fraud

Loss Prevention & Fraud Detection in Retail

3 min read

Over 50% of asset protection executives state that they plan to invest in LP technology. Being able to identify loss as it happens allows retailers to take action and appropriately respond to it. It allows them to prevent losses and improve inventory accuracy.

The Big Risk of Fraudulent Products for Small Business

3 min read

Whether purchased knowingly or inadvertently, unauthorized products can significantly harm a small business, for whom the margins of error are slim to nil.

May 6, 2019

SECURITY

Cybercrime and Fraud Part 1: Modern Tales of Piracy and Plunder

5 min read

Calico Jack, Captain Blood, and Blackbeard. So many recognizable stories, books, and movies have been made about the period of stealing and looting exemplified by the golden age of piracy....

November 5, 2015

THREAT RESEARCH

Reverse Social Engineering Tech Support Scammers

1 min read

This post is authored by Jaime Filson and Dave Liebenberg. Background The amount of fraudulent actors masquerading as legitimate tech support has been on the rise since 2008. According to David Finn, executive director at the Microsoft Cybercrime Center, tech support scammers have made nearly $1.5 billion off of 3.3 million unwitting victims just this […]

September 25, 2013

SECURITY

LexisNexis Breach Highlights Identity Theft Risks

6 min read

Who are you? Removing the obvious existential questions for a minute, your identity is often represented as a bundle of personally identifiable information (PII). In the United States PII begins at birth with a name, date of birth, and social security number (SSN). This morning’s KrebsOnSecurity post details the unauthorized access of computer systems (via malicious code) at Lexis Nexis and Dun […]

August 15, 2013

SECURITY

The Highs and Lows of the Pump and Dump Scam

3 min read

The Internet remains an environment where it is important to keep your wits. The recent indictment of nine individuals on stock fraud charges reminds us that the pump and dump scam continues to be perpetrated [1][2]. Stock spam emails were particularly prevalent during the mid-2000’s, with these messages reportedly comprising 15% of all spam in […]