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News on Corporate Identity Fraud, Phishing, Identity Theft

News articles on phishing and corporate identity fraud (the fraudulent use of corporate brands, trademarks, domain names and related fake web sites) are posted below. Articles on key topics are grouped together.

Date of Publication

Articles

9-07

PWC: The global state of information security 2007: Organisations are strong on infrastructure but weak on monitoring and enforcement

9-07

IBM: Cyber Attacks on the Rise: IBM X-Force 2007 Midyear Report

8-22-07

Identity Theft is source of terrorism funding, BSA/AML Examination Manual, 2007

8-15-07

Shark 2 dumbs down Trojan creation

6-13-07

Lawmaker tells Fed to step up consumer protection

6-13-07

Use It or Lose It,' Frank Tells Fed on Authority

6-13-07

House Commitee on Financial Services: Improving Federal Consumer Protection in Financial Services: Includes webcast and testimony

6-8-07

DIY kits dumb down phishing

5-11-07

Chairmen Dingell and Frank Call for Increased Federal Consumer Protection

4-23-07

Forbes: Technology The Two-Way Peephole: Banks and brokers are getting even more serious about who gets onto their Web sites.

4-19-07

Phishing attack evades bank's two-factor authentication

4-19-07

'Comply on compliance or face fine', warns FSA

4-18-07

University Indiana admins lend phishers a hand involving credit union

4-17-07

Phishing Still No. 1 Security Gadfly, Bankers Say

4-16-07

comScore Reports Increasing Importance of Customer Satisfaction in Online Banking as Industry Matures and Competition Heats Up

4-12-07

UK: Concern over online fraud prevents 56 percent of the UK from buying online

4-12-07

UK: Identity fraud rise 'driven by cyber crime increase'

4-11-07

Remarks by Ben S. Bernanke: Financial Regulation and the Invisible Hand

4-11-07

FDIC's FIL-32-2007: Identity Theft FDIC's Supervisory Policy on Identity Theft

4-11-07

Fraud continues to plague bank sites Hackers able to find ways around additional safeguards; new security features may lull clients into false sense of security

4-10-07

UK: One tenth of UK consumers become victim of Internet fraud

4-10-07

Indiana University Research Suggests Weakness in Anti-Phishing Technology

4-10-07

Bank Technology News: Protecting Data Online Is a Top Priority for Consumers

4-10-07

Bank Technology News: Disconnect Between Boards and IT

Board Member: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Illustration Series: IT Roadmap for GRC
From Deloitte Consulting LLP, OCEG, and SAP


Board Member: 2007 Board and Information Technology Strategies Report: Maximizing Performance Through Strategy From Corporate Board Member & Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

4-10-07

Bank Technology News: Consumer Security: Trust Isn't Just a Token Concern

3-30-07

IP Directive to harmonise criminal law across Europe

3-27-07

UK: Banks 'relaxed about ID theft'

3-23-07

Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD): Resolution on Identity Theft, Phishing and Consumer Confidence

3-22-07

To stop ID theft government, businesses must work together: FTC

3-21-07

U.S. Senate Judicary Hearing "Identity Theft: Innovative Solutions for an Evolving Problem "

3-21-07

U.S. Congress looks at identity theft

3-21-07

U.S. Congress Identity Theft Testimony: Identity Theft and Social Security Numbers, FTC Testifies

3-20-07

MSNBC Dateline: A DIFFERENT KIND OF PREDATOR

3-19-07

MSNBC: Cyber-attacks 'more aggressive than ever'

3-19-07

FBI: Web fraud cost more than $200 million in 2006
-"The FBI and IC3 also noted that recent high-activity scams included hit man and counterfeit checking scams and site-spoofing phishing attempts. "
-"also be very mindful of the URL you’re imputing"

3-19-07

Mortgage Lead Fraud – The New Form of Identity Theft

3-19-07

IT Braces for 'J-SOX' Rules

3-19-07

Cox on SOX: No Need for Amendment

3-19-07

Whois Taskforce: New Rules for Maintaining Whois Data

3-16-07

IT Confidential: Is Anyone Doing Anything About Identity Theft?

