Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) makes clear that data breaches and cyberattacks can affect business of all types and sizes. Yet small business owners may want to pay ...

Hewlett-Packard denied that its investigation into a former executive’s alleged theft of HP trade secrets involved fraudulently obtaining his private phone records – a practice known as “pretexting” – ...

In the immediate aftermath of the revelations of the Hewlett-Packard spying scandal, outraged legislators on Capitol Hill promised to do something about the evils of pretexting — the shady practice of ...

An investigation's method of scrutinizing board members and journalists was "wrong" and has left the company red-faced. Full coverage: HP's boardroom drama Hurd memo: We will take the necessary action ...

Ten private investigators in several states were indicted for identity theft this week after using pretexting methods similar to those used by Hewlett-Packard investigators to obtain the personal ...

The Hewlett-Packard boardroom scandal put a harsh glare on the shady and now illegal practice of using deception to obtain the personal phone records of others. The practice, known as pretexting, ...

NEW YORK — Although the boardroom scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co. made the practice more widely known, buying phone records or other personal information obtained by "pretext" calls appears to have ...

Before politicians go home for the year at the end of the week, the U.S. Senate may vote to generally prohibit telephone "pretexting," a stealthy and usually fraudulent investigative technique made ...

Hewlett-Packard's admission that it spied on its own board of directors and journalists has cast a spotlight on the underground market for personal information. But HP is not alone: There is a ...

Among the wide range of hacking techniques known collectively as social engineering, pretexting is a tactic that hinges on telling a compelling (and, spoiler alert, fake!) story. With pretexting, ...

After news reports early this year revealed how remarkably easy it was to unearth someone else's phone records, politicians vowed quick action on new legislation. "There needs to be a federal law that ...