Kount Quarterly Newsletter Released
08-Feb-2012
The first newsletter of 2012 for Kount was released today. Take a look at what Kount has been up to, promotions, blogs and other news: Kount Q1 Newsletter 2012 (http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/..
U.S. Leads the World in Credit Card Fraud, states The Nilson Report
21-Nov-2011
The U.S. currently accounts for 47% of global credit and debit card fraud even though it generates only 27% of the total volume of purchases and cash, according to Global Card Fraud, from a recent..
Chase Paymentech Helps Protect Retailers against Online Payment Fraud
15-Nov-2011
Chase Paymentech, a leading merchant acquirer and payment processor, today announced the launch of its Safetech(SM) Fraud Tools in Europe to help protect merchants from online payment fraud. Avail..
Fighting Fraud Is Still Personal
10-Nov-2011
It's a fine line between legitimate payments and fraud. The possibility always exists that customers are not who or what they seem. Questioning an actual, loyal customer could, in some instances, ..
Device Identification Moving Beyond the Device: 3-part Executive Summary
26-Oct-2011
Device Identification—an online fraud prevention tool that only recently has begun to gain mainstream acceptance—establishes a unique ID for a device attempting to access a Website. De..
Achieve A 65% Reduction In CNP Chargebacks
30-Aug-2011
Prior to taking action, CNP (card-not-present) transaction fraud was costing Bodybuilding.com up to $170,000 per month in chargebacks. If you're not into fitness sports or bodybuilding, you m..
Vindicia Named to Annual Inc. Magazine Exclusive List of America's Fastest
24-Aug-2011
(Marketwire) -- 08/23/11 -- Vindicia, a leading provider of SaaS billing solutions that help digital leaders optimize customer retention and acquisition through integrated marketing best practices..
Another month, another gain for e-commerce
12-Jul-2011
Talk about streaks: E-commerce sales increased 15.2% year over year in June, the eighth straight month of double-digit growth, and the 23rd month in a row that online purchases have grown, accordi..
Kount Expands Patents with DNS-Based Device Fingerprinting Technology
13-Jun-2011
Kount Inc. (/), a leading operational provider of fraud prevention technology, today announced the award of yet another patent relating to its device fingerprinting technology. This recent p..
E-retail sales jump 12% in Q1
17-May-2011
Online retail sales increased 12% in the first quarter of 2011 over the same period a year ago, the second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth and sixth quarter in a row of year-over-year g..
Going Mobile? So is Fraud
12-May-2011
Mobile eCommerce is Bringing Mobile Fraudsters, Are You Protected? What are today’s biggest challenges for retailers in terms of securing their digital transactions? Over the past ..
Kount 'Quietly Doing the Laundry'
29-Apr-2011
Steve Rouse, chief operating officer of Kount, bills the Boise, Idaho anti-fraud software provider for e-commerce merchants as a four-year-old company “with about 13 years of experience.&rdq..
Fraud Busters
20-Apr-2011
Some of the best products and services are the ones developed to meet an internal business need: An executive needs a widget, deploys a developer to make his vision a reality, and later recognizes..
Bodybuilding.com pushes down its chargeback rate
07-Apr-2011
Launched in 1999, Bodybuilding.com operated for years with what it says was an extremely low chargeback rate. But within a decade, along with its growth in site visits and sales, its chargeback ra..
Massive Email Breach Exposes Data From 50+ Major Retailers, Including Target
05-Apr-2011
A huge security breach has exposed the names and email addresses of customers of major brands, including Target (http://mashable.com/tag/target), Best Buy (http://mashable.com/tag/best-buy), Walgr..
LexisNexis Launches First-of-its-Kind, Comprehensive Retail Fraud Management Solution
23-Mar-2011
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LexisNexis® today announced the launch of its new comprehensive fraud prevention solutions suite for protecting retailers from the risks associated with Card-Not-Present..
First Look - Kount, by James Taylor, Everything Decision Management
09-Mar-2011
I got a chance to catch up with Kount (http://www.kount.com/) recently, a 4 year old company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Keynetics (http://www.keynetics.com/) (a 13 year old e-commerce co..
Chase Paymentech Launches Safetech Fraud and Security Solutions
18-Jan-2011
Chase Paymentech, a leading merchant acquirer and payment processor, announces the launch of Safetech™ Fraud and Security Solutions. This suite of services deployed separately or as a group..
