Governments globally are intensifying anti-scam measures, introducing new guidelines to banks, telecom providers and other key sectors to bolster security controls and mitigate fraud risks for consumers and businesses. Some new frameworks threaten to levy stiff penalties for non-compliance.
Russian national Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, has been sentenced to serve 40 months in U.S. prison after pleading guilty to earning over $200,000 by selling stolen U.S. bank account access credentials via the illicit Slilpp stolen-credential marketplace.
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Account takeover fraud in the financial services industry is declining in contrast with other industries such as retail and hospitality. Researchers at Human Security attribute the nearly 50% reduction to one of the basic controls in cybersecurity: multifactor authentication.
Abnormal Security co-founder and CEO Evan Reiser explains the company's evolution from email security to comprehensive human behavior security. He highlights new capabilities to protect against account takeovers and the use of AI to monitor SaaS applications such as Salesforce and Slack.
SIM swap fraud continues to cause substantial financial losses for both consumers and financial institutions, undermining the integrity of the financial ecosystem. In the UAE, the banking industry has incurred considerable losses from SIM swap fraud. But a strategic approach has stopped it.
Rumors are swirling about how the Department of Health and Human Services lost about $7.5 million in grant payments through a series of cyberattacks last year, including speculation over whether the incidents involved sophisticated AI-augmented spear-phishing or more commonplace fraud schemes.
Hackers celebrated the year-end holidays with a malicious "Free Leaksmas" posting on the dark web, releasing 50 million stolen consumer records, including credit card information. Researchers said the leaked data can be used for identity theft and fraud.
The continuing battle against fraud and financial crime demands constant adaptation and innovation. Generative AI - Artificial Intelligence - and broader AI technologies have brought both excitement and apprehension to our field, as they hold the promise of revolutionising our approach to fraud prevention while...
Check fraud, scams and account takeovers dominated the fraud landscape in 2023. Banks and other financial institutions are expected to continue to struggle with account takeovers as fraudsters have changed their modus operandi, making it difficult to track fraudulent proceeds.
As the adoption of real-time payments increases, the United States will likely see an increase in scams, which will further fuel the debate about reimbursement models for FedNow and RTP networks, said Peter Tapling, board member at the U.S. Faster Payments Council.
EUROPOLs financial crime division (EFECC) have increased their budgets in 2024, in order to combat various forms of financial crime and fraud that are growing in sophistication.
Mobile based transactions and identification are prime areas in which European organisations face an ongoing battle to keep the consumers...
Days after announcing a security compromise, cloud-based identity and authentication management provider Okta said that an unknown threat actor had accessed files of 134 customers after an employee signed in to a personal Google profile on the Chrome browser of an Okta-managed laptop.
Genetics testing firm 23andMe is investigating a data leak of ancestry DNA information for certain customers whose usernames and passwords were previously hacked on other websites. The company suspects a massive credential stuffing attack on individual accounts using recycled passwords and no MFA.
Netcraft purchased an online brand protection vendor to incorporate security analysts into the company's highly automated cybercrime takedown process. The deal will expedite the takedown of fraudulent websites by capitalizing on their joint knowledge of the global infrastructure provider landscape.
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