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Archive for: January, 2010

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 21/01/2010 | 4007 views

I’m interrupting my series of 2009 mega-trends and 2010 projections to discuss the current situation in cybercrime. What a crazy week. First Google says it is prepared to pull its business out of China after cybercriminals used Trojans to hack into Gmail accounts of anti-Chinese government human rights activists. Then it becomes clear over 3... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 13/01/2010 | 4025 views

Good Times in Fraudland: Part II

In my first of three entries summarizing 2009 online fraud trends, I suggested that there had never been a better time to be a cybercriminal, and talked about the high grade Trojans currently available to fraudsters. But to use a modern warfare analogy, even if you have nuclear weapons they aren’t really effective without a robust ballistic m... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 06/01/2010 | 3592 views

Good Times in Fraudland: Part I

Thirty years from now if I’ll ever look back and read my old blogs, I’m sure I’ll agree with what my current self is about to state: There was never a better time to be a cybercriminal than in good old 2009. So many things worked in favor of online fraudsters that I doubt if there’ll ever be a year as good as 2009, assuming... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

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