Digital banking has become the single most effective channel for financial institutions to drive growth, increase revenue and attract new customers. Yet, it also introduces more risk, and cybercriminals are following the money right into the online account opening process.
Today, a staggering 85% of financial...
Account takeover fraud remains an ongoing problem for financial institutions, e-commerce merchants, and virtually any organization that offers products or services that can be monetized. These attacks, helped along by the global pandemic, grew substantially last year as the increased reliance on digital services...
At the heart of every cyberattack is an element of social engineering. From more common attacks, such as phishing, to more sophisticated attacks, such as authorized push payments and voice scams, cybercriminals have impersonation of our most-trusted institutions down to a science. This e-book explores how behavioral...
Digital channel adoption is soaring, yet fraud remains a persistent problem that continues to chip away at the bottom line. Developing an effective payment fraud management strategy remains a challenge as stakeholders across the business often have conflicting priorities of how fraud should be managed at the...
In financial services, there is a stark difference between defending against authorized versus unauthorized fraud incidents. James Hunt of Bottomline Technologies discusses the schemes and how to respond with a more dynamic prevention strategy.
The mobile channel saw great user adoption in 2020 – and it saw a corresponding increase in fraud incidents. Tim Dalgleish of BioCatch discusses mobile fraud trends and the role of behavioral biometrics in enhancing user authentication.
In this interview with ISMG, Dalgleish discusses:
Mobile adoption and fraud...
As WhatsApp moves forward with it's new privacy policy that makes it clear it will share personal data with its parent company, Facebook, and other firms the social media giant owns, a panel of privacy experts says it should ensure that the data is not exported or used for commercial reasons.
The Federal Reserve's online money transfer system, including Fedwire Funds and FedCash, suffered an outage for more than three hours Wednesday afternoon, with the Fed citing technical issues as the cause and not a cyber incident. Systems were restored by late afternoon.
The ongoing lockdown may be complicating the path of Cupid's arrows. But as another Valentine's Day rolls around, authorities are warning that romance scammers - and other types of fraudsters - are alive and well and have been increasingly preying on unsuspecting victims around the world.
Bad bots breach user accounts, tie up inventory, reduce conversion and decrease revenue. How confident are you that your current solution is stopping bad bots?
Download this e-book to discover the seven must-haves for bot protection & learn:
Everything you need to know about bad bots;
Why legacy bot protection...
Organizations in the APAC region are not immune to the impact of the SolarWinds supply chain hack, so it's essential that they reassess their risk management practices and audit their suppliers, two security experts stress.
When it comes to finance, mobile banking or payments apps, maintaining customer trust is crucial to protecting brand equity and revenue. Cloud technology has eliminated the traditional network perimeter, leaving unsecured mobile endpoints vulnerable to attack. According to recent analyst research, mobile finance apps...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has published a revised set of guidelines for technology risk management to help the country's financial institutions mitigate cybersecurity threats.
In defining an IAM strategy for the cloud, CISOs need to automate the processes of provisioning, de-provisioning, monitoring and auditing as well as implementing federated access and API integration, says Rushdhi Mohammad, information security officer at the Industrial Bank of Kuwait.
Global messaging app WhatsApp's instant payment service went live in India on Dec.16. But despite its two-factor authentication being accepted by leading banks, there are concerns about potential security issues.
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