online fraud

Seattle Tops the List with its Residents at Greatest Risk

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 22, 2010 – Cybercrime, a threat that affects one in five online shoppers¹ and cost Americans $560 million in 2009 due to online fraud², may hit closer to home than many realize.

Norton from Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) teamed up with independent research firm Sperling’s BestPlaces to find and expose the nation’s top 10 cities most vulnerable to cybercrime.

The following are ranked the Norton Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities:
1. Seattle 6. Atlanta
2. Boston 7. Minneapolis

National Retail Federation, eBay Announce Partnership to Fight Organized Retail Crime

Washington, March 22, 2010 - The world’s largest online marketplace is partnering with the world’s largest retail trade association to tackle organized retail crime.

This unique partnership between eBay and the National Retail Federation will receive tie in support from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, retailer participation and new technology to identify and attack organized retail crime.

Technology providers offer airlines access to advanced online fraud prevention

CHICAGO, IL – Feb. 10, 2009 – Accertify, a provider of fraud prevention solutions to airlines and other online merchants, announced today that the company has completed an integration of its Interceptas® platform with SabreSonic® Web, which provides advanced customer management tools to help airlines market more efficiently, increase sales, and effectively manage every channel of distribution.

Improves Accuracy, Helps Eliminate Potential for Fraud, and Improves Publisher Interface

Beverly Hills, CA — February 4, 2010 - Hydra, operator of a performance-based multichannel online advertising platform, today announced the introduction of its next generation, proprietary campaign tracking software HNv2.

Auto marketplace to deploy Interceptas

CHICAGO, IL – Feb. 2, 2010 – Accertify, a provider of fraud prevention solutions, announced today that its Interceptas platform has been selected by AutoTrader.com, an auto classifieds marketplace and consumer information website.

CHICAGO, IL-- Jan. 25, 2010 -- Accertify, a provider of online fraud prevention solutions, ended a highly successful 2009 by more than doubling its client base. This success is further reflected by year-over-year revenue growth of 427 percent.

New Approaches Are Needed to Counter Attacks on Strong Authentication Factors

STAMFORD, Conn., December 14, 2009 -- Fraudsters have started to raid user accounts by beating strong two-factor authentication methods, according to Gartner Inc.

Gartner analysts said that Trojan-based, man-in-the-browser attacks are circumventing strong two-factor authentication, enabled through one-time password (OTP) tokens. Other strong authentication factors, such as those using chip cards and biometric technology that rely on browser communications, can be similarly defeated.

Online Audience Verification Platform Improves Search Advertising Traffic Sent to Merchants

AUSTIN, Texas - November 4, 2009 - While millions of online shoppers will turn to comparison shopping engines before making a purchase this holiday season, many visitors to these sites will be botnets looking to steal money from merchants.

Avoiding Fraud When Shopping Online With 10 Tips From AutoTrader.com

ATLANTA, Nov. 9 -- With the holiday season rapidly approaching, more and more consumers will be turning to the Web to purchase gifts for family and friends. According to the National Retail Federation(1), nearly half of consumers plan to use the Internet to purchase holiday gifts this year. But these shoppers need to be aware and prepared for a very real concern when surfing the Web - online fraud.

New York — October 23, 2009 — Online Intelligence, Inc. (OI), a wholly-owned monitoring and protection subsidiary of Epic Advertising, today announced a set of new and innovative tools to drive automatic fraud prevention and monitoring.

These SaaS tools are used by OI to examine sources of traffic through proactive Web crawling. By monitoring ad campaigns in real time, OI quickly identifies dangers such as malware, incentivized traffic, negative keywords or off-brand ad placements.