- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 3rd, 2009
Five New Suspects Indicted in Two-Year-Old Identity Theft Case
Two were arrested and extradited to the United States
- Incidents
- By Lucian Constantin
- August 24th, 2009
AT&T and T-Mobile Identity Theft Gang Indicted
For acquiring devices using stolen customer information
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 13th, 2009
LimeWire P2P Crook Gets Three Years in Jail
Online P2P identity scammer convicted to 39 months in a federal prison
- Data Breaches
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 31st, 2009
TV Lamps Online Merchant Suffers Data Breach
Customer credit-card details and personal information compromised
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 27th, 2009
Security Expert Analyzes the Botnet-Based Economy
An insight into the online underground market
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 27th, 2009
Identity Theft Kingpin Pleads Guilty
Accused of leading a 200-strong gang that operated across the US
- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 14th, 2009
Bank of America Phishing Campaign in Circulation
Rogue e-mails ask users to fill in a fake customer form
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 7th, 2009
Social Security Numbers Can Be Predicted Using Public Information
Potentially opening the door to large-scale identity theft
- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 6th, 2009
Tax Refund Scam Targets British Taxpayers
Phishing emails claim to originate from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
- Data Breaches
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 23rd, 2009
Facebook Basic Profile Information Hack Revealed
The website's security team scrambles to fix the problem
- Data Breaches
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 3rd, 2009
Online Merchant's Server Hacking Results in Data Breach
Misuse of compromised credit cards already reported
- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 2nd, 2009
Flurry of Phishing Attacks Targeting Commonwealth Bank
Various social engineering techniques used to trick customers
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- June 1st, 2009
Major Manhattan Identity Theft Gang Busted
Eighteen indicted for their role in the counterfeit check scam
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- May 29th, 2009
Romanian Immigrant Gets Eight-and-a-Half-Year Prison Sentence
For phishing over 7,000 people in seven years
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- May 28th, 2009
LifeLock Banned from Placing Fraud Alerts
Companies no longer allowed to do this on behalf of individuals
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- May 27th, 2009
IRS Does Not Properly Dispose of Taxpayer Records
Piles of sensitive documents found in dumpsters
- Spam Reports
- By Lucian Constantin
- May 26th, 2009
Germany Is a Significant Source of Malicious URLs
According to a study by antivirus vendor Avira