3-14-07

Cyber-Criminals and Their Tools Getting Bolder, More Sophisticated

3-9-07

Mortgage fraud targeted by FBI, lenders group

3-6-07

Gartner: The rate of identity theft-related fraud has risen sharply since 2003, a new report from Gartner Research suggests

3-1-07

Complinet: "Perfect Storm"

2-27-07

Bank Info Security: Comptroller Dugan Says Regulators and Industry Both Benefit From Inter-connection between Regulation and Risk Management

2-26-07

Bank Info Security: Core Banking Vendor Study Results Show Small Bank Trends

2-07

US CERT: “Governing for Enterprise Security (GES)”

2-15-07

Proposed Supervisory Guidance for Internal Ratings-Based Systems for Credit Risk, Advanced Measurement Approaches for Operational Risk, and the Supervisory Review Process (Pillar 2) Related to Basel II Implementation

2-12-07

BankInfo Security Interview: Catherine Allen, BITSINFO

2-7-07

S.522 Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act; Co-sponsored by Senators Bayh of Indiana and Voinovich of Ohio

1-29-07

BankInfoSecurity.com Interviews Markus Jakobsson January 29, 2007 - Linda McGlasson

1-22-07

Forbes: Schneier: Solving Identity Theft

1-22-07

Australia: Bank online at your own risk

1-20-07

Swedish Bank loses $1 Million through Russian hacker phishing attack

1-17-07

CSO: Schneier: Full Disclosure of Security Vulnerabilities a 'Damned Good Idea'

1-16-07

FDIC/FINCEN: Identity Theft and Mortgage Fraud: "Mortgage Loan Fraud Industry Assessment Based on Suspicious Activity Report Analysis"

1-16-07

CSO: McAfee - Phishing Scams Increase Dramatically

1-12-07

Financial Insights Examines Annual Top 10 Strategic IT Initiatives for Financial Services
-Security/Fraud: Operational Risks

1-12-07

Techweb: New Phishing Toolkit Poses Danger To Consumers
-All the kit-using criminal has to do is register a phony domain name, then plug that and the URL of the real Web site into the software's administrative control panel.

1-10-07

ZDNet:  New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams

1-10-07

'Make your own man-in-the-middle attack' online kit found

1-10-07

RSA Alert: New Universal Man-in-the-Middle Phishing Kit Discovered

2006 Review

Ernst & Young's: Global Information Security Survey

 12-12-06

 CSO: What, You Mean the Financial Services Industry Profits from ID Theft?!

 Special Reports on Phishing & Suspicious
Activity Reports

Special Section on:
-GAO's Reports on FinCEN and Phishing
-DOJ's BiNational Report on Phishing
-FFIEC's AML on Terrorist Financing Including Identity Theft

12-15-06

GAO: FINCEN - US needs to better monitor money laundering-report

12-15-06

GAO: Bank Secrecy Act Report: FinCEN and IRS Need to Improve and Better Coordinate Compliance and Data Management Efforts

Oct-2006

Department of Justice - BiNational Report on Phishing: " Note: A wide range of federally regulated financial institutions in the United States is required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), 14 whenever they encounter information that indicates a crime affecting a financial institution (including phishing) may have been committed."

9-13-06

GAO (Phishing -cites 5/05 report): DHS Leadership Needed to Enhance Cybersecurity

July-2006

FFIEC's AML Examination Manual: Identity Theft & Suspicious Activity Reports: "Terrorists generally finance their activities through both unlawful and legitimate sources. Unlawful activities, such as extortion, kidnapping, and narcotics trafficking, have been found to be a major source of funding. Other observed activities include smuggling, fraud, theft, robbery, identity theft, use of conflict diamonds,9 and improper use of charitable or relief funds." "Banks are required to report suspicious activity that may involve money laundering, BSA violations, terrorist financing."

