San Jose, CA – March 10, 2013 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that it is speaking and exhibiting at e-Crime Russia on May 15 at the Moscow Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow, Russia.

Dr. Stephen Topliss, ThreatMetrix’s services and support director, EMEA, will present on May 15 from 10:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. MSK in a session titled “Protecting Your Good Customers Online with End-User Transparent Endpoint Protection.”

E-Crime Russia is designed to meet the needs of key stakeholders and decision-makers within business, government and law enforcement who are responsible for protecting against cyber threats, managing security risks and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The conference is held in association with RU Center, the first and largest domain name registrar and one of the leading Web hosting providers in Russia.

“Fraudsters and cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, impersonating customers and planting malware in multi-front attacks to defraud financial institutions and their customers,” said Dr. Topliss. “New Zeus Trojan variants and other dangerous forms of malware are appearing nearly every day, and organized fraudsters and hackers are adapting technology to develop new schemes to subvert online defenses and defraud businesses.”

Dr. Topliss’ session is relevant for organizations that want to identify and stop malware and fraudulent transactions before damage is done. Attendees will learn:

• The latest ways cybercriminals are attacking financial organizations at the points of login, new account origination, and wire transfers

• What information can be obtained from an end-user device without impacting the customer experience

• Available technologies and new innovations to spot zero-day attacks, VPN masking and more in real-time

• How integrated, real-time device identification, identity verification and malware detection provide a first layer of defense to stop cybercriminals before committing online fraud

About ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated web fraud and cybersecurity solutions. The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps companies prevent unauthorized access to web and mobile applications, protect sensitive data, and secure transactions against account takeover, payment fraud, identity spoofing, malware, and data breaches. ThreatMetrix protects more than 1,500 customers and 8,500 websites across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and insurance. For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

To join in the cybersecurity conversation, follow us on Twitter @ThreatMetrix.

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Dan Rampe
ThreatMetrix
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Walker Sands Communications
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San Jose, CA – May 9, 2013 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated Web fraud and cybersecurity solutions, today announced several cybercrime scenarios and preventative tips for consumers to stay protected while shopping for mom this Mother’s Day.

According to the National Retail Federation, Mother’s Day spending this year is expected to reach $168.94 on average, with total spending expected to reach a staggering $20.7 billion.

“The unfortunate reality is that today, any major spending holiday places consumers at high risk for fraud, malware and account takeover as cybercriminals capitalize on consumer spending for personal gain,” said Alisdair Faulkner, chief products officer, ThreatMetrix. “Consumers must be vigilant of the risks associated with online shopping. The last thing you want to give dear old mom for Mother’s Day is a case of malware or identity theft.”

Mother’s Day ranks fourth in spending holidays, behind the winter holidays, back to school shopping and Valentine’s Day. To help consumers stay protected, ThreatMetrix has identified the following top account takeover threat scenarios for consumers to be aware of when shopping for Mother’s Day:

1. Phishing is a concern for consumers around major spending holidays, especially Mother’s Day. Here’s how it works: Cybercriminals will send out an email with a fake offer – “Click Here to Send Mom One Dozen Roses for $20.” You click on the link and are taken to a fake website where you enter your credit card details along with mom’s personal information for delivery. Once the “order” is submitted, the cybercriminal has stolen your credit card details and no roses ever arrive for mom.

2. Data Breaches and Password Reuse occurs when a customer’s account at an e-merchant, financial services organization or social media site has been hacked and personal information, including the account password, has been compromised. Reusing the same password across multiple sites puts all customers’ accounts at risk of being compromised. For example, if the website you purchased flowers from for your mom suffers a data breach, all of your accounts with the same password are now at stake.

3. Mobile devices offer consumers the convenience of shopping on the go. With this convenience comes security risks you need to be aware of when shopping for mom this Mother’s Day. If you lose your mobile device, whoever finds it may be able to access your phone and all the sites and applications containing your saved passwords. To help prevent this scenario as you’re purchasing a gift for mom, be sure to lock your screen when not in use.

