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Westpac: More young Australians being exploited online

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 04 Sep 2023

Australia-based bank Westpac has released new data which shows the number of reported scams from different age groups of Australians.

banking, fraud prevention, scam, online fraud, social engineering, identity fraud

ACI Worldwide reports APP scams as top payments fraud threat

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Jun 2023

ACI Worldwide has issued a report in partnership with GlobalData showcasing APP scams as the top payment fraud threat in 2022, followed by card fraud and identity theft.

partnership, research, report, financial crime, real-time payments, APP fraud, card fraud, identity theft, cybercrime, financial institutions, banking, payments , social engineering, phishing, scam

Tide proposes anti-fraud tax to fight scammers

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 09 May 2023

Digital business banking platform Tide has called on the government to introduce a new levy to fund and train more police officers to fight Britain’s fraud epidemic.

fraud prevention, APP fraud, regulation, social engineering, scam

YouTube shuts down Indian social commerce app Simsim

News | Ecommerce | 27 Mar 2023

YouTube has decided to shut down its live social commerce app Simsim, and made commitments to building a ‘seamless shopping experience for viewers.’

ecommerce, livestream shopping, social commerce, social engineering, online shopping

BioCatch rolls out real-time phishing site alerts and victim reports

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 21 Oct 2022

Israel-based behavioural biometrics company BioCatch has launched its Phishing Site Detection with Phising Victim Reports to detect attacks directed at FIs.

phishing, fraud prevention, cybersecurity, online payments, social engineering

Fighting back against scams and social engineering

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 15 Sep 2022

How can financial institutions effectively spot and stop fraud when it occurs as a result of scams and social engineering? Maya Ogranovitch Scott from Ping Identity has the answer.

scam, social engineering, fraud management, fraud detection

Daon Partners Neustar to boost identity proofing and verification

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 26 Aug 2022

Digital identity trust company Daon has partnered Neustar to provide an integrated solution for deterministic authentication through automatic number identification (ANI) validation. 

digital identity, fraud detection, fraud prevention, social engineering, biometrics

The rise of RiskOps in 2022

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Dec 2021

Ken Jochims, Director of Product Marketing at Revelock, a Feedzai company, discusses how the increasing complexity of digital fraud trends will give rise to ‘RiskOps’ – risk management through a multi-layered approach to fraud – next year

digital banking, online fraud, mobile banking, cybercrime, social engineering

2022 and the evolving landscape of fraud

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 02 Dec 2021

The last two years have seen fundamental changes in online behaviour for businesses, customers, and criminals. With the trend set to continue, Callsign’s Andreas Eliasson looks to the year ahead.

phishing, account takeover, blockchain, cryptocurrency, biometric authentication, behavioural biometrics, social engineering

Analysing consumer behaviour could be the key to fighting fraud

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 04 Oct 2021

Heidi Bleau, Director, Demand Generation and Content for BioCatch tells us what is the difference between 'good' and 'bad' in behaviour biometrics, diving deep into the subject

behavioural biometrics, fraud detection, digital signature, social engineering, fraud management

SMS authentication — is it enough to protect your business?

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 15 Sep 2021

As SMS dependent systems fail to provide secure OTP authentication Edwardcher Monreal, HID Global, explains what the benefits of a good SMS authentication alternative are

online authentication, fraud prevention, two-factor authentication, malware, social engineering

How to prevent account takeover with a layered security approach

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 12 Jul 2021

Mark Freeman, SecuredTouch, talks about how a layered security approach can prevent account takeover and other new fraud methods, like phishing or social engineering

online security, account takeover, identity verification, phishing, social engineering

When authorised payments are not: spotting coercion in online transactions

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 28 Jun 2021

With impostor scams on the rise worldwide and increasingly difficult to detect, financial institutions must develop new strategies to combat the threat of advanced social engineering and maintain customer trust

scam, social engineering, cybercrime, online security, digital identity

The new era of fraud – how to mitigate fraud risk during challenging times

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 21 May 2021

Maxim Kuzin, Head of Fraud Prevention and Risk as a Service at Radar Payments, provides a take on the current trends followed by fraudsters in order to commit financial crimes all over the world

Radar Payments, fraud prevention, friendly fraud, social engineering, account takeover

Kaspersky reports an increase in fraudulent transactions, ATO, social engineering

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Feb 2021

Kaspersky Fraud Prevention report from January to December 2020 has found the share of fraudulent transactions in the finance industry increased from 34% in 2019 to 54% in 2020. 

account takeovers, report, Kaspersky, fraudulent transactions, ATO, social engineering, Kaspersky Fraud Prevention, cybersecurity, fraud

How is the ecommerce space influenced by the pandemic?

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Jan 2021

Kevin J. Sprake, The Fraud Practice: 'It is difficult to put history into words, especially as we are living through it, but the pandemic has influenced ecommerce in a way that will change how we think about everything going forward'

Kevin J. Sprake, The Fraud Practice, ecommerce, pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, fraud, risk mitigation, omnichannel, fraud prevention, phishing scams, cybersecurity, data breaches, social engineering, chargebacks

Tinkoff partners with mobile operators to launch Tinkoff Call Defender

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 08 Dec 2020

Tinkoff has launched Tinkoff Call Defender, a platform designed to prevent fraud and social engineering in the telecom sector developed as part of the Tinkoff Security system. 

Tinkoff, mobile operator, Tinkoff Call Defender, Caller ID, fraud, bank, Russia, anti-fraud, MegaFon, MTS, Tele2, Tinkoff Mobile, Spoofing, social engineering

Authorised push payment fraud: How digital behaviour can uncover social engineering scams

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 03 Dec 2020

Gadi Mazor, COO of BioCatch, provides a refreshing take on how digital behaviour, and the right technology, can be used to detect advanced social engineering scams

Gadi Mazor, BioCatch, digital behaviour, technology, scams, security, privacy, behavioural biometrics, social engineering, push payment

250% increase in fraud attempts although detection remains strong, IDnow reports

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 26 Nov 2020

Identity Verification-as-a-Service solutions provider IDnow has published the latest figures on changes in fraud methods within the digital environment in its Cyber Security Report 2020. 

IDnow, report, fraud, COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus, fraud detection, iD, social engineering

US Faster Payments Council publishes white paper focused on fraud prevention

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 31 Jul 2020

The US Faster Payments Council (FPC) has released its latest white paper, Examining Faster Payments Fraud Prevention. 

US faster payments council, FPC, white paper, Examining Faster Payments Fraud Prevention, fraud schemes, identify theft, account takeover, synthetic identity, social engineering, Authorised Push Payment, faster payments environment, user experiences, cross-border payments