As one of the fastest growing markets, MENAP represents a huge opportunity for merchants in the region and on a global scale. But success depends on understanding the changing consumer behaviors, accelerated by COVID-19. Like a positive shift in sentiment towards the security of digital payments.
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A JavaScript card skimmer group dubbed "FakeSecurity" recently deployed the Raccoon information stealer malware in order to target e-commerce sites to steal payment card details from victims, according to security firm Group-IB.
E-commerce has skyrocketed in 2020, but so have transaction disputes. Ryan Battles of EY explains the cause, the impact, as well as how merchants can reduce incidents of this so-called "friendly" fraud.
A recently uncovered banking Trojan targeting Android devices can spy on over 150 apps, including those of banks, cryptocurrency exchanges and fintech firms, as a way to gather credentials and other data, according to an analysis by security firm Kaspersky.
The pandemic has been an accelerant for digital payments and digital payment fraud globally. Krista Tedder of Javelin and Stu Bradley of SAS discuss recent findings.
To mitigate the risks posed by ransomware attacks, enterprises need to move from file-based security to a behavior-based approach, says Jennifer Ayers, vice president of the OverWatch division of Crowdstrike.
A majority of mobile finance apps lack the security controls and code hardening necessary to prevent applications from being compromised, according to recent analyst research. And relying on legacy methods - like network or perimeter protection that is incapable of detecting these kinds of attacks - can have dire...
Contact Centers serving financial and banking organizations have quite a challenge regarding the verification of consumers. This is multiplied
by having to deal with the abrupt change from a mix of online and in-person points of contact to the necessary requirement that consumer interaction happens without any...
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes whether a leaked database compiled by a Chinese company should be a cause for serious concern. Also featured are discussions on vulnerability disclosure challenges and risks posed by using social media apps for payments.
European banks are not ready to meet the Dec. 31 deadline to comply with the PSD2 regulation, which requires strong customer authentication when providing API access to banking platforms, says Dr. Steven J. Murdoch, a principal research fellow at University College of London.
The need for enhanced business agility and secure remote access to support digital transformation has led to the adoption of the security access service edge, or SASE, model, says Rajpreet Kaur, senior principal analyst at Gartner.
Did you know that.
Cryptographic keys stored in software are not hard to find?
On average, a hacker has 160 days before they are detected in your network?
Modern encryption solutions cannot be decrypted through deciphering techniques?
View this webinar as we discuss why it's important to protect the crypto keys...
Today's banking market is facing an unprecedented level of disruption from open banking and new players, both of which are working to redefine the role of the bank itself. When you combine this era of disruption with the challenges of addressing rising levels of fraud, maintaining competitiveness within your financial...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in the way payments are made. David Lott of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta discusses how fraudsters are adapting to the changing landscape.
Card-not-present fraud is rising as fraudsters inject malware into e-commerce websites to harvest account information, says Gord Jamieson of Visa. But the artificial intelligence models used to detect this fraud need to be refined to better mitigate this threat, he says.
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