Chicago's Own Hacker Con Set for May, Teaches Human Hacking to Corporations

...ophisticated use of Social Engineering (SE) to bypass IT security defenses. Most have seen the proliferation of SE attacks especially when it comes to phishing and its many variants. And with many high profile cases like Paris Hilton's cell phone, Sarah Palin's email account, Madoff's ponzi scheme and the cam...

Major Retailers Experience 161% Increase in Attempted Hacker Attacks, According to SecureWorks

...ed sites then their chances of infecting large numbers of computers and turning them into bots would be much greater. The bots were then used to send phishing e-mails and launch additional SQL Injection attacks. For retailers, the danger of a SQL Injection attack is that if it is successful then the hacker ...

SecureWorks Provides Solutions to Help with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) Version 1.2

...ng is done periodically and includes manual methods to both find vulnerabilities and attempt exploits. Penetration testing can include methods such as phishing and social engineering that test other aspects of a company's readiness for hacking techniques. Penetration testing must include testing of the applic...

Phishing in Biological News

BIO-key(R) International Showcasing Biometric Identification Technology at 2009 RSA Conference

...ability is a significant improvement in both convenience and security and provides organizations with a cost effective competitive advantage to thwart phishing attacks and comply with regulations such as FIPS 201 credentialing, FFIEC compliance, HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, Visa PCI, and the E-Sign Electronic Signa...

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NameProtect and MasterCard unite to combat online fraud, phishing

Operation STOP IT aimed at protecting businesses MADISON, Wis. NameProtect , a Wisconsin company, has teamed up with MasterCard to help battle online identity theft and phishing schemes within the financial services industry. Under the arrangement, NameProtect will use its technology to...

Monterey Spine and Joint Deploys WebLOQ ePrivacy Solution for HIPAA Compliant Health Information Exchange

...er of true ePrivacy have simply never experienced document exchange, electronic communication and eBusiness without malware, data-loss, cyber-threats, phishing and SPAM," said Leslie Buckalew, Vice President of Sales for WebLOQ. "By focusing only on security and not privacy, traditional security solutions sac...

DataPod becomes BeInSync so you can, too

...d. If you've gotten an email from eBay or Citibank asking you to update your account, and you don't even have an account with them, it's probably a phishing attempt. A new software tool from WholeSecurity can now spot some of these fraudulent Web sites, the company announced recently. The product, called W...

NameProtect roots out fake tsunami-related donation sites

...ctly, instead of clicking on links in e-mails, but phishing still tricks many e-mail users. The FBI stepp...ve found 170 potentially fraudulent tsunami relief phishing sites, which law enforcement agencies are now inve...ivity, and report them to the FBI . Generally, phishing e-mails lead to a landing site on the Web rather t...

Phishing and pharming: Is your personal identity being harvested?

...l to update accounts. Millions of consumers who have relationships with merchants and financial institution receive these online messages everyday. phishing is a numbers game. According to Mark McLane, president of Madison-based NameProtect, which specializes in identity theft and brand protection, "The...

Kanavas thinks personal ID theft bill will pass this year

...rs into revealing their personal financial information online. For example, phishing scams use e-mails to lure people to bogus Web sites, the goal being to conv... them on silver platter for the crooks. Two of the most common types of phishing scams use big brands -- Citibank, Ebay, Amazon, et al or well-known charit...

VC trends, company progress discussed at Mason Wells portfolio meeting

... structure for detecting counterfeit data. McLane said NameProtect has worked closely with the Secret Service Cyber Crime division, helping detect 500 phishing scams related to false tsunami charities and supplying support outside the firewall to customers like Microsoft and Mastercard. TeraMedica Inc. : ...

NameProtect partners with Oregon firm to boost fraud detection

... financial institutions worldwide, offers advance detection and response to phishing scams against the bank network and scans the organization Web sites to prev...ip, all institutions can easily integrate a highly secure, enterprise-level phishing and fraud protection solution to protect themselves and their customers fro...

New UW position focusing on Internet security

...resource for free anti-virus software, operating system patches, primers on phishing scams and copyright rules of the road. "Identity management is clearly ...y solution is a technology one, however. Lowe says the best defense against phishing - or fraudulent attempts to steal people's passwords by masquerading as leg...

Online scam targets credit union members

...e continuing. Also, it is important to remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. If you are concerned that you may have received a phishing e-mail, contact your credit union and the Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or 1-877-IDTHEFT. ...