Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Since March 2010, and especially this month, the MarkMonitor Security Operations Center (SOC) has noticed a significant increase in the use of free web hosting services for phishing and malware attacks. Cybercriminals are using free hosting services to either host the phishing and malware sites themselves or redirect to fast-flux ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Beginning this month, MarkMonitor will be sharing a new, monthly Fraud Intelligence Report with customers and other interested parties in our blog. The goal of the report is to provide timely analysis of developing trends and new threats in the fraud landscape. The Fraud Intelligence Report will complement the current ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
It’s bad enough that malware is virally spread via paid search and social networking links. But now there are more accounts of it being spread via natural search links as well. In a practice called “SEO Poisoning,” fraudsters use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques to mix malware-laden search results with ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Javelin Strategy and Research recently released a study entitled “The Importance of Consumer Trust on FI Profitability” which attempts to measure the relationship between consumer confidence and credit card spending.
The study, conducted in 2008 using a random sample of 2,339 online respondents representative of gender, age, and income levels of ...
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