Account Takeovers Breach MFA 
Seon
JANUARY 29, 2024
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?
Seon
JUNE 15, 2023
A BEC attack is when a fraudster gains unauthorized access to a business’s account. The most damaging form of BEC is account takeover (ATO) attacks. While there are many methods and consequences of a business email compromise, an email data breach compromise occurring in a business is essentially the result of a successful BEC.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
The number of facilities looking for alternatives has doubled since 2018, with 17 percent utilizing MFA to better protect against fraud. This type of MFA will combine certain KBA elements, such as usernames, with alternate authentication measures that are harder to obtain in data breaches.
Seon
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
As neobanks evolve, the one downside of their innovation is that it opens up many new methods of attack for fraudsters, such as identity theft, fraud rings, and account takeover attacks. They launch attacks against neobanks, with social engineering and other manipulative tactics being the favored ways to breach their victims’ data.
PYMNTS
JULY 13, 2020
Account takeovers (ATOs) are a growing source of pain for financial institutions (FIs) and their customers, with losses from these attacks rising 164 percent in 2018. This approach can make it more difficult for bots to rely on random guesses to crack into accounts by simply plugging in common password and username combinations.
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