Time to Fight e-Banking Fraud
THISDAY Live
Nevertheless, from Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and other cities in Nigeria, bank customers are faced with the burden of differentiating between genuine and scam mails on the status of their account purportedly sent by their bank. Specifically ...

Web Attacks, ATM Skimming Top Banks' Security Threat List: Report
American Banker (subscription)
The biggest security threats to banks last year were web app tampering, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and the increased use of payment card skimmers, according to Verizon's widely trusted report, which was released Monday. These three ...

Victims warn of ATM skimming fraud on Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast Daily
OUT OF POCKET: Heather Neal and her daughter Jordan say their bank cards were skimmed and are warning others to be watchful. Warren Lynam. BEWARE: ATM skimmers could be operating on the Sunshine Coast. Three women have reported separate ...

Feds: Credit Card Fraud Boss Threatened Rival Would Be 'Cut Into Pieces'
CBS Local
Indicted alongside 16 co-defendants on March 26, Martov is charged with overseeing the U.S. wing of a massive ATM fraud scheme headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. Prosecutors accused him last month of dishing out credit card numbers that were stolen in ...

Bank phishing at record levels
Citizen
Of the 4 613 cases opened by the ombudsman in 2013, 37% were related to fraudulent ATM transactions – a 6% year-on-year increase. “The internet banking onslaught against Capitec continued well into 2013, increasing the number of complaints against ...

ATM skimming device is found in Carnlough
Larne Times
Police in Larne are advising members of the public to be vigilant following the discovery of a skimming device in Carnlough at the weekend. The device, which was found at an ATM on Sunday, is attached to cash machines by criminals to allow them to copy ...