June-2006

GAO (Phishing & Organized Crime): DHS Faces Challenges in Developing a Joint Public/Private Recovery Plan

April-06

GAO (Suspicious Activity Reports): Bank Secrecy Act Report: Opportunities Exist For FinCEN and the Banking Regulators to Further Strengthen the Framework for Consistent BSA Oversight

July-2005

GAO: Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies Despite Progress Made in Implementing Related Statutory Requirements

May-2005

GAO (Phishing - 224 references): Emerging Cybersecurity Issues Threaten Federal Information Systems

May-2005

GAO (Phishing Definitions & Organized Crime): Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Cybersecurity Responsibilities
  

11-28-06

Gartner: Web security fears cause $2 billion online commerce loss

11-27-06

Federal Rules May Not Fully Secure Online Banking Sites

11-27-06

Security fears scare off US customers from online banking ... Finextra - UK ... Almost nine million US adults have stopped using online banking, while another estimated 23.7 million won't even start because of fears over security. ...

11-27-06

UK: Bogus emails rise by almost 1500%

11-23-06

Microsoft initiates legal action against phishers

11-23-06

Study blasts failing phishing toolbars

11-22-06

EU lawmaker warns U.S. banks on Basel II rules

11-21-06

UK: Fraud victims shunned by the banks

11-13-06

Unysis: Many Business Leaders Do Not Trust Their Own Companies to Secure or Manage Sensitive Information

11-13-06

Carnegie Mellon University - Cylab: "Anti-phishing toolbars that were examined in this study left a lot to be desired."

11-7-06

US hosts a quarter of all phishing sites

10-30-06

BIGGER PHISH TO FRY: CALIFORNIA’S ANTIPHISHING STATUTE AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPOSITION OF SECONDARY LIABILITY ON INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, University of Richomond Law School Journal

10-30-06

DOJ-Canada: BINational Phishing Report

10-23-06

$18,000,000 Loss: E*Trade, TD Ameritrade Are Targeted in Online Brokerage Fraud

10-23-06

British Banks Criticized for Reaction to Phishing Threats

10-22-06

UK: Identity theft reaching epidemic proprtions

10-20-06

National Consumers League (NCL) Casts Wider Phishing Net

10-20-06

UK: Identity fraud grows in UK to reach records level

10-17-06

FRB: A Supervisory Perspective on Enterprise Risk Management

10-17-06

The FTC Tightens Up ID Theft

10-17-06

Colorado funds ID theft task force

10-16-06

Start up your own phishing business for only US$30

10-15-06

UK-CIFAS: NUMBER OF IDENTITY FRAUD VICTIMS REACHES RECORD LEVEL

10-12-06

Class action suit over ID theft tossed out

10-12-06

ICANN refuses to pull Spamhaus domain

10-12-06

IU study: More Internet users may be taking 'phishing' bait than thought

10-12-06

Security expert: User education is pointless

10-12-06

UK: E-crime deters online banking

10-11-06

Cybercrime flourishes in online hacker forums

10-11-06

Vermont: Brattleboro bank hit by Web spammers

10-10-06

UK users fear internet crime more than burglary

10-10-06

UK: Internet crime surpasses burglary in survey of apparent risks

10-7-06

Law.com "Arbitration Is Weapon of Choice in Growing Number of Domain Name"

10-7-06

Massachusett's: "Phishing prompts call for awareness"

10-6-06

Virginia: Anti-Spam Conviction Upheld on Appeal

10-6-06

Unisys: Identity theft bigger concern than terrorism

10-6-06

Indiana Professor Studies Why Phishing Works

10-5-06

Forty-Two Attorneys General Highlight Importance of Cyber Security

10-2-06

Homeland Insecurity: Bank Technology News

9-29-06

Sarbanes-Oxley should be scrapped, says Greenspan

9-29-06

UK banks outed on security

9-28-06

Complinet: "Identity theft poses serious terrorist-financing threat"

9-28-06

Company Posing As Wal-Mart Email Scam

9-28-06

Sharp rise in phishing emails - Symantic

9-27-06

Phishing scam hits Cheyenne - "This is a soft attack. It goes through the member who is the one who gives the information."

