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RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on the changes in Phishing tactics
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 13/05/2013
Phishing still stands as the top online threat impacting both consumers and the businesses that serve them online. In 2012, there was an average of over 37,000 phishing attacks each month identified by RSA. The impact of phishing on the global economy has been quite significant: RSA estimates that worldwide losses from phishing attacks cost […]
RSA’s March Online Fraud Report 2013, with a focus on Email and Identity takeover
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 26/03/2013
RSA’s March 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summary of the report is below. Phishing attacks are notorious for their potential harm to online banking and credit card users who may fall prey to phishers looking to steal information from them. Compromised credentials are then typically sold in […]
RSA’s February Online Fraud Report 2013 including an update on Phishing activity
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 22/02/2013
RSA’s February 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summary of the report is below. Phishing still stands as the top online threat impacting both consumers and the businesses that serve them online. In 2012, there was an average of over 37,000 phishing attacks each month identified by RSA. […]
RSA’s January Online Fraud Report 2013 including an excellent summary of Phishing in 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 30/01/2013
RSA’s January 2013 Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summary of the report is below. The total number of phishing attacks launched in 2012 was 59% higher than 2011 It appears that phishing has been able to set yet another record year in attack volumes, with global losses from […]
RSA’s December Online Fraud Report 2012 including an excellent piece on Ransomware
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 03/01/2013
RSA’s December Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summary of their report is below. Ransomware is a type of Trojan/malware that can lock files on an infected machine and restrict access to the computer unless the user pays a “ransom” for the restrictions to be removed. Infection campaigns and methods […]
RSA’s November Online Fraud Report 2012 including advice on avoiding fraud
Posted by brianfpennington in PCI DSS Compliance on 31/12/2012
RSA’s November Online Fraud Report delivers the results from RSA’s fraud monitoring centre, a summary of their report is below. In 2011, RSA’s e-commerce authentication technology was used by many of the top card issuers around the globe to protect nearly a half a billion e-commerce transactions and their statistics for 2011 (2012 will be posted when available) […]
RSA’s June Online Fraud Report 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 20/06/2012
In their June Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. RSA researchers have been following Ransomware campaigns and Ransomware Trojan attack waves and have recently analyzed a new variant that holds infected PCs hostage until their owners make a €100 payment to the botmaster. Ransomware is the type of malware that can infect a […]
RSA’s April Online Fraud Report 2012
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 04/05/2012
In their April Online Fraud Report RSA reports on the activity of online fraudsters, full summary below. As well as the usual interesting statistics on fraudulent activity this report sheds light on the changes to the Citadel Trojan. Citadel Trojan hooks system processes to isolate bots from AV and security. The Citadel Trojan was first introduced […]
RSA’s November Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 07/12/2011
Below is a summary of RSA’s November Online Fraud Report:- The humble beginnings of phishing The term ‘phishing’ was coined in 1996 by hackers who managed to steal America Online (AOL) accounts by coaxing username and passwords from unsuspecting users. At the time, hacked accounts were dubbed ‘phish’; within a year, ‘phish’ was actively being traded between […]
RSA’S October Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/11/2011
Below is a summary of RSA’s October Online Fraud Report. October was Cyber Security Awareness Month. A public relations effort made by several US-based government bodies to increase security-literacy across the tiers that make up our digital society. By encouraging each and every Internet user to “Stop, Think, Connect,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the […]
RSA’s September Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 27/11/2011
At bit of a catch up on the excellent RSA Fraud Reports. The results from their September report are below. At the bottom of the post is the August Report Summary link. Phishing Attacks per Month The number of phishing attacks identified by RSA in August increased by 7%, setting a new all-time high of 26,907 attacks. […]
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