The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2024

This allows it to evade anti-tampering mechanisms and remain hidden while compromising app security. Snowblind specifically targets banking apps by exploiting accessibility services, allowing cybercriminals to steal login credentials and hijack banking sessions for unauthorised transactions, leading to financial loss.

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Security Cybersecurity Credential Compromise 111

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

In a post on its website, Instacart said its investigation concluded the San Francisco-based company was not compromised. Instead, Instacart said hackers used credential stuffing, a practice in which usernames and passwords stolen from other sites are used to hack into other accounts. “It

Accounts 75

Accounts Compromise Data Breach Phishing 75

The Fintech Times

MAY 9, 2024

Enumeration attacks, where threat actors use automated scripts or botnets to repeatedly submit card-not-present (CNP) transactions using different combinations of payment values, such as a primary account number (PAN), a card’s verification value (CVV2), expiration date and postal code, cause as much as $1.1billion annually in fraud losses.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Tighter Security: By offering biometric authentication, payment passkeys eliminate the risk of passwords being stolen or compromised, protecting shoppers from fraud and scams. Instead of stressing over payment safety, merchants can free up time to focus on customer care and product development to build deeper trust with their customers.

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Visa APACS Transactions Authentication 98

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Outside of the Instacart platform, attackers may target individuals using phishing or credential stuffing techniques. The feature included identity verification tools and an updated contactless delivery option. “We take data protection and privacy very seriously.

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Data Breach Breach Phishing Duplicate 86

PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

The most popular technique, credential abuse, involves fraudsters using compromised passwords and other login information to gain access to sensitive systems. Any data breach that exposes one of their accounts potentially compromises every account that shares the same password. There were 85.42

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

With a wealth of stolen credentials to pick from in the wake of several data breaches that comprised the identities of millions, fraudsters have more resources than ever. With fraudsters getting bolder, banks, retailers and consumers are recognizing that stronger verification is now a necessity. Fraud is rampant and thriving.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

A common thread to many of these attacks is compromised or hijacked credentials that allow an attacker to pose as a legitimate entity.”. Cybercriminals are now targeting web and mobile apps in attempts to secure stolen user credentials.

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Online and Mobile Banking SWIFT Credential Central Bank 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The new group, called Odinaff, is believed to be compromised of 10–20 organizations armed with malware that can hide fraudulent transfer requests in the SWIFT system. The emergence of new possible instances of compromise is not entirely surprising given that banks should now be undertaking rigorous reviews of their environments.

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Clearly Payments

JANUARY 12, 2024

Isolate and Secure the Affected System Immediately isolate any compromised systems or payment terminals to prevent further unauthorized access. Change passwords and access credentials for the affected systems to prevent continued unauthorized activity. Here are specific steps to take if a credit card fraud incident occurs.

Credit Cards 105

Credit Cards Law Enforcement Card Issuer PCI DSS 105

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2016

From Wi-Fi hotspots to printers, unsecured routers to digital video recorders — connected devices can be vulnerable to hacks and, when compromised, are being used by hackers to launch significant distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Going Beyond PCI. Covering All The (Data) Bases.

Payment Security 81

Payment Security Security Identity Theft Compromise 81

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Security experts believe that may be what happened to Yahoo — the tech giant confirmed that over 500 million user accounts were compromised by hackers, marking what is said to be the largest data breach in U.S.

Security 76

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

An Amazon customer typically makes payments using payment card data that the customer’s bank already has on file, for example, resulting in the same set of valuable information located in two places, both of which could be compromised in a data breach. Amazon, for example, presents their credential to us as a TPP,” Elliott explained.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

And with the movement toward mobile banking, the process has to be frictionless, and in terms of verification, mobile network data, mobile numbers and other information get factored in. There’s also the evolution of how “we re-verify the individual on an ongoing basis” to make sure that accounts have not been compromised, added Madhu.

Online and Mobile Banking 76

Online and Mobile Banking Database Verification Authentication 76

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Making banks responsible for enabling that trust means that consumers don’t have to worry that their trust is compromised in any channel where they do business. That digital credential would travel with a person wherever they need it to, whether that’s for transacting, opening an account or establishing personal identification.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Cybercriminals are eager to capitalize on the virtual gaming industry’s increasing popularity, using tactics that include creating phony versions of popular online games that compromise users’ smartphones or computers once downloaded.

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Phishing Data Breach Account Takeovers Verification 89

Fintech News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Banks need advanced identity verification and authentication techniques to counter synthetic fraud, including document verification, identity graph analysis, and behavioural biometrics. Digital mule networks exploit this, testing stolen credentials across various banks.

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Deepfake APACS Scams Authentication 122

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

The use of a blockchain for the storage of identity and credential data may provide for an immutable storage of such data that can provide an accurate verification thereof and also prevent the fabrication of such data,” wrote Mastercard in the filing. The company has filed for more than 35 patents in blockchain technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

That stands as a conscious uncoupling (to borrow a phrase from Gwyneth Paltrow) of personal details that, in the age of data breaches and compromises, may put users at ease when it comes to settling the bill in places where Apple Pay is still not yet an option. Apple Card is slated to debut this summer.

