Fraud

Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Fraud.

Topic archive

Articles about Fraud

47 published items.

Hi-tech exam fraud
Computer science

Hi-tech exam fraud

The rare case of fraudulent examination in this year's University-College entrance examination: A contestant of the Banking Academy uses a mobile phone to copy the answe…

December 14, 2018
E-commerce fraud reached USD 2.8 billion
Computer science

E-commerce fraud reached USD 2.8 billion

According to a recent survey by CyberSource, an electronic payment and risk management firm, online entrepreneurs this year will lose at least $ 2.8 billion due to fraud…

December 14, 2018
Challenges and opportunities for CIO
Computer science

Challenges and opportunities for CIO

Power outages, terrorist attacks, financial frauds, earthquakes, biological viruses and computer viruses are just some of the disasters that happen to companies and orga…

December 13, 2018
MessageLabs: Online fraud increases dramatically
Computer science

MessageLabs: Online fraud increases dramatically

Security firm MessageLabs said that phishing attacks in the recent past have shown signs of increasing strongly, especially attacks that have a clear target on the leade…

December 13, 2018
Credit card fraud increased sharply
Computer science

Credit card fraud increased sharply

The number of hackers attacking their banking facilities and customers increased by 81% this year, according to SecureWorks at the BlackHat conference on IT safety this…

December 13, 2018
IPhone error opened for scam
Computer science

IPhone error opened for scam

Defects in iPhone design have made Apple's latest smartphone the prey for online fraud and XSS attacks (cross-site scripting).

December 13, 2018
Microsoft declared war on stock scams via email
Computer science

Microsoft declared war on stock scams via email

Hoping to help partially resolve stock fraud, Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against three people who use its free Hotmail email service to commit fraud to push stock pri…

December 13, 2018
Progress in informatics to help fight tax fraud
Computer science

Progress in informatics to help fight tax fraud

Informative advancements allow for more rigorous and more accurate testing of information to eliminate tax frauds, securities and criminals who are knowledgeable about w…

December 13, 2018
50 banks were phased in pharming-type fraud
Computer science

50 banks were phased in pharming-type fraud

In the past 4 days, customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the US, Europe and Asia - Pacific have been exploited personal information by hackers with a speci…

December 13, 2018
Switzerland: Hackers cheat 1.1 million USD
Computer science

Switzerland: Hackers cheat 1.1 million USD

One of the world's largest online frauds has been reported by a Swiss bank, according to which 250 customers of the bank are victims of account theft up to $ 1.1 million…

December 13, 2018
EBay enhances online fraud protection
Computer science

EBay enhances online fraud protection

Officials operating eBay Inc. is trying to reform this online auction image when it makes security a top priority in 2007. This result stems from an investigation showin…

December 13, 2018
Assassin rogue to trick Internet users
Computer science

Assassin rogue to trick Internet users

Officials of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have warned the Internet community about online fraud through new email by cyber criminals.

December 13, 2018
EU declared war on online fraud
Computer science

EU declared war on online fraud

According to the British government, tightening the implementation of Consumer Protection Law also means that the European Union (EU) has declared war on online fraud.

December 13, 2018