Researchers at the security firm Doctor Web have uncovered a fake website for a VPN provider that's designed to spread a Trojan that can steal credentials to bank accounts.
To explore how credential stuffing attacks and brute force attacks differ, we need to understand what they are and how they operate. Here is a quick summary.
This edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses the latest improvements in deception technology and how best to apply it. Also featured: a report on the growth of mobile fraud, plus insights on Merck's experience recovering from a NotPetya attack.
Protecting your enterprise from breaches and account takeovers has never been a bigger challenge. New tools make it possible for even unsophisticated actors to perform advanced, widespread attacks that put your organization at risk. According to the 2019 Verizon Breach Report, stolen credentials are the leading attack...
Adapting fraud systems from desktop to mobile is no simple task. Retailers may misinterpret legitimate shopping behavior as 'risky' due to the nature of cellular connections (e.g. a mobile carrier may shift your browsing to another location).
To deal with the increase in mobile usage, organizations must also make...
According to new research by Gartner, "By 2023, over 80% of loyalty programs will be using vendor-based fraud detection tools as opposed to homegrown systems, up from less than 10% today."
Customer loyalty programs, whether in the travel and leisure, banking, retail or gambling industries, are rapidly increasing in...
The scary fact is that human error is a contributing factor in more than 90% of breaches. With so many technical controls in place hackers are still getting through to your end users, making them your last line of defense. How are they so easily manipulated into giving the bad guys what they want? Well, hackers are...
Fraudsters continue to get new tricks up their sleeves. Criminals are increasingly using Apple Pay, setting up mobile call centers to socially engineer victims as well as tricking consumers via fake e-commerce sites that never fulfill orders, fraud-fighting experts warn.
Customer accounts are an integral tool to help merchants foster customer loyalty. But when login credentials are compromised, they present a unique opportunity for fraudsters to commit CNP fraud and steal customer PII. In 2018 alone, Account Takeover attacks resulted in over $11 billion in losses.
The fallout from...
Déjà vu basic cybersecurity challenge all over again: With the U.S. government warning that geopolitical tensions could trigger wiper-attack reprisals, security experts review the basic anti-wiper - and anti-ransomware - defenses organizations should already have in place.
An Account Takeover (ATO) attack is exactly
what it sounds like: a bad actor acquires an
authorized user's login credentials, most
often by leveraging reused or similar passwords from previously breached sites.
With millions of usernames and passwords
stolen each year, ATOs are more common than
ever. Yet a...
In this cutthroat environment, any overlooked leak in the eCommerce payment funnel can be devastating. But most merchants don't realize that around 10% of revenue that reaches checkout is declined even before they have a chance to capture funds.
Fear of CNP fraud leads to businesses falsely declining up to 5.5% of...
Fraud is scary, and there are many valid reasons for merchants to decline suspicious transactions in the name of fraud prevention. But often, in the quest to avoid abuse, risk-averse vendors take defensive measures too far.
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How false declines leave money on the...
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