Chances are all of you have had to endure those pesky pop-up and online ads informing you that your computer is vulnerable to outside threats and that you must immediately update the machine’s security system. Turns out that more often than not, those ads themselves are the threat. The FBI and Department of Justice this [...]
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FBI Breaks Up Pair of ‘Scareware’ Crime Rings
Posted in Click Fraud, General News / Technology, tagged cyber security, cybercrime, FBI, malvertising, online scams, scareware on June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sony Get Hacked…Again
Posted in Click Fraud, Ecommerce, General News / Technology, tagged cyber crime, cyber security, Playstation hack, Sony, Sony-Ericsson on May 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We’re not sure who’s in charge of cyber security over at Sony but it’s probably safe to say that he or she will be looking for a new job soon, if they aren’t doing so already. Just as the company was starting to recover from the high-profile attack on its Playstation gaming network a few [...]
Report Reveals that Smaller Merchants Face the Biggest Security Threats
Posted in Click Fraud, Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Shopping, tagged credit card fraud, e-commerce security, online security, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, Payment Card Trends and Risks for Small Merchants", Trustwave on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
E-commerce payment systems accounted for a sizable chunk of credit card fraud instances in 2010, with smaller merchants and retailers representing the biggest targets for criminals intent on stealing debit and credit card information according to a new report from Trustwave. The web security firm’s report “Payment Card Trends and Risks for Small Merchants” says [...]
Majority of Web Users Want More Fraud Protection from Retailers
Posted in Click Fraud, General News / Technology, Mobile Commerce, Online Shopping, tagged Click Fraud, online crime, online fraud, Ponemon Institute, ThreatMetrix on April 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There was a time when online crime and click fraud seemed to exist outside the consciousness of most online shoppers. Those days appear to be long gone. A new survey released by privacy research firm the Ponemon Institute and fraud prevention services provider ThreatMetrix says as much, with a whopping 85 percent of respondents indicating [...]
Fake Receipt Scam Headlines Trio of New Online Threats
Posted in Click Fraud, General News / Technology, tagged cyber threats, IC3, NWC3, online fraud, Receipt Generator, White House greeting card email scam on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing like some cyber crime to ruin the early part of your week, right? The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a collaborative effort between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), has issued an alert for three different emerging online scams this week. The three threats, involving social networking, online shopping and [...]
Online Fraud Losses Decline in 2010
Posted in Click Fraud, Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Retail, tagged CyberSource, e-commerce fraud, online sales fraud, Visa on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Adding to a growing list of why last year was such a good one for online retailers, a new report issued today says that fraud losses decreased in 2010, thanks in large part to merchants rejecting more suspect orders. Though the overall fraud rate for online retailers from the U.S. and Canada held steady at [...]
Illinois Starts Consumer Amnesty Program for Online Taxes
Posted in Click Fraud, Online Sales Taxes, tagged Illinois Use Tax Amnesty Program, internet taxation, online taxation, Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, use tax on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With the 2010 holiday shopping season now in the rear view mirror, a move by the state of Illinois has served as a reminder that one of the biggest issues facing the e-commerce industry—internet taxation—certainly isn’t going to disappear from the forefront in 2011. The state has announced the formation of a new amnesty program [...]
Bad News Continues as Q2 Click Fraud Rates are Released
Posted in Click Fraud, tagged Anchor Intelligence, botnets, Click Fraud, click fraud data, click fraud rates, online security on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Even we admit that we’re starting to sound like a broken record here at Junkie when the topic of click fraud comes up. But don’t blame us for being repetitive! Even though we’re always thinking positive thoughts and hoping for the best, click fraud data continues to disappoint every three months or so. The second [...]
Microsoft Goes to Court Again over Click Fraud
Posted in Click Fraud, Ecommerce, tagged Click Fraud, click laundering, Google, Microsoft, Microsoft AdCenter, pay per click advertising, RedOrbit on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Give the folks at Microsoft (MSFT) credit. When they say they’re serious about cracking down on click fraud, they really mean it. Just a few months after taking legal action against a number of hackers and click-fraud perpetrators, the software giant has filed two more lawsuits against parties it claims are now engaged in a [...]
Another Quarter, Another Jump in Click Fraud
Posted in Click Fraud, tagged Anchor Intelligence, botnets, Click Fraud, click fraud rates, cyber security, Google, McAfee on April 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Anchor Intelligence has released its report on Q1 2010 traffic quality and as expected, click fraud has increased yet again across the web. Anchor is reporting a fraud rate of 29.2 percent for the first three months of this year, building on the 25.7 percent click fraud rate over the final quarter of 2009, and [...]
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