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Deep Dive: Emerging Security Threats Facing The CU Space And How Data Analytics Can Help

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Three common forms of fraud that can threaten credit unions (CUs) are check fraud, card fraud and automated clearing house (ACH) fraud, and fraudsters often deploy phishing emails to deceive and defraud customers. Rise in Phishing Attacks and Data Breaches. Phishing attacks can also target CU employees.

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How Fraudsters Create New Schemes With Social Engineering

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Fraudsters request that these documents be emailed to an official-sounding address, enabling them to harvest a trove of valuable data including Social Security numbers and addresses. Other fraudsters may go directly after restaurant employees with phishing schemes, a popular method for gaining access to data.

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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

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Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. By comparison, phishing scams usually bring in between $300 – $500, while ransomware attacks cost around $4,400.

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6 Types of COVID-19 Scams to Watch Out For

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With phishing, bad actors use malicious emails that are disguised as legitimate to trick people into providing sensitive information or taking potentially dangerous action. Vishing is like phishing, but over the phone. Smishing is similar to phishing, but is executed through text messages. every month. Pretexting.

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