9-27-06

ING Direct solves Internet banking riddle

9-27-06

Is Online Banking the Future of Financial Services?

9-27-06

$1M Approved For Identity Theft Investigations

9-25-06

Credit firms push to thwart fraud

9-18-06

Australia - Organised crime gets taste for spam

9-17-06

UK - Businesses pay penalty of ID theft

9-17-06

UK - Royal and SunAlliance - Guide to Corporate Identity Theft

9-17-06

UK - UK businesses 'face growing ID theft threat'

9-16-06

Phishing thieves take $163,000 from N.Ky. Chamber of Commerce

9-15-06

N. Ky. Chamber victim of Internet phish scam

9-15-06

Vandals Go Phishing at GU Credit Union

9-13-06

UK bank hit by massive phishing attack (Use of Domain Names)

9-11-06

FFIEC guidance deadline will lead to surge in phishing, warns US regulator

9-11-06

Record Number of Phishing Sites Seen in July

9-11-06

Five years after 9-11, most believe feds unprepared for cyberterrorism

9-11-06

Banks to set up PCI Security Standards Council

9-9-06

Wachovia joins forces with GE credit card venture

9-8-06

Bank of Ireland coughs up for phishing victims; Agrees to foot the €160,000 bill after all...

9-8-06

MasterCard part of security program

9-7-06

New Council Updates PCI, Looks to Foster Closer Industry Cooperation
 
 Basel II

9-29-06

Switzerland adopts Basel II framework

9-26-06

Basel IA NPR expected within month

9-18-06

Big banks fear operational problems from Basel II differences

9-15-06

UAE banks discuss challenges to implementing Basel 2 norms

9-8-06

Basel II – US regulators propose changes in implementation

9-7-06

State bank supervisors had demanded the standardised approach

9-6-06

FDIC to seek comments for standardised approach

9-5-06

ABA: FDIC MOVEMENT ON BASEL II POSITIVE; by Wayne Abernathy, executive director for financial institutions policy, ABA

9-5-06

UPDATE 2-US bank regulators propose modified Basel II rules

9-5-06

Two U.S. bank regulators hold firm on Basel II safeguards

9-5-06

Agencies Seek Public Comment on Basel II and Market Risk Proposed Rulemakings
  

9-6-06

'Phishing' scam targets credit union members

9-4-06

Phishing attacks on increase as crimeware kits sold online

9-1-06

ICANN Tackles Domain Name Dilemma at Morocco Summit

9-1-06

How Much Is Your Customers' Trust Worth?

8-31-06

Texas: Credit union warns members of scam

8-29-06

U.S. SAFE WEB Act - FTC seeks law with longer arm to catch more Web spammers

8-23-06

US regulator failed to cite Wells Fargo -Treasury

8-23-06

Internet Banking Under Attack? Foreign Banks Adopt Stricter Security Requirements, But U.S. Banks Resist Interview: Tom Kellerman

8-11-06

HSBC knew about security loophole in online banking

8-10-06

Industry, Government Fret Over Tactics for Fighting Data Theft

8-7-06

U.S. Consumers Lose More Than $8 Billion to Online Threats According to Consumer Reports Survey; Photo Available

8-6-06

UK: COST OF ID FRAUD SOARS PAST £2BN

8-6-06

How to Keep a Phish Alive: Dynamic DNS

8-6-06

Feds press banks to fortify security; New rules intended to deter identity theft

8-4-06

Banks see red tape in ID theft rule

8-4-06

APWG: Precision phishing on the rise

8-3-06

Doctors, Internet pharmacy operators indicted in diet-pill cases

8-3-06

FBI launches anti-fraud initiative

8-3-06

Multi-Factor Authentication: Two-Factor Timing Twists Up Bankers

8-3-06

ID theft law expanding in Maine State agencies will be required to notify victims of stolen data

8-3-06

How Much Is Customer Trust Worth?

