phishing

Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Ingo CEO on Avoiding Account Funding’s ‘Russian Roulette’

Ingo CEO on Avoiding Account Funding’s ‘Russian Roulette’
Ingo CEO on Avoiding Account Funding’s ‘Russian Roulette’
September 13, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

“If the fraudsters find a hole, they’re going to run a bunch of transactions through it,” Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards remarked to Karen Webster....

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Seth Green’s Kidnapped Bored Ape Shows NFTs’ Growing Commercialization
Seth Green’s Kidnapped Bored Ape Shows NFTs’ Growing Commercialization
May 25, 2022  |  NFTs

Actor Seth Green’s plans to turn his Bored Ape NFT into a TV show have apparently crashed and burned just weeks before its launch after...

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Australia’s CBA Warns of False Crypto Platform Partnership Report
Australia’s CBA Warns of False Crypto Platform Partnership Report
April 19, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) released a statement on Tuesday (April 19) denouncing claims that the bank was partnering with a cryptocurrency trading platform...

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SIM Swap Fraud Spotlights Biometrics, Behavioral Analytics as Defense
SIM Swap Fraud Spotlights Biometrics, Behavioral Analytics as Defense
February 21, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The mobile phone, increasingly, is becoming the means through which criminals are impersonating unwitting victims, and stealing from them. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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OpenSea Investigates NFT Phishing Attack
OpenSea Investigates NFT Phishing Attack
February 20, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

OpenSea is looking into a phishing attack for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to Co-founder Devin Finzer, Bloomberg reported Sunday (Feb. 20). Get the Full Story...

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73% of UK Businesses Suffered Phishing-Related Data Breaches in Last 12 Months
73% of UK Businesses Suffered Phishing-Related Data Breaches in Last 12 Months
October 22, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Merchants across the globe are expected to lose more than $20 billion to fraud in 2021 alone, a staggering amount indicating the rising menace digital...

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How Employee Training and Automated Defenses Can Protect Companies Against Phishing
How Employee Training and Automated Defenses Can Protect Companies Against Phishing
October 20, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

Social media scraping and automated fraud attacks have deemed old-school single-layer defense systems ineffective. In this month’s Digital Fraud Tracker, Georgetown cybersecurity Prof. Chuck Brooks...

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No Phishing: Multilayered Defense Best Way to Keep Fraudsters Empty-Handed
No Phishing: Multilayered Defense Best Way to Keep Fraudsters Empty-Handed
October 19, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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How AI And Machine Learning Can Address Banks’ Fraud-Fighting Weaknesses
How AI And Machine Learning Can Address Banks’ Fraud-Fighting Weaknesses
July 09, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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