Virgin Mobile Calls Up New Fraud-Fighting Tools to Cut Chargebacks
07-Jan-2010
The multichannel retailer of mobile phones and wireless calling services, reduced by more than half its number of fraudulent chargebacks with a suite of fraud-fighting products from Kount Inc. Th..
Botnets Took Control of 12 Million New IPs this Year
05-May-2009
The article below is from Wired and can be referenced at: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/botnets-took-control-of-12-million-new-ips-this-year/ (May 5, 2009) - Botnet criminals have t..
Stolen Credit Cards Used Extensively by Terrorists
31-Mar-2009
Report to Congress by Andrew R. Chochran Congressional hearings held March 31, 2009 revealed that credit card fraud is financing worldwide terrorism at a much higher level than was previously thou..
Startup Kount Looks to Chase Paymentech Deal for Accelerated Growth
13-Nov-2008
The article below is from Digital Transactions and can be referenced at: http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=1979 Kount Inc., a startup that specializes in anti-fraud solut..
FBI Coordinates Global Effort to Nab 'Dark Market' Cyber Criminals
16-Oct-2008
Joint Two-Year Undercover Operation Results in 56 arrests; $70 million in Economic Loss Prevention (Oct 16, 2008) - The FBI, in conjunction with many partners in international law enforcement, tod..
The Credit Card Scam
07-Jul-2008
Read more about this type of scam and how to prevent it at Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp We all receive emails all the time regarding one scam or another; but la..
Hacker Launches Botnet Attack via P2P Software
27-Jun-2008
The article below is from Wired and can be referenced at: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/hacker-launches.html (Wired) - A 19-year-old hacker is agreeing to plead guilty to mastermin..
Eliminate Your Store's Fraudulent Transactions
24-Jun-2008
The article below is from Integrated Solutions for Retailers and can be referenced at: http://www.ismretail.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=7394 (is..
Cyber-attack launched from 10,000 web pages
17-Apr-2008
The article below is from iTnews and can be referenced at: http://itnews.com.au/News/71994,cyberattack-launched-from-10000-web-pages.aspx (iTnews) — A security firm has identified over 1..
The Cybercrime Service Economy
13-Feb-2008
The article below is from Harvard Business Online and can be referenced at: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/… (http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/..
Compliance year in review: PCI DSS progress, yet confusion abounds
18-Dec-2007
The article below is from SearchSecurity.com and can be referenced at: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1286583,00.html (SearchSecurity.com) = After a year when com..
Cracking Open the Cybercrime Economy
14-Dec-2007
The article below is from ZDNet.com and can be referenced at: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6222896.html (news.ZDNet.com) – "Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who ar..
Report: Cybercrime Stormed the Net in 2007
07-Dec-2007
The article below is from Wired and can be referenced at: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/12/2007_security (Wired) - Security researchers say 2007 was the year online crimina..
Websites sell secret bank data and PINs
03-Dec-2007
The article below is from www.timesonline.co.uk and can be referenced at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2988471.ece (www.timesonline.co.uk) — Security breaches that ar..
TJX to Shell Out $41M in Data Breach Settlement
30-Nov-2007
The article below is from www.ecommercetimes.com and can be referenced at: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/60554.html (www.ecommercetimes.com) = The price tag on the largest database breac..
Teen Questioned in Computer Hacking Probe
29-Nov-2007
The article below is from CNN and can be referenced at: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/29/fbi.botnets/index.html?iref=mpstoryview (CNN) - A New Zealand teenager has been questioned in connec..
Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
04-Oct-2007
The article below is from Wired and can be referenced at: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/ 2007/10/securitymatters_1004 (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/co..
FBI Stresses Partnerships in Bot Battle
15-Jun-2007
The article below is from www.TopTechNews.com and can be referenced at: http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=102003ILU216 (www.TopTechNews.com) — The global nature of the In..
The Internet Crime Complaint Center Hits 1 Million!
13-Jun-2007
The article below is from The Internet Crime Complain Center / FBI website and can be referenced at: http://www.ic3.gov/media/2007/070613.htm Fairmont, WV – The Internet Crime Complaint..
Phishing Attacks Target MySpace.com Users
15-Jun-2006
The article below is from The Internet Crime Complain Center / FBI website and can be referenced at: http://www.ic3.gov/media/2006/060615.htm The FBI was recently made aware of phishing attac..