Tag: ppi

PPI Scams in the UK and Ireland

January 30, 2013

PPI (Payment Protection Insurance) has been a hot potato in the UK for some years. There has long been widespread concern that the insurance, frequently added on to loans, mortgages and overdrafts, was frequently sold in circumstances inappropriate to the needs of the customer, while offering disproportionately large benefits to the lender/insurance provider (especially banks). … More PPI Scams in the UK and Ireland

CyberThreats Daily: A look at the inner workings of cybercrime

April 7, 2011

Malware authors have grown very attached to the idea of subverting legitimate business models for illegal purposes. Our Russian colleagues Aleksandr Matrosov and Eugene Rodionov described how the DogmaMillions cybercrime group distributed a rootkit using a pay per install scheme. DogmaMillions group seems to have been somewhat uncomfortable with the copious attention it received last … More CyberThreats Daily: A look at the inner workings of cybercrime