According to ThreatMetrix, the most effective ways for consumers to stay protected when shopping for Mother’s Day online include:

• Only purchase from verified retailers

• Avoid using the same password across several online shopping and banking sites

• Avoid storing credit card information on retail sites and mobile phones

• Avoid clicking on suspicious links in unsolicited emails

“While consumers should be extra cautious to avoid cybercrime around major spending holidays, it is just as important for retailers to put preventative measures in place,” said Faulkner. “It is much easier and more effective to avoid cybercrime all together than have to pick up the pieces once customer accounts have been verified. Without preventative cybercrime solutions in place, retailers risk jeopardizing customer accounts and company revenue.”

About ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated web fraud and cybersecurity solutions. The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps companies prevent unauthorized access to web and mobile applications, protect sensitive data, and secure transactions against account takeover, payment fraud, identity spoofing, malware, and data breaches. ThreatMetrix protects more than 1,500 customers and 8,500 websites across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and insurance. For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

To join in the cybersecurity conversation, follow us on Twitter @ThreatMetrix.

© 2013 ThreatMetrix. All rights reserved. ThreatMetrix, TrustDefender ID, TrustDefender Cloud, TrustDefender Mobile, TrustDefender Client, the TrustDefender Cybercrime Protection Platform, ThreatMetrix Labs, and the ThreatMetrix logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ThreatMetrix in the United States and other countries. All other brand, service or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners.

Media Contacts

Dan Rampe
ThreatMetrix
Tel: 408-200-5716
Email: drampe@threatmetrix.com

Meghan Reilly
Walker Sands Communications
Tel: 312-445-9926
Email: meghan.reilly@walkersands.com

San Jose, CA – May 6, 2013 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that it is hosting a complimentary, one-hour webinar on “Account Takeover Fraud: The Newest Threat to Online Business,” which will take place at 10 a.m. PDT on Thursday, May 9.

The webinar will be led by Andreas Baumhof, chief technology officer, ThreatMetrix, and Julie Conroy, senior research director, Aite Group, an independent research and advisory firm focused on business, technology, and regulatory issues and their impact on the financial services industry.

Account takeover attacks are an increasing threat to online businesses. Although many financial institutions have implemented anti-takeover strategies, cybercriminals are now using these techniques to attack e-commerce merchants and other online businesses. According to a 2012 survey conducted by the Merchant Risk Council, two of the top online fraud threats experienced by e-commerce merchants were account takeover and identity theft. As more customers set up and use online accounts to expedite purchases, it is becoming more profitable for fraudsters to develop strategies to access and exploit them.

“Account takeover is sharply on the rise for e-commerce merchants, eclipsing stolen card fraud for many thanks to the vast quantity of compromised identities provided by recent database breaches,” said Conroy. “Online merchants need to adjust their defenses to protect themselves and their clients from this rapidly growing attack.”

To defeat account takeover attacks and identity theft, businesses need to know the risks, understand attack methodologies, and deploy effective solutions to identify and stop attacks. The webinar will educate attendees on the following:

• The latest research on account takeover threats to e-merchants

• What e-merchants can learn from banks about account takeover attacks

• What you should know about account takeover risks to online businesses

• Techniques cybercriminals use to deploy account takeover attacks

• How you can use risk analytics and shared global intelligence to stop attacks in real-time

“Using ThreatMetrix’s TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform, e-merchants can identify a variety of attacks designed to steal user account credentials – the precursor to e-commerce fraud,” said Baumhof. “Our platform detects Trojans, phishing attacks, man-in-the-browser (MitB) attacks and other threats to Web-enabled devices, including computers, smartphones and tablets. By using our account takeover prevention solution, e-merchants can gain instant visibility into the integrity of their user accounts and credentials.”

