PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Mobile banking is under constant attack from fraudsters, however, who are targeting both customers’ funds and personal data, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, payment card data and login credentials.

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Innovative Payments Association

JUNE 26, 2024

Just a few days ago I learned that my mother was the victim of bank account fraud. Identity Theft: Scammers steal seniors' personal information to open accounts or make purchases in their name. Like most things, fraud hits a little differently when it is closer to home.

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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. Ask an Expert CEO Fraud CEO fraud is a catch-all term for the exploitation of the account of a high-ranking organizational official, such as a CEO or an investor.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2017

Online retailers just got a new tool in the fight against identity theft and fraud. XOR Data Exchange , Austin-based data and analytics startup, just recently introduced a new resource for online retailers to fight the account takeovers as the number data breaches that include account login credentials grows.

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Seon

JUNE 24, 2024

The rise of online transactions and evolving cybercrime tactics highlight the urgent need for strong identity risk management and monitoring. Identity theft presents significant challenges to businesses, making proactive risk mitigation essential for regulatory compliance, trust, asset protection, and operational integrity.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Fraudsters are starting off the new decade armed with the stolen data and credentials of millions of global consumers, and they are already putting that data to use. Synthetic identity theft — and all its subsequent fraud events — remains a treasured tactic among cybercriminals, and even today’s AI has trouble detecting it.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Many of these data breaches are the result of phishing, which dupes victims into giving up login credentials or other sensitive information that is either used for account takeovers or sold on dark-web marketplaces. This comes to approximately one hack every 39 seconds, and affects a wide range of businesses and customers.

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FICO

MAY 15, 2018

As a drumbeat of data breaches becomes the new reality — 42% of organizations breached in 2017 were breached in the past — it’s easy for consumers to throw up their hands and brace themselves for becoming a victim of identity theft or other financial crime.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2016

With massive cyberattacks like the recent Yahoo data breach — which compromised the personal data of an estimated 500 million user accounts — it’s clear that payment data isn’t the only information that needs to be protected. to provide additional layers of security. Covering All The (Data) Bases.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2017

According to John Krebs, manager of the identity theft program at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the situation between the good guys who are trying to protect the systems and the bad guys who are trying to break into and exploit them will always be very asymmetrical. The Many Ways To Play At Fraud.

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Seon

JULY 10, 2024

It ensures smooth processing and compliance for legitimate payments, primarily verifying transaction details, validating customer credentials, screening against sanctions and watchlists, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The focus for payment transaction monitoring is slightly adjacent. Fraud transaction monitoring’s scope is narrow.

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Seon

JUNE 21, 2023

Like any online account, virtual credit card accounts, the mobile wallets they are kept in, and even the online bank accounts they may be connected to are vulnerable to account takeover (ATO) fraud , phishing, and more sophisticated attacks, such as man-in-the-middle attacks.

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