The insurance industry has a significant fraud problem. Whether targeting the insurance carrier, broker or policyholder, scams are a large financial burden for all stakeholders.
Insurance firms must take deliberate steps to implement a comprehensive customer authentication and fraud prevention strategy.
In this...
Securing user accounts from both bots and human attackers has become one of the most fundamental challenges of delivering modern applications and services. Attackers continuously develop ever more sophisticated techniques for taking over user accounts.
Aggressive security policies lead to false positives and...
How do you know if you are protecting your real-time communication networks from unwanted calls coming in that appear to be valid, but in fact they are malicious attempts to tie up communication applications such as IVRs or PBX trunks with long call duration times?
Telephone Denial-of-Service (TDoS) attacks are...
Telecommunications fraud continues to cost carriers and enterprises tens of billions of dollars per year. Bad actors often cover a broad set of call scenarios - from IP-PBX hacking, to subscription fraud, to Wangiri (one ring and cut) making it hard to detect and resolve.
Built for both carriers and enterprises,...
To maximize success, eCommerce merchants need to be familiar with the unique shopping behavior and fraud trends of the holiday season. We've identified six key 'sub-seasons' and insights pertaining to geographies, channels and shipping methods - to give actionable tips to ensure a safe and profitable season.
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The Phishing Attack
Situation
There's no way around it. Sending emails with
attachments, downloading web files and using
shared folders are a part of how we conduct
business and that's not going to change.
To counter the growing phishing problem, enterprises need better, faster and more comprehensive ways to...
Cyberattacks continue to plague organizations worldwide. Many of the largest and most damaging attacks stem from malware-infected files that evade traditional security solutions.
Security teams need a more effective and comprehensive solution to the problem of undetected malware not only affecting SecOps teams but...
The National Cyber Security Center, the U.K.'s national computer emergency response team, investigated 658 serious cybersecurity incidents in a 12-month period and supported nearly 900 victim organizations - most of whom learned they had fallen victim after being alerted by the center.
With consumers increasingly turning online to buy electronics, retailers stand to make significant gains in terms of eCommerce revenue. Unfortunately, growing online sales also raise the stakes on eCommerce fraud prevention. This report sheds light on consumer electronics online fraud patterns in, offering retailers...
Phishing is a well-known attack vector in the financial and security industry space. The data shows that, in addition to unique phishing attempts, adversaries also leveraged credential stuffing attacks to the tune of 3.5 billion attempts during an 18-month period, putting the personal data and banking information of...
Most online retailers spend vast resources protecting their business against chargebacks. But in reality, they're losing a lot more money to false declines than to actual CNP fraud.
Download this guide to:
Understand the scope of false declines: Why eCommerce businesses should care about false declines, the silent...
This guide was created to help merchants see through fraudsters' tricks & protect their business from chargebacks, without compromising the shopping experience.
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Boost revenue by learning why many valid orders are mistaken for fraud
Protect brand reputation and improve customer...
Effective security is a moving target - that's not news. So how can an organization stay ahead of the game? By giving itself the ability to see farther.
The power of centralized log data is the ability to see more by giving your security data more context. And as most analysts know, context can mean the difference...
123456, password, password1: These are a few of the top passwords used by Fortune 1000 employees whose passwords and personally identifiable information have been exposed in third-party breaches. While the dangers of easy-to-guess passwords are well-known, even employees at top companies are guilty of bad password...
Research found that web attacks against media and technology targets have doubled over the course of a recent 18-month study. These verticals also account for 35% of credential stuffing attacks.
Download Akamai's new State of the Internet / Security: Media Under Assault report to learn:
What 98% of web attacks...
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