7-31-06

Phishing scam targets Microsoft customers

7-31-06

UK fails to tackle internet fraud

7-28-06

Agencies Release Revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual

7-27-06

FEDERAL FINANCIAL REGULATORS RELEASE UPDATED INFORMATION SECURITY BOOKLET

7-26-06

Anti-Phishing Groups Outline Best Practices

7-21-06

Regulators want new ID-theft measures

7-21-06

FBI needs 'digital Enron' to fight cyber-crime

7-20-06

Providian, Capital One Targeted by Identity Thieves, Judge Says

7-20-06

FACT Act Hoists 'Red Flags' To Stop ID Theft

7-19-06

Agencies Propose Rules on Identity Theft Red Flags

7-19-06

Access to Whois Databases is Critical, FTC Deputy Director Says

7-18-06

Banks to 'red flag' ID theft risks

7-18-06

Agencies Propose Rules on Identity Theft Red Flags and Notices of Address Discrepancy

7-18-06

Domain-Based Phishing at a Spree, Reports MarkMonitor

7-14-06

Phishers Beat Bank's Two-Factor Authentication

7-14-05

Citibank Hit With Phishing Attack on Multi-Factor Authentication

7-13-06

Phishers crack two-factor authentication; Next-generation attack spells doom for security system

7-13-06

Arizona: Identity Theft Reaching New Heights (Identity theft has become an enormous problem--especially in Arizona--which continues to lead the nation in identity-related crimes. )

7-12-06

Singapore: Citibank and OCBC Bank  hit by a spate of phishing

7-12-06

Data Brokers and Telephone Records

7-12-06

States failing to secure personal data

7-12-06

Banks mull customer liability for online fraud

7-11-06

CIO: Two-Factor Too Scarce at Consumer Banks

7-10-06

CIO: How to Avoid Intellectual Property Theft; It is within your power to determine whether your enterprise will be a hard target or soft target for IP theft. The time for action is now. Here are recommendations for a comprehensive program.

7-11-06

Tennessee: First Horizons tightens online security

7-11-06

VOIP Phishing Scams - Don't Get Hooked

7-11-06

Indiana: Fraud targets seniors’ identities, financial information

7-11-06

Security and Terrorism: Negroponte urges U.S. biz to share secrets

7-11-06

US Cert: Tips for Safe Online Banking

7-11-06

ICANN Concludes 26th International Public Meeting in Marrakech

7-11-06

IRS warns of new e-mail scams Criminals are going on phishing expeditions

7-10-06

Ransomeware: Hackers Taking Your Computer Information 'Hostage'

7-7-06

Visa casts net for phishers

7-6-06

FTI Consulting Enters Asian Market With Acquisition of International Risk, Ltd.

7-6-06

IU Credit Union scam

7-5-06

DHS lags in appointing cybersecurity czar

7-5-06

Accountability Adds Up As Anti-Spam Tactic

7-5-06

Denver Business Journal: Identity theft problem growing

7-5-06

South Africa: Internet hackers fleece man of R26 000

7-4-06

ICANN settles feud with country-code TLD operator

7-4-06

UK: 1 In 4 Have Been A Victim Of ID Fraud Confirms Equifax

7-3-06

Indiana: New law protects Hoosiers from identity theft: $150,000 fine (Law: Database Breach)

7-3-06

Businessweek: ID Theft: More Hype Than Harm

7-1-06

Effective date of new Tennessee law: Anti-Phishing Act of 2006

6-29-06

Identity Theft Scheme Could Affect 41,000 People
Identity Thieves Hit NIH Credit Union

6-28-06

FDIC FIL-56-2006: Bank Secrecy Act The SAR Activity Review By the Numbers, May 2006
[SARs: ID Theft Analysis 2005: 21,950 SARS reported to FINCEN vs. 49,774 Phishing Attacks reported by Anti-Phishing Working Group; or 44,796 for financial institutions (90% of attacks are against financial firms) implies a SARS reporting rate of 48% of actual phishing attacks by banks to FINCEN in 2005.]

