Update on Halifax EMV lawsuit

We were contacted recently by Alain Job, who filed a lawsuit last year against Halifax over an alleged fraud instance on his EMV chip card, for which the bank is holding him responsible. Our news stor...

Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

The Five Biggest Security Threats Facing Businesses Today

Robert Siciliano 2/12/2 Millennials, the next generation of technology savvy workers are coming to a cubicle near you. They are a generation of technogeeks that dont know they are techno or geeks. I

Let the X Force be with you!

IBM has released its latest X Force Internet Security and Trends report. See here : http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/iss/xforce/trendreports/xforce-2008-annual-report.pdf These kind of reports hav...

Malicious insider attacks to rise. McAfee has a warning

The world's biggest software maker has warned companies to expect an increase in "insider" security attacks by disgruntled, laid-off workers. With millions losing their jobs there are a p

Data Scams Kicked Into High Gear, Mr Ming Yang Has a Virus

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker 2/11/09 “I am Mr. Ming Yang, I have an obscured business suggestion for you. Your services will be paid for. Contact mingyang_desk45@hotmail.com” Mr Yang sent

Identity Theft Rising; Hits Record 10M Americans in 2008

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker 2/9/09 Number of fraud victims rises in 2008, but average loss per theft falls, according to a recent study. Article Here It should come as no surprise that i

BBC Moneybox on Speech Recognition for banking

I appreciate the BBC Radio's weekly personal finance program 'Moneybox' may not be something that all of my blog readers are aware of, but this week it's been looking at speech recognition and biomet...

Interchange Fees and whose fraud is it anyway?

The Interchange Fee is part of the Merchant Service Charge (MSC) paid by a card acceptor (merchant) to a card issuer. Some reports state that the Interchange Fee can be 66% - 80% of the MSC and

Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

Robby, Do I have a Paypal Account? Back to Basics

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Me Mum calls me last night. Shes asks “Robby, Do I have a Paypal Account?” (Yes, my mom calls me robby) I say “Why do you ask?” Shes sa...

Phexting and I aint got stupid written on my forehead!

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Article here; Text Message Scam Interviewed for this article the victims states “I ain’t got stupid written on my forehead” I’m sure sh

ID Theft Expert: Are You Addicted to Information Insecurity?

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Article here; Are You Addicted to Information Insecurity? Ben Rothke writes a great article that ties in addiction and information In

Robert Siciliano on CNN Thursday 2.5.9 Phishing Scams

Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano on CNN 2/5/9 “Facebook Scams” Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Protection Expert www.IDTheftSecurity.com on CNN today discussing phising scams, social networks ...