Millions of consumers around the globe are turning to online games during the COVID-19 pandemic, and cybercriminals are springing into action with schemes to target them. Recent data shows that thwarted attempts to get one security solution’s users to visit malicious, video game-themed websites rose...
Much has been said about the viability of biometrics for guarding against bad actors, but financial institutions (FIs) cannot simply assume that all of their customers want to use such tools. In the latest FI Fraud Decisioning Playbook, Ryan Leblond, manager of fraud prevention for...
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the way businesses and government agencies verify their customers’, clients’ and citizens’ identities. Social distancing restrictions implemented to curb the virus’s spread are preventing compliance professionals from obtaining physical identification documents and holding in-person meetings that typically enforced anti-money laundering/know...
The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on retail is proving irresistible for fraudsters, many of whom are taking advantage of consumers’ shifts to online purchasing amid social distancing protocols. Complaints sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicate that Americans have so far lost approximately $13.4 million...
January 17, 2019
Historically, smiles and other facial expressions have inspired painters and songwriters, engendered trust, given turbo-charged power to compliments and praise, and set the tone for appointments, meetings and first dates. Now, they promise to help consumers unlock mobile apps and other such doors into the larger digital economy — and do so via a 21st […]
April 09, 2019
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab revealed at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Singapore that a dark net marketplace in which hackers are selling digital fingerprints has emerged. According to a report in ZDNet, Kaspersky Lab said at the summit criminals are selling the digital fingerprints of more than 60,000 individuals. Dubbed Genesis, the marketplace […]
