Company News

• Kount announces Preferred Partner Agreement with Chase Paymentech
  Kount has signed a preferred partner agreement with Chase Paymentech... more
• Kount Licenses Newly Patented Technologies
  Kount Inc. has licensed two newly patented technologies to TeleCheck Services, Inc. and its parent company, First Data Corp... more
• Kount Receives US Patent for Proxy Piercing Technology
  Kount has received a US patent for its proxy piercing technology... more
• Kount Receives Patent for Device Fingerprinting
  Kount has received a US patent for its device fingerprinting technology... more
• ClickBank to Attend MRC Platinum Members Meeting
  ClickBank will attend its first Merchant Risk Council (MRC) meeting as a Platinum Member this month in Chicago... more
• Kount Receives PCI Compliance Certification
  Kount announced that the company has been fully-certified under the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard... more
• Kount Executive to Speak at annual Direct Response Forum in Brussels
  Steven Rouse, chief operating officer of Boise, Idaho-based Kount Inc., has been invited to participate in a global, round-table discussion... more
• Kount Becomes Signature Member of Merchant Risk Council
  Kount Inc. has accepted an invitation to join the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) as a Signature Member... more
• Kount CEO Speaks at Boise CEO Speaker Series
  Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Kount, will discuss current and future challenges companies will deal with in the face of fraud... more
• Kount Attends 6th Annual Merchant Risk Council Conference
  Kount demonstrates its innovative online fraud control technology at the MRC Conference in Las Vegas... more
• Kount Combats New & Emerging Online Crime Targeted at Retailers
  Kount announced a launch of the company's new online fraud control technology for top Internet retailers... more
• Kount Executive Management Team Assigned
  Kount, a newly-formed subsidiary of Keynetics Inc., today announced the appointment of its executive management team... more

Fraud Articles

• Eliminate Your Store’s Fraudulent Transactions
  An online retailer’s fraudulent transactions were reduced by ¹/₃ when it overhauled its anti-fraud solution. more
• Cyber-attack launched from 10,000 web pages
  A security firm has identified over 10,000 web pages rigged by cyber-criminals to hijack the PCs of unsuspecting surfers... more
• The Cybercrime Service Economy
  Anyone who doubts that internet commerce faces serious threats from online criminals should... more
• Cracking open the cybercrime economy
  Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who are making money, making millions out of all this online crime... more
• Internet Crime Complaint Center Hits 1 Million!
  The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has logged its 1 millionth consumer complaint... more
• Phishing Attacks Target MySpace.com Users
  The FBI was recently made aware of phishing attacks targeting users of the popular social networking web site MySpace... more
• Report: Cybercrime Stormed the Net in 2007
  Security researchers say 2007 was the year online criminals showed off how smart and dangerous they can be... more
• TJX to Shell Out $41M in Data Breach Settlement
  The price tag on the largest database breach on record moved higher Friday with TJX agreeing to pay nearly $41 million... more
• Websites sell secret bank data and PINs
  An investigation will begin into the security breach today and Scotland Yard is also investigating... more
• Teen Questioned in Computer Hacking Probe
  A New Zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over... more
• FBI Stresses Partnerships in Bot Battle
  The global nature of the Internet is posing new challenges to law enforcement agencies like the FBI... more
• Compliance year in review: PCI DSS progress, yet confusion abounds
  Of course, I'm referring to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. This year, PCI really came into its own with the acceptance of Data... more
• Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
  The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments... more