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Unmasking the top ten fraud types against merchants

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 09 Jan 2024

Úna Dillon, VP of Advocacy at the MRC, discusses the most common ten types of fraud merchants experienced in 2023 and what they should expect for the following year. 

fraud prevention, ecommerce, merchants, merchant fraud, cybercrime, chargebacks, first-party misuse, identity theft, phishing, refund fraud, account takeover, bot attacks

Visa to introduce botnet detection requirement in Australia

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 17 Dec 2021

Visa has announced it will require Australian ecommerce payment providers to invest in botnet detection capabilities by October 2022.

Visa, fraud detection, fraud prevention, bot attacks

Banking trojans, mobile malware top security concerns for financial services in 2020

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 05 Dec 2019

Banking trojans and mobile malware have ranked as top security concerns for the financial services industry in 2020, according to a Twitter poll conducted by cyberthreat intelligence provider Blueliv.

banking Trojans, mobile malware, cybersecurity, financial services, botnets, Trickbot, fraud prevention, research

Account takeover on the rise with botnets, report finds

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Jan 2019

A new Forter report has revealed that cybercriminals participating in account takeover activities are using botnets to launch more than 100 of these attacks every second.

Forter, account takeover, data breaches, report, ecommerce

Caller ID: defeating identity theft tactics

Voice of the Industry | Expert Opinion | 28 Nov 2018

While fraudsters work hard on feeding the Darknet with data, RISK IDENT and Telekom use data intelligently to do away with telecom fraud

Risk Ident, telecom fraud, Telekom, fraud prevention, darknet, identity theft

Sophos report: cybercriminals are turning to targeted ransomware attacks

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 15 Nov 2018

Cybercriminals have been turning their attention to targeted ransomware attacks that are premeditated and reaping millions of dollars in ransom, according to Sophos 2019 Threat Report.

Sophos, report, malware, ransomware, cybercriminals, IOT, botnets, cyber attacks, fraud prevention

Does migrating to the cloud put payment data at risk?

Voice of the Industry | Expert Opinion | 07 Nov 2018

Mark Collins, EMEA Managing Director of Transaction Network Services, offers his insights into how to safely and securely insert cloud services into payment infrastructures

Transaction Network Services, Mark Collins, payment data, cloud payments, IOT, DDoS, Payment Application Managed Services

Cybercriminals hack over 1,000 Magento online stores to steal card data

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 04 Apr 2018

At last 1,000 Magento sites have been hacked by cybercriminals and infected with malicious scripts that steal payment card details.

Magento, malware, ecommerce, credit card, security, fraud prevention, online stores, cybercrime, malicious scripts

Crypto mining malware affects over 1.65 million computers

News | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Sep 2017

Cryptocurrency mining malware attacks have targeted more than 1.65 million computers in the first eight months of 2017, according to Kaspersky Lab.

Cryptocurrency mining, malware, cyberattacks, Kaspersky Lab, botnets, online security, fraud prevention

3DS 2.0 to drive spending on online fraud detection

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 26 Jul 2017

The spend on online FDP (fraud detection and prevention) solutions is set to rise to USD 9.3 billion by 2022, a new study from Juniper Research has found.

Juniper Research, 3DS 2.0, online fraud detection, online fraud prevention, IOT, DDoS, PSD2, APIs, Open Banking

The real cost of data breaches – Cisco report

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 02 Feb 2017

Cisco has revealed that over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20%.

Cisco, data breaches, fraud prevention, report, security, customer retention, brand reputation

Ecommerce fraud attack rates up 215% during 2015

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 20 Apr 2016

Global Fraud Attack Index research has revealed that attacks from fraudsters rose 215% over the course of 2015 and 11% between Q3 2015 and Q4 2015.

ecommerce, merchants, fraud, study, Global Fraud Attack Index

Device vulnerability and security breaches pose risks to user privacy

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 18 Nov 2015

The interconnectivity of technology has led to a point where many devices are potentially vulnerable, a recent report unveils.

data breaches, online security, web fraud, biometrics, online authentication, digital identity, privacy

Over 90 mln attacks detected and stopped in Q3 2015

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Nov 2015

More than 90 million attacks were detected and stopped in real time in Q3 2015, a recent study shows.

cyber-attacks, cyberfraud, web fraud, online security, internet users, cyber-security, online fraud, online crimes, ThreatMetrix

Europol helps take down cybercriminal Darkode forum

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Jul 2015

Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have taken down an English-speaking cybercriminal forum dubbed Darkode.

cyber-attacks, cyberfraud, web fraud, online security, internet users, cyber-security, Darkode, Europol

Cyber-criminals get smart as cybercrime is expected to evolve in 2015

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 03 Dec 2014

A new stage in the evolution of cybercrime is expected, with the adoption of Advanced Threat Protection (APT) techniques in financial online fraud, a recent report reveals.

web fraud, online security, cybercrime, APT, ATM, IOT, malicious software, NFC

The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce launched to fight against cybercrime

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 01 Sep 2014

The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol has launched of the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT).

EU: new cybercrime taskforce is about to set off

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 24 Jul 2014

The UKs National Crime Agency has announced that it will begin the piloting process for The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) which will enter a trial phase starting 1 September 2014 for a period of 6 months, according to information from the news agency SCMagazineUK.com.

EU, cybercrime, taskforce, J-CAT, National Crime Agency, web fraud, security, CryptoLocker, Zeus botnet

PayPal to offer its payment services in 10 new countries

News | Online Payments | 17 Jun 2014

PayPal is expanding its payment services in 10 new markets, including Nigeria, reuters.com reports.

PayPal, online payments, internet, bank account, ecommerce, merchants, Customers, online shopping