Banks are uniquely exposed to secondhand risk and fraud resulting from compromises of payment card information at merchants in other industries, particularly retail, hospitality, and ecommerce. A significant proportion of fraud against retail banks issuing credit cards therefore results from incidents on networks and...
As digital transformation accelerates at an unprecedented rate, strategic initiatives such as revenue collection, customer loyalty, and brand awareness are now primarily online. And they’re increasingly being hijacked by hackers, leading to account takeover (ATO), fraud losses, and damaged brands. Any business that...
A newly uncovered banking Trojan dubbed Vultur is targeting Android users through screen recording to capture the victims' banking credentials, a new report by security firm ThreatFabric says.
In its latest quarterly fraud and payments report, Outseer notes a 58% increase in brand abuse - a trend that's only going to grow, says COO Jim Ducharme. He analyzes this and other fraud trends, including how to reduce fraud without compromising user experience.
Cybercriminals have added a devious weapon to their attack arsenals - malicious browser notifications. And the worst part is they’re not blocked by any current cyber defense. These innocuous looking pop ups can wreak havoc on your network while remaining completely undetected. They look more realistic than...
Layer 7 constitutes the front line in the battle against account takeover, API abuse and misuse, and injection-style attacks. Fastly's new partnership with Okta will integrate our web application and API protection platform with their identity and access management platform.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an uptick in financial crimes, a sudden rise in digital banking activities and resources working from home. As a result, the AML landscape has become more challenging for Financial Institutions and other AML regulated entities.
How has the AML regulatory climate shifted most...
Is your approach to financial crime tactical or strategic?
Changing regulatory expectations, new and emerging technologies and criminal event typologies and an abundance on under-utilised data are resetting the operational model for anti-money laundering. When these factors are considered against changed economic...
Can your organization provide a seamless digital experience with immediate account access, and stand up to the highest standards in safeguarding customers’ assets?
When consumers fall victim to fraud, they expect their financial services organization (FSO) to help them resolve the issue. And when the firm...
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...
The pandemic has caused many industries to suffer, save one: Ransomware. Threat actors now demand an average of $170,000, which is more than double the amount recorded in 2019. If that wasn't concerning enough, Ransomware operators are increasingly showing a preference for extortion tactics and Ransom-as-a-Service...
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