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Digital Fraud Attacks Rise 17% in Financial Services, Driven by Payment and Account Creation Fraud

Fintech News

In 2023, the financial services industry continued to sustain the most automated bot attacks, with 1.8 the number of bot attacks in the sector decreased by 6% YoY. Automated bot attacks remained stable in 2023 compared with the previous year, though the targets shifted. Despite this high volume. of all cases.

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Bots, humans share the workload of digital fraud

Payments Source

As mobile payment applications increasingly integrate with social media platforms, fraudsters are using a mix of bots and human labor to increase their chances of a successful account takeover.

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The Battle Raging Over Account Takeovers

PYMNTS

There’s a war going on in the digital world, one that most consumers are unaware of, despite the impact it could have on their money and their privacy — a battle between fraudsters and security providers over account takeovers. Account takeovers accounted for more than $2.3 billion in losses last year.

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What Is Account Takeover Fraud (ATO)? Detection & Prevention

Seon

In this guide, we’ll see why accounts are targeted, how fraudsters acquire them, and, of course, which steps you should take to secure them. This is your complete guide to understanding and detecting account takeover (ATO) fraud in your business. What Is Account Takeover Fraud?

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Kount Control Aims To Cut Account Takeover Fraud

PYMNTS

With a new solution announced Tuesday (March 17), identity trust and digital fraud protection firm Kount seeks to help people avoid the pitfalls and annoyances of account takeover fraud. That includes everything from bots, credential stuffing and malicious, intentional human hacking activity.

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Shopping Bots Ramp Up Cybercrime During Holidays

PYMNTS

Insidious shopping bots infiltrate eCommerce sites year-round, but the holiday season brings them out in droves, with 20 bots for every one human, NBC reported on Saturday (Nov. The bots are “largely operated by organized gangs of cybercriminals,” noted the report.

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The Rising Fever of Account Takeover Fraud

PYMNTS

Ersell’s organization specializes in credit card and eCommerce fraud (including account takeover), which calls for different skills and strategies than, say, hacking into merchants’ websites. They’re using weak passwords – oftentimes, the same weak password for all of their online accounts. Growth Trajectory.