Security News

CNP transaction fraud costing merchants millions in revenue, fraudsters getting more sophisticated
2021-09-28 04:00

The overall percentage of global transactions its system identified as being potentially fraudulent ranged from 10 to 13%, with the average value of each fraudulent transaction ranging from $126 to $155. Fraud attempts are not evenly distributed: fraudulent attempts at individual merchants ranged from 0.8% to over 30% depending on business vertical and geography. CNP transaction fraud liability lies with the merchant.

Mafia works remotely, too, it seems: 100+ people suspected of phishing, SIM swapping, email fraud cuffed
2021-09-21 05:16

Police arrested 106 people suspected of carrying out online fraud for an organized crime gang linked to the Italian Mafia, Europol said on Monday. It's claimed the suspects scammed hundreds of victims using phishing; SIM swapping attacks, in which crooks typically take control of people's cellphone numbers to get account login tokens texted to them; and so-called business email compromise, in which fraudsters typically use bogus invoices and the like to trick company staff into transferring money to the thieves.

Human Fraud: Detecting Them Before They Detect You
2021-09-06 15:29

Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses how to disrupt account takeovers in the exploitation phase of an attack. In these last two stages, attackers put the bots aside, roll up their sleeves and take a manual approach to try and compromise individual accounts.

The impact of eCommerce fraud on retailers and shoppers
2021-08-23 03:30

There's a stark disconnect between retailers and shoppers on the matter of eCommerce fraud, Riskified reveals. The research, which comprised 4,000 consumers and 400 retailers across the US, UK, France and Germany, highlights how widespread online retail fraud is, the extent of its enduring financial impact and how it's perceived in the eyes of shoppers versus retailers.

Digital fraud attempts on the rise: Gaming, travel and leisure most targeted
2021-08-17 03:30

As the prevalence of digital fraud attempts on businesses and consumers continues to rise, TransUnion's analysis found that fraudsters are re-focusing their efforts from financial services to the travel and leisure and gaming industries. Gaming and travel and leisure were the two most impacted industries globally for the suspected digital fraud attempt rate, rising 393.0% and 155.9% in the last year, respectively.

eCommerce Fraud Prevention Firm Riskified Prices IPO at $21 Per Share
2021-07-29 09:59

Israel-based ecommerce fraud prevention company Riskified has announced the pricing of its initial public offering as it prepares to start trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange. Riskified is offering 17,300,000 Class A ordinary shares at $21 per share, which means the company is hoping to raise more than $360 million.

LexisNexis Fraud Intelligence Synthetic Score improves synthetic identity fraud detection
2021-07-29 02:20

LexisNexis Risk Solutions unveiled LexisNexis Fraud Intelligence Synthetic Score, a new product designed to help businesses mitigate synthetic identity fraud. LexisNexis Fraud Intelligence Synthetic Score analyzes hundreds of unique identity characteristics and events to help businesses identify inconsistencies and fraud patterns in application profiles.

Dutch Police Arrest Two Hackers Tied to "Fraud Family" Cybercrime Ring
2021-07-28 22:43

Law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands have arrested two alleged individuals belonging to a Dutch cybercriminal collective who were involved in developing, selling, and renting sophisticated phishing frameworks to other threat actors in what's known as a "Fraud-as-a-Service" operation. Believed to be active since at least 2020, the cybercriminal syndicate has been codenamed "Fraud Family" by cybersecurity firm Group-IB. The frameworks come with phishing kits, tools designed to steal information, and web panels, which allow the fraudsters to interact with the actual phishing site in real time and retrieve the stolen user data.

Dutch Police Arrest Alleged Member of 'Fraud Family' Cybercrime Gang
2021-07-23 14:00

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 24-year-old believed to be a developer of phishing frameworks for a cybercrime ring named "Fraud Family." According to the Dutch National Police, the man worked together with a 15-year-old accomplice to develop and sell phishing panels that allowed cybercriminals to steal banking credentials from unsuspecting users.

Thales’s voice biometric solution helps mobile operator call centres fight identity fraud
2021-07-08 02:00

Thales announces a new voice biometric solution which is part of Thales Trusted Digital Identity Service Platform for onboarding and authentication. It meets the growing demand from mobile operator call centres to fight identity fraud whilst providing a seamless customer experience.