To register for the complimentary webinar, please visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/426074017

Resources

• ThreatMetrix Unified Solutions for Account Takeover Solutions Brief

• Five Trends to Track e-Commerce Fraud Whitepaper

• ThreatMetrix™ 2013 Cybercrime Prevention Summit, September 11 – 13, Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, CA

About ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated web fraud and cybersecurity solutions. The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps companies prevent unauthorized access to web and mobile applications, protect sensitive data, and secure transactions against account takeover, payment fraud, identity spoofing, malware, and data breaches. ThreatMetrix protects more than 1,500 customers and 8,500 websites across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and insurance. For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

To join in the cybersecurity conversation, follow us on Twitter @ThreatMetrix.

© 2013 ThreatMetrix. All rights reserved. ThreatMetrix, TrustDefender ID, TrustDefender Cloud, TrustDefender Mobile, TrustDefender Client, the TrustDefender Cybercrime Protection Platform, ThreatMetrix Labs, and the ThreatMetrix logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ThreatMetrix in the United States and other countries. All other brand, service or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners.

Media Contacts

Dan Rampe
ThreatMetrix
Tel: 408-200-5716
Email: drampe@threatmetrix.com

Meghan Reilly
Walker Sands Communications
Tel: 312-445-9926
Email: meghan.reilly@walkersands.com

San Jose, CA – May 2, 2013 –ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it is exhibiting in booth 414 at the ACORD LOMA Forum, May 6 – 8, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The ACORD LOMA Forum is the premier event for insurance technology, business and networking.

The insurance industry’s transition to a paperless environment has created new opportunities in operational efficiency. More than ever before, industry stakeholders have instant, digital access to financial records, medical data and other sensitive customer information.

“The electronification of insurance has created new challenges; the most significant being an elevated exposure to security threats,” said Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer, ThreatMetrix. “To overcome these challenges, insurance companies need secure portals to protect their customers, agents and brokers to comply with the Gramm-Leach Bliley (GLB) Act Safeguards Rule and adequately protect the integrity of their customers’ identities.”

The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform combines multiple technologies (malware detection, device identification, embedded mobile threat intelligence) to create layered defenses to protect insurance companies from account takeover, fraudulent registrations and transaction fraud. ThreatMetrix ensures that brokers and field agents that connect to insurance claims processing systems are who they claim to be by detecting accounts that may be compromised and alerting carriers before unauthorized access is permitted. ThreatMetrix uses advanced device identification and session hijacking malware detection capabilities to pinpoint potentially malicious requests. By doing so, insurance carriers can instill confidence in their broker, agents and customers that their information is secure.

Resources

• ThreatMetrix for Insurance Solutions Brief

• ThreatMetrix™ 2013 Cybercrime Prevention Summit, September 11 – 13, Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, CA

About ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated web fraud and cybersecurity solutions. The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps companies prevent unauthorized access to web and mobile applications, protect sensitive data, and secure transactions against account takeover, payment fraud, identity spoofing, malware, and data breaches. ThreatMetrix protects more than 1,500 customers and 8,500 websites across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and insurance. For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

To join in the cybersecurity conversation, follow us on Twitter @ThreatMetrix.

© 2013 ThreatMetrix. All rights reserved. ThreatMetrix, TrustDefender ID, TrustDefender Cloud, TrustDefender Mobile, TrustDefender Client, the TrustDefender Cybercrime Protection Platform, ThreatMetrix Labs, and the ThreatMetrix logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ThreatMetrix in the United States and other countries. All other brand, service or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners.

Media Contacts

Dan Rampe
ThreatMetrix
Tel: 408-200-5716
Email: drampe@threatmetrix.com

Meghan Reilly
Walker Sands Communications
Tel: 312-445-9926
Email: meghan.reilly@walkersands.com

Fifty million of LivingSocial’s 70 million customers discovered their data may have been compromised when hackers attacked a company server. LivingSocial, a website that features discounted gift certificates, disclosed that hackers gained access to names, email addresses, encrypted passwords and the dates of birth for some users. However, the company maintained that credit card data was not affected.

