"Identity fraud / theft" news, interviews, and features

News about Identity fraud / theft

• IBM unveils new security tool to help stop bank fraud

  The IBM Trusteer New Account Fraud tool will use machine learning and analytics to help detect fraudulent bank accounts

• European authorities bust cybercrime gang that hijacked business payments

  The attackers hacked corporate email accounts and used them to divert payments from customers to their own bank accounts

• Report: Average cost per record breached is $US0.58 cents, discovery times are down

  Other estimates that put the average per-record loss at around $US200.

• Tool allows account hijacking on sites that use Facebook Login

  Attackers can force users to associate their accounts on other sites with malicious Facebook accounts

• Google Cloud offers security scanning for customer apps

  The Google Cloud Security Scanner can ferret out XSS and mixed-use vulnerabilities

• With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards

  Five people have been indicted in scheme that took advantage of Apple 'instant credit'

Features about Identity fraud / theft

• Opinion: The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics

  Curiously, ethical lapses and email often go hand in hand