Fraud Prevention, Items 1 to 50

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1. How Small Business Can Fight Internet Hackers, by Jeremy Quittner, Business Week, 12-4-2009 Hackers can shut your site down, destroy data, and worse, Quittner writes. Research firm Gartner estimates that about 25% of all small businesses suffered a hacker attack in 2008, up from about 10% in 2003.
2. Tracking Devious Phishing Websites, by Erica Naone, Technology Review, 10-16-2009 Researchers are monitoring a trick called "flux" that makes it harder to track and shut down fraudulent websites. Naone describes flux and ways to help protect unsuspecting users from visiting these sites.
3. Web Security Goes Online, by Randy George, Information Week, 10-10-2009 Criminals target legitimate sites to distribute malware through corrupted banner ads, Web redirects, and other nefarious techniques, George warns. Describes Web-security-as-a-service suites, table of benefits and drawbacks.
4. Hijacked Web Sites Attack Visitors, by Robert L. Mitchell, Computer World, 10-19-2009 Mitchell describes how attackers use techniques such as cross-site scripting, SQL injection and remote file-inclusion attacks, then install malicious code on the Web server that lets them get access to the end users doing business with the site.
5. Consumers Accept Device Fingerprinting, Study Finds, by Thomas Claburn, Information Week, 9-16-2009 Consumers are willing to accept device profiling if it leads to improved security and less sharing of personal information. Involves analysis of information about an Internet user's hardware, software, and network traffic, Claburn explains..
6. How to Protect Your Business Against Cyber Fraud, by Frank Fortunato, Ecommerce-Guide.com, 10-20-2009 Discusses various scams and frauds, such as typo squatting, gaining domain names with close misspellings, botnets, social networking scams, and the Romanian Ruse. Suggests a number of ways to protect yourself.
7. How to Protect Your Brand from Cybersquatters, by Robert L. Mitchell, ComputerWorld, 9-7-2009 Mitchell compiles advice from experts at brand-abuse monitoring vendors and companies such as Lego that have successfully fought cybersquatters who are siphoning away increasing numbers of users from valid sites by using variations on trademarked names.
8. Start-Up Plans to Make Journalism Pirates Pay Up, by Saul Hansell, New York Times, 7-26-2009 Hansell describes new approach with an automated way for newspapers to share in the advertising revenue from even the tiniest sites that copy their articles.
9. Fighting Identity Theft on the Web, by Jeff Smith, CIO Today, 1-28-2009 Smith describes identity-theft-protection Web site InsideIDTheft.info. Which is addressing the need for both consumers and the business community confronted with cyber-crime issues to get straight information.
10. Simple Steps Businesses Can Take to Protect Themselves from Cyber Crime, by Susan Sarna, Small Business Digest, 10-30-2008 Being a victim of cyber crime can cost a business more than just the cost of repairs. Sarna reports data showing that 82% of respondents would warn others not to do business with companies that have been the victims of a security breach.
11. Merchants Lack Technical Skill To Spot Online Ad Fraud, by Thomas Claburn, Information Week, 10-9-2008 Online marketers lack the technical sophistication to tell when they're being robbed, according to a research study, Claburn reports. This includes examining HTML code and packet logs to uncover infractions.
12. Clickjacking Attack Lets Web Sites See, Hear You, by Thomas Claburn, Information Week, 10-8-2008 Claburn reports some details about the cross-platform browser exploitation technique known as "clickjacking" have started to emerge.
13. Say 'No Thanks' To Thank You Clicks, by Ken Miller, Media Post, 9-23-2008 Although it is nearly impossible to determine the intent of the clicker, Miller offers several rules of thumb advertisers can use to help recognize and identify instances of click fraud.
14. Searching for Brad Pitt Can Lure Surfers To Malware, by Patricia Resende, CIO Today, 9-17-2008 Typing Brad Pitt's name in a search engine produces a 1 in 5 chance of hitting a malware site, according to Internet security firm McAfee, reports Resende.
15. One Web, One Web ID, by Richard Martin, Internet Evolution, 8-30-2008 Martin reports on the growing acceptance of OpenID, the universal sign-on system which allows control by users (not Website operators). Problem: most of the tech giants supporting OpenID will only provide OpenID capabilities; none of them will accept it.
16. Banks Should Empower Recipients in the Fight Against E-Mail Fraud, by Ron Shevlin, Bank Systems & Technology, 7-29-2008 In addition to implementing authentication protocols, banks should ensure that e-mail recipients understand e-mail dangers and control their own fates.
17. 10 Notorious Cyber Gangs, by , Baseline Magazine, 8-1-2008 Online crime rings are fleecing organizations out of customer and employee personally identifiable information, stealing passwords, intellectual property and more. Slide show.
