Brokerage account takeover, supply chain attacks, destructive attacks and those that seek to manipulate time or time stamps are among the latest threats uncovered in the new Modern Bank Heists report authored by Tom Kellermann at VMware Carbon Black.
Visa's Payment Fraud Disruption team reports that cybercriminals are increasingly using web shells to establish command and control over a retailers' servers during payment card skimming attacks.
Banks and mobile network operators should collaborate to mitigate the risks of SIM swap fraud, which can lead to account takeovers, says Clare Messenger, global head of fraud protection at the U.K. telecom firm JT Group Ltd.
Digital banking has become the single most effective channel for financial institutions to drive growth, increase revenue and attract new customers. Yet, it also introduces more risk, and cybercriminals are following the money right into the online account opening process.
Today, a staggering 85% of financial...
Account takeover fraud remains an ongoing problem for financial institutions, e-commerce merchants, and virtually any organization that offers products or services that can be monetized. These attacks, helped along by the global pandemic, grew substantially last year as the increased reliance on digital services...
In financial services, there is a stark difference between defending against authorized versus unauthorized fraud incidents. James Hunt of Bottomline Technologies discusses the schemes and how to respond with a more dynamic prevention strategy.
The mobile channel saw great user adoption in 2020 – and it saw a corresponding increase in fraud incidents. Tim Dalgleish of BioCatch discusses mobile fraud trends and the role of behavioral biometrics in enhancing user authentication.
In this interview with ISMG, Dalgleish discusses:
Mobile adoption and fraud...
Account takeover occurs when criminals use stolen login credentials to gain access to another person’s account. Once inside, they make unauthorized transactions, siphon funds, and steal corporate data or personally identifiable information (PII) to use for other purposes, or simply to sell to other attackers on the...
The ongoing lockdown may be complicating the path of Cupid's arrows. But as another Valentine's Day rolls around, authorities are warning that romance scammers - and other types of fraudsters - are alive and well and have been increasingly preying on unsuspecting victims around the world.
Leverage Gartner insights to fortify payment fraud prevention strategies
As businesses transform to meet shifting consumer behavior and emerging fraud patterns in digital channels, it’s never been more important to assess the comprehensive financial impact of fraud solutions.
According to Gartner, “In...
Malwarebytes researchers have uncovered unusual payment card skimming code designed to harvest data that is already being stolen by other hackers on a website.
The mobile channel saw great user adoption in 2020 - and it saw a corresponding increase in fraud incidents. Tim Dalgleish of BioCatch discusses mobile fraud trends and the role of behavioral biometrics in enhancing user authentication.
Contact centers in the US alone spent
over $10.2B1 on caller authentication while
suffering through $14B1 worth of fraud
attempts.
Analysts predict that digital businesses providing great
customer experience during identity corroboration will
earn 20% more revenue than comparable businesses with
poor...
Websites advertising pirated and cracked software are being used to deliver an updated version of the DanaBot banking Trojan, which can steal individuals' online banking credentials, according to Proofpoint.
Researchers from Trend Micro have found a new infostealer malware strain, written in the AutoHotkey programming language, that is capable of stealing banking credentials from different web browsers.
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