to the 2007 Internet Crime Report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the FBI. Microsoft’s Asia Pacific piracy investigator has warned that Australia is a prime target for Chinese fraudsters trading in the sale of high quality counterfeit products.
Charity doesn't always begin at home. Nowadays, it increasingly appears to come from credit card thieves looking to validate stolen cards. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. When companies suffer security breaches, it is how they handle them - and the customer - that counts. Opting to use a PIN number for credit card transactions over a signature won’t necessarily improve security nor minimise fraud rates, according to the PEN or PIN project manager.