Security Fix Archive: Small Business Victims
La. firm sues Capital One after losing thousands in online bank fraud
An electronics testing firm in Louisiana is suing its bank, Capital One, alleging that the financial institution was negligent when it failed to stop hackers from transferring nearly $100,000 out of its account earlier this year. In August, Security Fix...
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December 7, 2009; 4:15 PM ET |
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DC businessman loses thousands after clicking on wrong e-mail
Pay-per-click revenue in the online advertising business may be diminishing for traditional media publishers, but thieves increasingly are earning five- to seven-digit returns when victims click on a booby-trapped link or attachment sent via e-mail. The latest victim to learn...
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Brian Krebs
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December 1, 2009; 8:40 PM ET |
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Hackers attempt to take $1.3 million from D.C. firm
It has been a while since I've written about online banking fraud against small to mid-sized businesses, but I assure you the criminals perpetrating these attacks have been busier than ever. In fact, from more than a dozen incidents I've...
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Brian Krebs
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November 30, 2009; 1:40 PM ET |
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Business e-banking and the 6-figure password
On Monday, Security Fix featured the story of Ronnie Cutshall, a Tennessee man who was caught up in an international money laundering scam after being recruited through a work-at-home job offer. That story mentioned that Cutshall received a $9,600 transfer...
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Brian Krebs
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November 4, 2009; 2:40 PM ET |
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FDIC: Uptick in 'money mule' scams
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is warning financial institutions about an uptick in scams involving unauthorized funds transfers from hacked online bank accounts to so-called "money mules," people hired through work-at-home scams to help cyber criminals overseas launder money....
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Brian Krebs
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November 2, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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FBI: Cyber crooks stole $40M from U.S. small, mid-sized firms
Cyber criminals have stolen at least $40 million from small to mid-sized companies across America in a sophisticated but increasingly common form of online banking fraud, the FBI said this week. According to the FBI and other fraud experts, the...
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Brian Krebs
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October 26, 2009; 1:00 PM ET |
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