Category Archives: Fraud Prevention Strategies

Ethoca helps catch fraudsters

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Tom Mahoney

Screen for fraud and help catch fraudsters at the same time? Ethoca does it for merchants and does it for free. Continue reading →

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Chargeback Reason Codes

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Tom Mahoney

From time to time, someone gets a chargeback and don’t understand the chargeback codes. Here’s the Visa and Mastercard list. Continue reading →

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Retailers Biggest Victims Of Targeted Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

Symantec reports that during the month of October targeted attacks against retailers jumped from 0.5% to 25%. Continue reading →

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New PCI Version 2.0

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

PCI Version 2.0 has been officially released. There are some subtle, but important, changes. Continue reading →

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Smaller E-commerce merchants are being targeted

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

Small merchants are better targets for criminals because they have less PCI requirements. Continue reading →

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