6-27-06

Experts form new center to battle identity fraud (LexisNexis, IBM)

6-27-06

FTC Wants Whois Databases Kept Open

6-27-06

Ireland: Ulster Bank targeted in new phishing email scam

6-27-06

GE taps growing market for identity theft protection and legal benefits

6-27-06

The danger of swimming with the phishes via IE7

6-26-06

BancorpSouth: That bank e-mail may look official, but it just might mean you've been SCAMMED ON THE COAST:
"I've had 10 customers answer the e-mails in the last six weeks," said Vicki Compton, vice president of deposit operations at BancorpSouth. "Some have had activity on their accounts immediately. I've seen large transactions in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and some transactions for a buck."
CSOonline.com, a resource for corporate chief security officers, reported that more than 1.2 million Americans lost almost $1 billion to phishing scams between May 2004 and May 2005.

6-26-06

Talk dull but deep for Icann

6-23-06

May Was Record Month for Phishing

6-21-06

Deloitte Survey: Financial Services Companies Reporting the Most Security Breaches

6-21-06

ICANN needs to clamp down on domain name abuse

6-21-06

UK: Phishing scams still snaring net users

6-20-06

Australia: Phishing attack ensnares 1000 bank customers

6-20-06

Industry and Consumer Leaders Join Forces to Establish Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum

6-19-06

An Online Boom: Phishing Numbers Hit New Highs in May

6-15-06

Senate approves Bair to head FDIC

6-14-06

FDIC warns against phishing scam

6-13-06

NCUA Online Survey Is An Identity Theft Trick

6-13-06

Time to speak on disclosure of identity theft

6-13-06

Alaska: "Phishing scam"

6-13-06

Microsoft Plans Security Cards

6-13-06

Australia: Consumer warning as Aus phishing complaints rise

6-13-06

Australia: New 'phishing' scams becoming more common

6-12-06

Congress Moves Toward Weaker Identity Theft Laws

6-11-06

Missouri: Columbia's First National Bank targeted by Phishing scam

6-11-06

Data security worries dimming outlook for online banking

6-10-06

Stolen data worries vets; The VA is working with the President’s Identity Theft Task Force

6-9-03

Indiana-Goldleaf: MainSource Bank warns of online scam ; FDIC, FBI, Suspicious Activity Report

6-9-06

Kansas: Bank warning left lots of questions

6-9-06

Give public powers to combat ID theft

6-9-06

Pataki Signs Identity Theft Legislation

6-9-06

Credit unions, small banks see more phishing attacks; Attacks against small banks and credit unions remained on the rise last month, according to a recent fraud report from RSA Security.

6-9-06

Ohio Bank Phishing Scam Offers New Security Mechanism

6-7-06

Maine Community Banks Join Forces To Fight "Phishing"

6-7-06

California-Goldleaf: North Valley Bank website breached

6-7-06

Nebraska-Goldleaf: Cyberwolves tried to fleece bank customers

6-7-06

Brentwood, TN.-Goldleaf (GFSI): Spin control continues on under-reported banking breach

6-7-06

CSIA Survey: Lack of Confidence in Cyber Security Has Economic, Political Effects

6-7-06

Georgia attorney general urges federal law to protect personal ID online

6-6-06

Data Grab - Privacy Issues, Suspicious Activity Reports

6-6-06

Are banks doing enough to stop online fraud? Antivirus software, key fobs offered up as protection...

6-6-06

Maine Banks warn against lure of phishing

6-6-06

Indiana Fights ID Theft

6-6-06

Veterans Seek Billions in Data Breach Suit

6-6-06

I.T. Governance: Overcoming the Triple Threat

6-4-06

ISPs and Congress eager to alter Net; Rating System for Web Sites

6-3-06

Intellectual Assets; Local attorneys, finance professionals help form IP Task Force

6-3-06

National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA):  Majority of Consumers Can't Spot Fake E-Mails

6-2-06

CONSUMER WATCH The Net comes up short in building confidence; Security-software execs say it will take years to curb consumer fears

6-2-06

Brentwood, TN.-Goldleaf (GFSI):  Web Host and Financial Services Provider Identifies Phishing Source

6-2-06

Brentwood, TN.-Goldleaf (GFSI): Hack attack hits 300 banks

6-2-06

Fed plan for cybersecurity R&D released

6-2-06

Mossberg Slaps Symantec's Wrist

6-1-06

National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA): Consumers blind to phishing and malware Online; Fraud Report makes grim reading; The Online Fraud Report found that while 87 per cent of consumers polled said they were confident of recognising fraudulent emails, 61 per cent failed to identify a legitimate email.

