fraud
FBI: Fraudulent Automated Clearing House (ACH) Transfers Connected to Malware and Work-at-Home Scams
FBI says there's been a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts.
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Corporate Breaches Increase Chances Of Consumer ID Theft, Study Says
When their data is leaked by a business, individuals are four times more likely to suffer identity theft, Javelin study says.
Six More Banks, Credit Unions Hit in Phone Scam
Customers of several banks and at least one credit union in southeastern Wisconsin, as well as one credit union in Hawaii, report receiving automated phone messages that appear to be coming from their institution, telling them their debit card has been compromised. It then prompts the customer to enter their card information.
BitDefender Reports Fake FDIC Notification Leading To Infamous ZBot
Fake notification claims recipients financial institution has filed for bankruptcy, urges them to check the status of their deposit insurance coverage.
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FBI cybercrime operation reveals massive online banking fraud scheme
The phishing schemes mainly targeted Bank of America and Wells Fargo online banking users and were run from Egypt. Criminals sought to duplicate the bank’s online banking portals by creating authentic-looking replicas; mass email messages were subsequently sent to a great number of Bank of America and Wells Fargo online users, directing them to the false websites and asking them to enter their secret account login details, as well as other types of sensitive personal information such as their bank account numbers, Social Security numbers and drivers’ license numbers.
IT analyst at NY Fed Reserve Bank pleads guilty to ID theft scheme
A former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, Curtis L. Wiltshire, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for having obtained student loans using stolen identities.
Contractor pleads guilty to SCADA tampering
According to court records, Azar accessed Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) computer systems belonging to Pacific Energy Resources of Long Beach, California, and caused the company to lose control of its computer systems around May or June of 2008.
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Construction firm sues after $588,000 online theft
IDG News Service - A construction company in Maine is suing its bank after about $588,000 disappeared from its accounts, alleging the bank failed to spot suspicious account activity before it was too late.