Julianne Pepitone on money.cnn.com reported, “All LivingSocial users had some data stored on the hacked server…except for customers in Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Those countries use TicketMonster and Ensogo, which are on different systems.”

LivingSocial said it was “actively working with law enforcement to investigate” and instructed users to reset their passwords.

LivingSocial’s hack comes on the heels of the Associated Press’s Twitter account hack, which sent a tweet claiming an attack on the White House had been attacked and the president injured. The news briefly sent the stock market into a precipitous dive until the tweet was debunked.

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions.The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps companies protect customer data and secure transactions against payment fraud, malware, account takeover, fraudulent new registrations, data breaches, as well as man-in-the browser (MitB) and Trojan attacks. The platform consists of advanced cybersecurity technologies, including TrustDefender™ ID, which is cloud-based, real-time device identification, malware protection with TrustDefender™ Cloud and TrustDefender™ Client, as well as TrustDefender™ Mobile for smartphone applications. ThreatMetrix cybersecurity solutions protect more than 1,500 customers and 8,500 websites across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and insurance. For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

To join in the cybersecurity conversation, follow us on Twitter @ThreatMetrix.

San Jose, CA – April 30, 2013 –ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated web fraud and cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it is sponsoring a webinar on May 2 hosted by Insurance Networking News on “Cyber-Crime: How Vulnerable Are You?” It will be led by Chuck Johnston, insurance research director for Celent, a research and consulting firm focused on the application of information technology in the global financial services industry, and Aarij Khan, senior director of product marketing, ThreatMetrix.

The webinar will address how hackers use a variety of techniques to capitalize on the trust insurance carriers place in their partners – brokers and field agents – to steal financial, medical and personal information. This includes using partners’ stolen account credentials and leveraging authenticated communication mechanisms. Like other financial businesses, insurers must protect their own financial assets, customer’s privacy and brand reputation against data breaches while meeting regulatory compliance.

“Cybercriminals have many tactics at their disposal, ranging from social engineering, phishing and pharming to sophisticated malware to intercept login credentials and personal identity information,” said Khan. “To combat these threats, the TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps insurers detect and prevent data breaches while remaining agile and responsive to customers, agents, brokers and others. By combing insight from different technologies – malware detection, device identification, embedded mobile threat intelligence – our platform delivers flexible, real-time user screening that mitigates insurance companies’ risk.”

Webinar attendees will also learn:

• How technology trends are increasing cybercrime and data breach risk to insurers

• What you can do to minimize the security challenges of remote access by employees, agents, brokers and contractors using laptops, smartphones and tablets

• What solutions are available to protect broker/agent portals to meet Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act Safeguards Rule compliance

The one-hour webinar will take place on Thursday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Interested parties can register at: http://www.insurancenetworking.com/web_seminars/-32062-1.html

Resources

• ThreatMetrix for Insurance Solutions Brief

About ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix is the fastest-growing provider of integrated web fraud and cybersecurity solutions. The TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform helps companies prevent unauthorized access to web and mobile applications, protect sensitive data, and secure transactions against account takeover, payment fraud, identity spoofing, malware, and data breaches. ThreatMetrix protects more than 1,500 customers and 8,500 websites across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government, and insurance. For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.

To join in the cybersecurity conversation, follow us on Twitter @ThreatMetrix.

© 2013 ThreatMetrix. All rights reserved. ThreatMetrix, TrustDefender ID, TrustDefender Cloud, TrustDefender Mobile, TrustDefender Client, the TrustDefender Cybercrime Protection Platform, ThreatMetrix Labs, and the ThreatMetrix logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ThreatMetrix in the United States and other countries. All other brand, service or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners.

Media Contacts

Dan Rampe
ThreatMetrix
Tel: 408-200-5716
Email: drampe@threatmetrix.com

Meghan Reilly
Walker Sands Communications
Tel: 312-445-9926
Email: meghan.reilly@walkersands.com