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Why AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend

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It can be difficult these days to remember the almost idyllic promise of social media when it first entered the general consumer consciousness. That’s not to tempt one into nostalgia, or to suggest that social media has become marred beyond recognition. Fraud Increases. trillion in 2018. Digital Evolution.

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Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal

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Despite Facebook’s data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, the number of people that are using social media platforms increased by more than 100 million during the first quarter of 2018. billion people around the globe using social media. According to an analysis by TheNextWeb , as of the end of March there were 3.3

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 Ransomware Gains Traction, UK BEC Fraud Spikes

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We are seeing gangs involved in drug trafficking and firearms offenses turning to fraud, targeting victims across the U.K. These criminals are exploiting new technologies to commit fraud, posting adverts on social media to try and recruit money mules,” he said. Corporate Wire Fraud.

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Fraud Decisioning Pulls Ahead In A Tight Race

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The world’s biggest social media platforms are cracking down like never before. Companies are getting much better at fraud detection and prevention, partly in response to its rapid spread. A leading index of digital theft found that loyalty fraud exploded by 89 percent over 2018, opening a vast new front in the battle.

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First Data: 34 Percent Of PII Has Been Compromised In 2018

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First Data’s 2018 Consumer Cybersecurity Study is based on data from 1,767 U.S. consumers among four age groups: Linksters (ages 18-23), Socializers (24-34), the MTV Generation (35-54), and Maturists (55+). “The

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Study: More People Fall Prey To Fraudsters Online Than By Phone

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A recent study about how people respond to scammers shows that consumers are more likely to become victims on social media and online marketplaces than over the phone, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday (Sept. Researchers found that the majority of consumers fell prey to scammers on legitimate websites and social media. .

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BNY Mellon’s AI Fix For Reducing False-Positives

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owning laptops and 91 percent owning mobile devices, there’s never been greater opportunity for digital fraud. Total losses due to fraud were a staggering $4.2 trillion in 2018, or slightly less than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Germany. One of the most insidious forms of fraud is account takeovers (ATOs).