[IEE EC3 News] Reminder: Online card fraud - attack and defence , 23 May 20-13

[Bill Pechey]

Dear Colleague,

You are being sent this reminder message because either you gave your
email address at one of our previous lectures or you signed up on the
web site associated with this email list:

http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/iee-ec3-news

I have appended the details of our next lecture and hope to see you
there.

I have also attached a poster which you can put up in your place of
work should you so desire.

Best wishes,

Bill Pechey
IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

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Online card fraud - attack and defence

Bridget Kenyon, University College London

Thursday 23 May 2013 19.00 for 19.30

Systems Engineering, University of Reading RG6 6UR

[Note that this is not the usual venue at UoR]

Everyone, it seems, has experienced card fraud, or has seen its
effects. But the real picture is far more complex than a single person
with a grudge hacking into a company's site; nor are the viruses which
inhabit PCs random or harmless. They are all part of a sophisticated
and well-developed "black" industry, where people buy and sell
infected home PCs and card data is a tradable commodity.

This presentation aims to peel back the layers of confusion which
shroud the whole online payments environment, showing how
vulnerabilities in payment systems are used by a complex web of
players in the organised crime industry to steal money and launder
funds. It will describe the impact on companies and individuals, and
conclude with a list of actions which both merchants operating online,
and people using the Web for payments, can take to reduce their risk
and safeguard their money and bank accounts.

This event is free of charge and open to all, with refreshments at
19.00.

Contact: Dr Richard Mitchell rjmitchell at theiet.org http://www.theiet.org/ec3

For directions please visit:
http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.aspx
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