18. Interview: Ex-hacker Mitnick On Avoiding Fraudsters, by Michael A. Cox, Practical eCommerce, 3-31-2008 The Internet is under constant attack by fraudsters and hackers, and e-commerce entrepreneurs are among the most vulnerable to attack. You have to implement security in layers, and pay attention to processes and people, as much as to technology.
19. Fraud, Chargebacks and Your Bottom Line, by Gene Hoffman Jr., E-Commerce Times, 3-19-2008 Fraudulent credit card chargebacks affect different online merchants in different ways, depending on the average customer lifetime value, whether they are shipping tangible goods or digital products, and profit margins. Adjust your own fraud prevention policies to suit.
20. 'Tis the Season for Scams, by Catherine Holahan, Business Week, 12-22-2007 Cybercriminals prey on online shoppers over the holidays. Holahan offers the most common scams and how to avoid them: phishing, gift card scams, fraudulent charities, "Win a free gift" sites and downloading key logging programs.
21. The Threat of Typosquatting, by Reid Goldsborough, Information Today, 1-1-2008 Typosquatters bank on the fact that people make simple typing mistakes; a misspeledl popular URL or web address has about a 1-in-14 chance of landing at a typosquatter site that tries to steal your email address, your money, or your identity.
22. Looming Online Security Threats in 2008, by Aaron Ricadela, Business Week, 11-12-2007 Web-based services, including social networks MySpace and Facebook, are becoming prime targets for hackers seeking your personal information by exploiting trust, reports Ricadela.
23. Google Expunges Malware Sites from Search Results, by Gregg Keizer, Computer World, 11-28-2007 Reports actions by Google and other search engines to protect their users from malware.
24. Bank of America Tops Large Banks in Combating Identity Fraud, by Nancy Feig, Bank Systems & Technology, 11-7-2007 As the everyday consumer plays a more critical role in monitoring their accounts, financial institutions must embrace new technologies and provide its customers with the right tools to fight identity theft, says Feig.
25. Phishers Nearly Pull Off $10M Scam of Grocer, by Jaikumar Vijayan, Computer World, 10-29-2007 Describes grocery chain receiving 2 fraudulent e-mails, appearing to come from approved vendors, directing the company to send future payments to new bank accounts which were later found to be fake.
26. Defend Your Website From Google Duplicate Proxy, by Sophie White, SiteReference, 8-23-2007 Explains how evil webmasters could steal your homepage and get Google search results to point to their copy, putting yours in Supplemental Results. Describes Google's Duplicate Content filter, how it is being exploited, and ways to defend against fraud.
27. E-Commerce and Patents, by , Inc. Magazine, 8-1-2007 Responds to question on how to keep online purchases safe from chargebacks, covering PayPal, Google Checkout and others.
28. Protect Your Ecommerce Customers From Identity Theft, by Jack Brooks, Internet Search Engine Database, 6-4-2007 Being aware of security vulnerabilities in some shopping cart and online payment systems that make them a target for sophisticated hackers can help you take steps to secure your side of the customer's information pathway more effectively.
29. Web Credibility: Hard Earned, Harder To Prove, by J. Nicholas Hoover, Information Week, 6-2-2007 Hoover says we need better ways to let others know who we are, verifying what we tell them and showing that we've got the credibility to back it up so online shoppers can know more about sellers and content consumers about the creators.
30. Amid The Rush To Web 2.0, Some Words Of Warning, by Larry Greenemeier, Sharon Gaudin, Information Week, 5-26-2007 As businesses rush to get involved in Web 2.0, they must think about the security implications of all those blogs, wikis, and social networks. They could be putting their networks, employees, and customers at risk, warms Greenmeier and Gaudin.
31. Fear Of Identity Theft Discourages Consumers From Banking Online, by Deena M. Amato-McCoy, Bank Systems & Technology, 5-8-2007 Proactive security measures increase online banking confidence and use, according to research. Consumers are willing to take extra steps to protect their identities, but they do not want to pay extra for these services.
32. Three Basic Steps Can Curb Credit Card Fraud, by Mitch Bettis, Practical Ecommerce, 2-7-2007 American Diamond Importers learned its lesson the hard way: turn on the Credit Card Verification (CCV) feature in your shopping cart software, or risk significant losses to credit card fraud.
33. Security Primer: Keep Out The Bad Guys, by Lee Evans, Website Magazine, 2-12-2007 Prestipino outlines those aspects of security that are most relevant to the website owner. Covers the security life cycle, risk assessment analysis and securing your website.
34. Search marketing click frauds climbed to year’s highest level in Q4, by , Internet Retailer, 1-30-2007 According to the quarterly Click Fraud Index by Click Forensics, the average click fraud rate on PPC ads appearing on affiliate sites was 19.2% for Q4 2006, up from 14.2% for Q4 2005. High-priced search terms of $2 and up have an average click fraud rate of 20.9%, the same as Q3.
