Synthetic ID fraud is a fast-growing, multibillion dollar issue. Often misclassified as a credit loss, synthetic ID fraud is now affecting an expanding list of entities. Also, unless extremely large, this "victimless" crime often does not get the full attention of law enforcement. From the LexisNexis data labs, learn...
As cybercriminals evolve from attacking financial institutions to targeting various organizations with identity theft tools, digital users' identification strategies need to quickly adapt as well. At the same time, customers expect faster and more convenient services, enhancing the challenges organizations face -...
Deception is the most successful strategy in military history. Just as armies used deceit to conquer continents, cyber-deception is being used by more and more organizations to exploit a hacker's greatest weakness - being a human, after all, behind a keyboard. Deception techniques such as honeypots are not a new. But...
Data breaches feed the market for fraudsters to steal identities, which challenges traditional approaches to identifying the genuine from the fraudster. We hear that knowledge-based authentication is dead. But trust in any single defense is flawed. No single route to "trust" should be applied. We should never lose...
Distributed ledger technology, such as the blockchain, promises simplicity, speed and greater transparency in transactions that are conducted across the world, in payments and beyond. But what about the risks? How much do we truly understand about this emerging technology, and have we placed fintech on a pedestal too...
Recent attacks have shown that once a user's endpoint is infected with advanced malware, criminals can bypass most security layers, including two-factor authentication, device ID systems, risk engines and behavioral analytic systems. Banking malware such as Citadel, Zeus, Dyre and Bugat, incorporate advanced...
How do Organized Fraud Rings (OFR's) monetize the personal information made widely available from the growing number of data breaches? How can we detect and disrupt this activity?
From these breaches, fraudsters obtain just enough personal information to access user accounts or attempt to pull free credit reports...
In our increasingly mobile society, organizations, their employees, partners and customers are at greater than ever risk of identity theft and fraud. How prepared are organizations to mitigate these risks? It's not enough to have a breach response strategy. Do you have the right players and pieces in place to execute...
Until we get to a stage where we can guarantee the confidentiality of traditional identity reference data such as names, addresses, emails and favorite cat colors, we must move away from relying on this static data for authentication. Truly massive amounts of this information are stolen on a regular basis, proving we...
Identity theft - or impersonation - is a well-established form of identity risk but first party fraud, and synthetic identities in particular are fast growing and insidious threats that bring with them economic loss for financial institutions, as well as risks of regulatory censure when synthetic identities pass Know...
As Keith Alexander tells it, when he led the National Security Agency, he didn't exist. Alexander discovered that 'fact' after he retired on May 21 as director of the NSA and commander of the Cyber Command and began shopping to buy a new home.
A new identity fraud study shows that consumers who are victims of a payment card breach are at greater risk of fraud than victims of other types of breaches, says Al Pascual of Javelin.