Credit Cards 95

Credit Cards Visa Data Breach Security 95

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

“To get into the testing, they log in with their sign-on credentials, [including] their unique user ID and password,” O’Brien said. Students can easily provide that information to accomplices, however, meaning further verification measures are necessary. Verification Through Stylometry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The Equifax breach lingers like the remnants of a bad lunch, making us all feel queasy about which data has been compromised and who just might be developing new ways to trick us out of money or privacy — now and in the future. We currently verify credentials issued by over 200 countries, including the government IDs issued outside the U.S.

Online and Mobile Banking 56

Online and Mobile Banking Verification Data Breach Breach 56

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2017

At this year’s PYMNTS Innovation Project , Admiral James Stavridis , NATO’s former Supreme Commander, said that one of the biggest points of compromise that cybercrooks exploit is the login. Hall said the identity industry needs to start with separating identity verification from authentication. But the real question is when — and how.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

Compromised credentials are one of the most common causes of security breaches. While Google automatically blocks the majority of unauthorized sign-in attempts, adding 2-Step Verification (2SV) considerably improves account security.

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Authentication Bots Phishing Credential 49

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

Data breaches are so commonplace, might we have become immune to the news of more credentials hacked, more identities stolen? Initial enrollments may happen online, added the executive, where regulatory hurdles must be leapt, for identity verification, at the front end. That’s a lot of data at risk for compromise, said Geiman.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

It’s much more straightforward for a criminal to compromise someone’s payment account that could be linked to a credit card than for them to try to steal or gain access to use that credit card,” Endler said, adding that the tools that make these attacks possible are “accessible to people who don’t necessarily have a lot of technical acumen.”.

Account Takeovers 46

Account Takeovers Breach Compromise Payments 46

PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

The right data can create a profile so precise that algorithms can immediately tell the difference between a legitimate customer and a fraudster who is holding all the right credentials to pose as the person, just by detecting behavioral attributes like cursor movements and clicking habits. Secure Signaling. Staunching the Data Breach Wound.

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Clearly Payments

JANUARY 8, 2024

The first step is implementing robust authentication processes, including multi-factor authentication, biometric verification , and tokenization , to enhance user access security. Merchants must establish and maintain secure network configurations to prevent unauthorized access to payment card data, minimizing the risk of data compromise.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

FIs may need to provide data to FinTech startups without dedicated cybersecurity teams, for example, which could then be more easily compromised by hackers who will steal sensitive bank customer data. MFA requires customers to prove their identities by providing at least two types of credentials.

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Authentication MFA Phishing Scams 60

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

The technical side of the authenticator credentials — the ones we all use to log in to websites, from social media to commerce juggernauts — has seen innovation, especially in mobile. Thus, information provided by a user has been confirmed across a variety of validation and verification processes. Biometrics may be a buzzword.

Social Security 53

Social Security Security Credential Authentication 53

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

Sharing information is critical for interconnected FIs because it allows them to access lists of data that may have been stolen or compromised, and they thus do not have to rely solely on their own anti-fraud measures to stop bad actors. AI and its Role in Data Verification. One recent breach at U.S.

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Fraud Prevention Money Laundering AI Identity Theft 72

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2018

And, as Nolte agreed, the Equifax breach , where 145 million consumers were compromised –preceded by massive hacks, such as the one that ensnared three billion Yahoo accounts – points to one simple fact. This is a dangerous time,” he told Webster, “and data is probably out there.”. We can leverage that [to make sure] that you are you.”.

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Seon

JUNE 24, 2024

Still, the pursuit can be defined as endeavors that ensure secure and reliable digital identity management, including preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information, such as login credentials, PII and financial information. The following details a five-step process.

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Risk Management Mitigation Risk Identity Theft 52

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, McDowell said that the best way to protect against global attacks like WannaCry — or even small-scale breaches — is to stop them before they happen, by replacing authentication details that can be stolen or compromised by human error with credentials that cannot. No Password, No Cry? .

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Authentication Credential Ransomware Phishing 40

FICO

JANUARY 10, 2023

Despite the launch of industry initiatives in the USA such as the Electronic Consent Based Verification Service (eCBSV), it seems that this problem has not diminished. In 2022, we saw an alarming increase in the number of compromised cards, as monitored by the FICO’s Card Alert Service. These included: 1. Source: KTVU Fox 2 .

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Scams Posting Push-to-Card Compromise 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

Every attack means compromised data, and compromised data means an opportunity for fraudsters to use that information to commit fraud. Companies need smarter compliance solutions to help them address this wide range of identity verification needs, Caldera said. “It As it turns out, these breaches are expensive.

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Authentication Risk Compliance Database 43

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

It’s been said that fraudsters are always evolving, and always looking for the path of least resistance in their efforts to steal identities and credentials to remain anonymous and … keep stealing. No surprise, then, that identity theft is on the rise. Clearing and Settling Digital IDs.

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Identity Theft Social Security Money Laundering Fraud Prevention 42

Seon

JUNE 21, 2023

If one of these accounts gets hacked, it can lead to more accounts being compromised, particularly if your security settings are low and you aren’t using a variety of username/password combinations. Other digital payment service users : Fraudsters may also target a cardholder’s mobile wallet app and/or full-service neobank account.

Credit Cards 52

Credit Cards Risk Online and Mobile Banking Phishing 52