fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

Businesses Believe in Payment Guarantees but Few Actually Use Them
Businesses Believe in Payment Guarantees but Few Actually Use Them
October 28, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Businesses have spent years investing in systems designed to determine whether a payment is legitimate. Fewer have invested in ensuring that a legitimate payment actually...

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Fraudsters Leave Patterns, and AWS Wants AI to Follow Them
Fraudsters Leave Patterns, and AWS Wants AI to Follow Them
October 27, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud attacks can now be assembled with commercially packaged software, distributed across accounts and devices, and altered faster than banks can rewrite a conventional fraud...

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Scams Gain 10 Percentage Points in Share of Fraud Dollars
Scams Gain 10 Percentage Points in Share of Fraud Dollars
October 27, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Banks have an opportunity to strengthen fraud protection by helping customers recognize when someone is persuading them to send money to a criminal. That’s a...

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Rhode Island Lawsuit Claims Meta Knowingly Profits From Financial Scam Ads
Rhode Island Lawsuit Claims Meta Knowingly Profits From Financial Scam Ads
October 23, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha sued Meta Thursday (Oct. 22), alleging that the company fails to block advertisements for fraudulent products and financial...

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FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses
FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses
October 22, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud losses reported by older adults increased fivefold between 2020 and 2025, leaping from $600 million to $3 billion, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said...

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Cloudflare Reports Millions of Exploit Attempts After PHP Flaws Disclosed
Cloudflare Reports Millions of Exploit Attempts After PHP Flaws Disclosed
October 22, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Cloudflare reported millions of attempts to exploit newly disclosed vulnerabilities in PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessor, as companies and governments raced to secure websites and online...

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AI Security Demand Propels 1Password ARR Past $500 Million
AI Security Demand Propels 1Password ARR Past $500 Million
October 22, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Identity security firm 1Password has seen its annual recurring revenue increase 90% year-over-year to over $500 million, driven by customers’ need to secure the artificial...

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Booking.com Anti-Fraud Practices Face Scrutiny in Europe
Booking.com Anti-Fraud Practices Face Scrutiny in Europe
October 21, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

European regulators are investigating whether Booking.com has done enough to prevent scams on its platform. The European Commission (EC) announced Wednesday (Oct. 21) that it...

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TransUnion Debuts New Scoring Capability to Combat Fraud
TransUnion Debuts New Scoring Capability to Combat Fraud
October 20, 2026  |  Identity theft

TransUnion has introduced new solutions designed to help organizations combat synthetic identity fraud and credit washing. The company says its Credit Washing and Synthetic Fraud Scores, announced Tuesday...

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