The most damaging threat vectors of the cybersecurity landscape are presumed to be technological ones. We can thank Hollywood for that. But while enterprise security budgets increasingly favor defenses reliant on advances like automation, zero-trust architectures and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven detection, a stubborn truth persists....
Google reportedly suspended the account of an advertiser that was placing sponsored Google ads that pretended to offer access to DeepSeek but actually delivered malware. The criminal’s ads that showed up as sponsored Google search results linked to a website that aimed to look like DeepSeek’s but...
Visa’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities enabled it to block 85% more suspected fraud globally on Cyber Monday compared to a year earlier. It did so at a time when suspected fraudulent transactions at physical and digital stores rose by 200%, due in...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers about a “massive jump” in a form of online job scams called “task scams.” The FTC received 20,000 consumer reports about task scams in the first half of 2024 — a figure that was up from 5,000 in...
March 24, 2026
The most damaging threat vectors of the cybersecurity landscape are presumed to be technological ones. We can thank Hollywood for that. But while enterprise security budgets increasingly favor defenses reliant on advances like automation, zero-trust architectures and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven detection, a stubborn truth persists. The human element may be becoming the most exploitable vulnerability […]
May 09, 2024
The internet has been both a blessing and a curse to society and commerce alike. And with the news Wednesday (May 8) that a criminal network of over 75,000 fake eCommerce...
May 01, 2024
Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of modern, digital payments and commerce. And in an era where technology has become increasingly sophisticated, so too have the...
April 23, 2024
As global head of product at payment processor i2c, Seth Perlman has seen his share of headwinds and tailwinds in the banking business, including stints at Visa, Fiserv and PayPal....
March 28, 2025
Google reportedly suspended the account of an advertiser that was placing sponsored Google ads that pretended to offer access to DeepSeek but actually delivered malware. The criminal’s ads that showed up as sponsored Google search results linked to a website that aimed to look like DeepSeek’s but was fake and delivered a Trojan to the devices of […]
December 17, 2024
Visa’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities enabled it to block 85% more suspected fraud globally on Cyber Monday compared to a year earlier. It did so at a...
December 12, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers about a “massive jump” in a form of online job scams called “task scams.” The FTC received 20,000 consumer reports about task scams...
August 13, 2024
Experian has added behavioral analytics to its fraud detection capabilities by acquiring NeuroID. Adding this new layer of insight into digital behavioral signals for both new and returning users will help combat...
