Tagged: Fraud & News
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Software start-up Xintec secures €900K investment News
24.05.2012 Xintec, the Luxembourg-founded start-up that specialises in fraud management and revenue optimisation solutions for telecom operators, has secured a €900,000 investment in a...Categories: Telecommunications, Software & Web Development, Software, Recruitment, Mobile, Investments -
Security group IRISSCERT promotes safe password use among teens News
09.05.2012 IRISSCERT, the non-profit computer emergency response team, has launched an awareness campaign to highlight the need for secure passwords among teenagers and young adults. -
Rise in fake job ads, e-commerce sites seeking personal data News
02.05.2012 There has been an increase in false job adverts, fraudulent websites offering cheap goods and other schemes online to trick people into sharing their personal and banking... -
Zeus sting – Microsoft strikes at heart of cybercrime botnet empire News
26.03.2012 A consortium led by Microsoft has struck at the heart of the major cybercrime empire behind the Zeus and SpyEye botnets which have been stealing information for identity theft.Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Juniper Networks buys web-security firm Mykonos for US$80m News
23.02.2012 In a deal worth about €80m, Sunnyvale, California-based Juniper Networks has acquired Mykonos Software, a provider of intrusion deception systems that protect websites and web...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Security, Mobile, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
UK to dispatch ‘Cyber Bobbies’ to police the web News
25.11.2011 ‘Cyber Specials’ look set to be the new face of UK policing as the UK government today revealed its strategy to counter the threat of cyber crime to its stg£100bn a year online...Categories: CIO, Digital Media, Government, Internet, Security, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
Heist almighty! Cyber gang stole US$14m in click jack scam News
10.11.2011 Cyber criminals in Estonia have been arrested for a massive cyber fraud that netted them US$14m. Six criminals have been caught while a seventh gang member is on the run. -
Full Tilt Poker’s licence revoked, hundreds of Dublin jobs at risk News
30.09.2011 Poker website Full Tilt Poker has had its gambling licence revoked after it was suspended in June, putting hundreds of jobs in Dublin at risk. -
EU crackdown makes sports ticket sites 88pc safer News
30.09.2011 Irish businesses and brands are failing to capitalise on the vast spending power of non-native English language Internet consumers, according to European blog empire Populis.Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Legal, Internet, Government, eCommerce, Consumer Tech -
Analytics could help tackle social welfare fraud – EMC News
23.07.2011 Data analytics technology could allow the Government to gauge more accurately the extent of social welfare fraud and to clamp down on any abuses of the system, EMC has claimed. -
Dublin mobile security firm in three-year deal with Oracle News
05.07.2011 AdaptiveMobile, a Dublin-based mobile security firm that protects more than 600m mobile subscribers worldwide, has entered into a major three-year software deal with Oracle. -
Full Tilt Poker’s licence suspended, hundreds of jobs in limbo News
30.06.2011 The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has suspended the licence and operations of Full Tilt Poker, which has headquarters in Cherrywood, Dublin. -
Court orders Facebook to disclose source code to suing marketers News
12.04.2011 A US court has ordered Facebook to disclose data to marketers suing the company for click fraud, including source code for systems which identify and filter out invalid clicks. -
Global ‘Website Passport’ could boost trustworthy e-commerce News
25.03.2011 Up to 70pc of online shoppers abandon their shopping carts before completing the checkout process, because of a lack of trust in the site. Now a Waterford-based company intends...Categories: Web Development, Security, Online Business, Internet, Hosting Services, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Whistleblower website could lift the lid on business fraud News
24.03.2011 A forensic accountant and his team have created a new website that allows whistleblowers in any organisation to highlight wrongdoing, create a trail of evidence that can be... -
Financial crime top concern for senior management - survey News
09.02.2011 Financial crime management is back on the senior-management agenda in 2011, a survey by Norkom Technologies on the global financial crime and compliance community suggests. -
Data Commissioner warns of fake Microsoft cold-calling scam News
28.01.2011 The Data Protection Commissioner and Microsoft Ireland are warning the public to be wary of a cold-calling scam from people claiming to be representing Microsoft. -
Weekend news roundup News
17.01.2011 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
ComReg unveils website to combat premium rate fraud News
12.01.2011 Ireland’s telecoms regulator ComReg has published a new website, Phonesmart.ie, to better equip consumers in avoiding big bills that result from premium-rate phone services. -
Microsoft and consumer watchdog warn of cyber scam News
13.12.2010 A scam where cyber criminals call unsuspecting consumers claiming to be from Microsoft could lead directly to financial theft, Microsoft and the National Consumer Agency warned...