6-1-06

UAE Internet users targeted by fake HSBC email phishing scam

6-1-06

Brentwood, TN.-Goldleaf (GFSI): "Massive, under-reported online banking breach raises serious disclosure and remedy questions"

6-1-06

E-Commerce: Putting the Trust Back Online

5-31-06

Canada: "Fraud costs businesses big bucks; Firms need to safeguard information in the electronic age"

5-31-06

Brentwood, TN. & Maplewood, Minn.Goldleaf (GFSI): : "Hackers gain access to server hosting bank Web sites"

5-29-06

Businessweek: "Meet The Hackers Cybercrooks are stealing billions. An inside look at law enforcement's biggest targets"

5-27-06

Brentwood, TN.-Goldleaf (GFSI): "Goldleaf Technologies Responds to Phishing Attempt"

5-25-06

"Schneier: E-Commerce in Crisis: When SSL Isn't Safe"

5-23-06

"Poll Shows Americans Want Congress to Do More to Protect Them Online; National Survey Finds Failure to Act on Information Security Has Both Political and Economic Consequences"

5-19-06

"Sarbanes-Oxley Ups the Stakes on Credit Accuracy"

5-19-06

"Secret Service adds cyber crime task force in Kentucky"

5-18-06

"SEC rejects Sarbanes-Oxley rules exemption for small companies"

5-18-06

"BancorpSouth Initiates Electronic and Legal Action to Combat Fraudulent Emails"

5-18-06

"BancorpSouth can’t seem to catch a break."

5-18-06

"Banks must report suspicious activity"

5-18-06

"Credit-Card Firms Key in Fight Against ID Theft"

5-18-06

"CNN Program: Identity Theft - The new way to rob a bank"

5-16-06

National Consumers League & BancorpSouth: "BancorpSouth alerts customers to "phishing" attempts over weekend"

5-16-06

"ChoicePoint-FBI Deal Raises New Privacy Questions"

5-16-06

"SunTrust: Insurance Services Target Identity Fraud"

5-13-06

"Search engines point to malicious sites"

5-13-06

"Internet Searches May Yield Risky Results"

5-12-06

"Banks, insurers required to report suspicious activity"

5-11-06

"Bill puts cops first in data leak notification"

5-11-06

"FTC launches ID theft prevention program"
 

Date of Publication

Key Topic: EXECUTIVE ORDER: STRENGTHENING FEDERAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT       

6-10-06

Stolen data worries vets; The VA is working with the President’s Identity Theft Task Force

5-18-06

"US Government Takes Action on Identity Theft"   

5-11-06

"CSIA Applauds White House on ID Theft, But Urges Action on 'Security Fundamentals"

5-10-06

"Pryce Welcomes White House Efforts to Combat Identity Theft"

5-10-06

"The President's Identity Theft Task Force"

5-10-06

"Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft"
 

Date of Publication

Articles

5-11-06

"Consumers Losing Trust in Online Banking"

5-11-06

Philippines: "Phishing attack targets Metrobank online bank users"

5-10-06

GoDaddy: "35 million names registered in April. 32 million were part of a kiting scheme. A serious problem gets worse."

5-9-06

"Viruses still the biggest IT fear for U.K. firms"

5-5-06

"Analysis: Data breach notification law unlikely this year"

5-4-06

"US Senate Bank panel clears regulatory relief bill"
 

Date of
Publication

Key Topic: ICANN to restrict Whois listings

5-3-06

ICANN to restrict 'Whois' listings

4-27-06

WSJ: "Should owners of Web sites be anonymous?"
 

