Police have arrested eight alleged credit card fraudsters who they say stole almost Dh180,000 (US$49,000) from bank customers.

Brig Musa Yousuf al Naqbi, director of the criminal investigation department at Sharjah Police, said a bank employee had given the Pakistani gang…

Credit card information and personal details are being traded for less than the cost of a can of cola, according to a new study.

IT security firm Symantec’s latest annual security threat report revealed that criminals are buying people’s card details,…

The number, scale and sophistication of data breaches fueled by hackers last year is rekindling the debate over the efficacy of the credit card industry’s security standards for safeguarding customer data.

All merchants that handle credit and debit card data are…

1) Ask for picture identification with every purchase.

For online/over the telephone orders; take a few extra steps to validate each order. Don’t accept orders unless complete information is provided – require address verification for credit card orders.

2) Be wary of…

Two East Bay residents were arrested Thursday in Novato in connection with a credit card fraud case involving bicycle sales over the Internet.
Jonathan Cutrer, 35, of San Leandro, and Carla Wilson, 30, of Oakland, were arrested just after 6 p.m.…