35. Preventing a Brute Force Attack: How to Keep the Brutes Away from Your Loot, by Bryan Sullivan, SiteReference, 1-17-2007 The author offers a number of tips to combat a "brute force" attack or "dictionary" attack against your password protected website. Suggests taking care in choosing both passwords and usernames for admin accounts. Suggests a strong password policy and other defensive strategies, such as incremental delay and carefully wording error messages.
36. Security Case: Washington Mutual Gets a Line on Phishing, by Deborah Gage, Baseline Magazine, 12-21-2006 Washington Mutual installed stringent measures to combat phishers (scam artists who send e-mails to someone else's customers to entice them to give up their account information online) at the bank. Offers 5 tips to help deal with the problem.
37. Online retailers still reject too many international orders, by , Internet Retailer, 12-14-2006 Online orders are more than twice as likely to be fraudulent when placed from outside the U.S. and Canada, but retailers reject seven times as many good foreign orders than bad ones, CyberSource Corp. reports in its 8th Annual Online Fraud Survey.
38. Malicious Code Injection: It's Not Just for SQL Anymore, by Bryan Sullivan, SiteReference, 11-24-2006 Explains how malicious code can be injected, including Xpath injection, LDAP injection, and command execution injection.
39. Criminals will steal about $3 billion through U.S. e-commerce, by , Internet Retailer, 11-14-2006 Criminals will steal about $3 billion this year from U.S. e-commerce sites, up 7% from $2.8 billion in 2005, though the percent of e-commerce revenue lost to fraud will dip to 1.4% from 1.6%, marking the third year of decline, according to CyberSource's "8th Annual Online Fraud Survey."
40. Pro PHP Security / Preventing SQL Injection, Part 2, by Chris Snyder and Michael Southwell, PHP Builder, 11-13-2006 Explains types of SQL injection tactics and how to prevent them.
41. SIIA Takes Initiative in Content Piracy Battle, by Jessica Dye, EContent, 10-19-2006 Dye reports that the Corporate Content Anti-Piracy Policy (CCAP) will tag digital print content so that illegal use can be detected. It will use both prosecution and education to curb the illegal use of print materials via the web.
42. Spyware's Growing Arsenal, by Arik Hesseldahl, Business Week, 8-16-2006 Hesseldahl discusses how purveyors of malware are increasingly harnessing the popularity of social networks and Web video to infect PCs.
43. Fraud Focus: How to Find and Fend Off Click Perps, by John Marshall, OMMA, 9-1-2006 Marshall says that detecting click fraud is very similar to airport security solutions and discusses technology tools, log files and recovering costs.
44. Waging War Against Click Fraud, by Catherine Holahan, Business Week, 8-17-2006 Advertisers accuse Internet companies of failing to adequately guard against a practice that's lining the pockets of scam artists and artificially inflating ad rates. Advertisers are promoting changing the pay-per-click business model.
45. The click fraud problem is inflated by auditing errors, Google says, by , Internet Retailer, 8-9-2006 “How Fictitious Clicks Occur in Third-Party Click Fraud Audit Reports,” Google’s Click Quality Team found that the most significant flaw in estimating click fraud stemmed from the fact that many click fraud consultants don’t count actual ad clicks, rather webpage visits, which show both reloads and subsequent visits.
46. Customized security rules lead e-retailers’ fraud-prevention techniques, by , Internet Retailer, 7-13-2006 The most effective means of preventing online fraud among e-retailers is setting customized rules (50%), such as subjecting all orders over $100 or from certain countries to extra scrutiny, according to the Merchant Risk Council’s 5th Annual Survey of risk management at online retailers. Other tools: customer follow-ups (41%), post-process fraud management (39%), maintaining negative files (36%), and using real-time credit card authorizations (34%).
47. In E-Mail We Trust, by Nancy Feig, Bank Systems & Technology, 6-26-2006 In an effort to improve the safety of online banking for its customers, KeyBank has been piloting an e-mail certification service while it also tries to educate its customers on how to spot phishing attempts.
48. Online fraud prevention requires a suite of tools, Ice.com says, by , Internet Retailer, 6-15-2006 Online retailers need to use a suite of fraud-prevention tools, rather than a single measure. Ice.com jewelry site different shipping and billing addresses, a foreign IP address, or a large number of orders in a short period of time from the same customer.
49. Trusted Identity for Web Services, by Patrick Harding, Line56, 4-25-2006 Increasing regulatory compliance and audit requirements are forcing organizations to consider a higher assurance level for user identity in web service transactions, Harding reports.
50. Judges And Prosecutors Throw The Book At Hackers, by Larry Greenemeier, Information Week, 5-15-2006 Greenmeier reports on the serious charges and penalities faced by those accused of cybercrime. That could spell the end of the white-hat hacker, he observes.