Date of
Publication

Articles

5-2-06

"American Express warns of malicious pop-up"

5-2-06

"'Smart' phishing scam targets Bank of Ireland"
 

Date of Publication

Key Topic: FEDERAL PLAN FOR CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6-2-06

Fed plan for cybersecurity R&D released

5-1-06

"Cybersecurity research plan identifies threats; Federal plan lacks a funding strategy for critical infrastructure protection R&D"

4-26-06

"Federal Plan: Bush team urges cybersecurity R&D plan"

4-23-06

FEDERAL PLAN FOR CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2-16-06

FBI chief wants stronger partnerships
 

Date of
Publication

Articles

5-1-06

Australia: "New bank phishing scam with real domain name"

5-1-06

"Phishing finds victims even among savvy computer users"

4-30-06

Dayton, Ohio: "Internet becomes a phishing pond"

4-21-06

"Web sites must be dynamically rated to prevent phishing and malware"

4-19-06

"FTC Calls for International Anti-Spam Efforts"

4-19-06

"OECD urges governments and industry to do more to tackle spam"

4-19-06

"OECD: Industry-driven initiatives: Banks and other online operators: Pre-emptive activities"

4-19-06

"OECD urges governments and corporations to do more to fight spam"

4-19-06

"Bank One customers targeted by Chase phishing letters"

4-18-06

"ACE USA Launches Comprehensive Digital Risk Insurance Program, Designed to Address Increasingly Costly Threat of Cyber Privacy Exposures; Covers Privacy Liability, Costs of Rebuilding Consumer Confidence"

4-17-06

ID Theft: California's Bill to Combat High-Tech 'Phishing' Scams Passes

4-17-06

New laws yet to slow down ‘phishing’

4-14-06

Surviving a data disaster: Lexis-Nexis' Leo Cronin

4-13-06

ConsumerAffiars.com: "Banks Lose Business As Consumers Lose Faith in Online Security"

4-13-06

California Attorney General Lockyer warns against new schemes: Chase.net

4-13-06

New Chase phishing scam uses toll-free telephone call

4-13-06

Research finds no way to beat phishing

4-13-06

Design Flaw in Human Brain Prevents Detection of Phishing

4-13-06

Madison, Wisc.; AnchorBank: Phishing Scams: Consumers Taking the "Bait" More Than Ever

4-11-06

Businessweek: "The Mind Games Cybercrooks Play"

4-10-06

Security tokens not a cure-all for online fraud

4-8-06

Ben Edelman: Summary of State Spyware Legislation

4-8-06

Tennessee: Pending Anti-Phishing Legislation

4-7-06

Canada: "Two people access personal info in Bank of Canada database"

4-7-06

Indiana: "Phishing tackled - 1st Source acts fast to kill e-mail scam"

4-7-06

"FDIC calls for greater online fraud protection"

4-6-06

"Massive fraud via Web payment site"

4-5-06

Indiana: "Attorney General: Chase E-mail is another phishing scam"

4-4-06

"Illinois Credit union tells of phishing dangers"

4-3-06

Nashville: "Protecting IP Processes" Bone, McAllester, Norton & IP Governance Task Force

4-3-06

"FTC Testifies on Identity Theft and Social Security Numbers"

4-3-06

"The FTC in 2006: Committed to Consumers and Competition" (Key search term: Identity Theft)

3-31-06

"Catching the Fox in the Electronic Henhouse: Preventing, Confronting and Controlling Security Breaches and Identity Theft presented by the Privacy and Security Committee"

3-31-06

"Phishers set hidden traps on eBay"

3-20-06

"Microsoft Goes After Phishers"

2-17-06

"Why Phishing Works", Harvard, UC Berekely

1-23-06

UK: FSA: “Banks encouraged to engage consumers in tackling online fraud”.

7-20-05

FBI/CSI Cyber Crime Report (7/20/05)

6-23-05

Gartner Survey: Phishing Hurts Consumer Trust; A survey shows phishing, cyber attacks, and security woes may slow e-commerce growth. (6/23/05)