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US Mobile Adopts Digital Identity Protocols To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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The telecommunications industry is but one of many sectors looking to more securely verify customers and avoid fraud, which remains a growing problem. Robust digital ID verification practices could make many fraud schemes a thing of the past, but many banks and businesses have yet to adopt them. More than 6.2

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Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Hacked By Suspected Nation-State

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The cybersecurity firm FireEye — which counts numerous government agencies among its clients — said in a blog post that its proprietary tools were hacked by a suspected nation-state. “We We are not sure if the attacker intends to use our Red Team tools or to publicly disclose them.” . “We reports Reuters. “We

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Businesses Re-Evaluate Web Security After Attacks On US Government Sites 

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Treasury and Commerce departments are unable to protect their digital databases, lesser organizations would be seemingly hard-pressed to prevent similar security breaches. When an aggressive group like this gets an ‘open sesame’ to many desirable systems, they are going to use it widely.”. The thinking goes that if the U.S.

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Smishing: Text messaging fraud and how to avoid it

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You might also like this webinar, "Proactive measures to protect against check fraud and fraud loss." REGISTER now Takeaway 1 Phishing is not a new fraud trend, but the rise of smartphones means text messaging fraud is becoming more common. billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the prior year.

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

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But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat.

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Ingo CEO: Technology Plays Defensive Role Against Mobile Deposit Check Fraud

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And even before then, as evidenced by an earlier conversation between Karen Webster and Drew Edwards , CEO of Ingo Money , mobile deposit fraud was increasingly becoming a favorite vector for criminals. Back then, Edwards noted that mobile check fraud was escalating so much that some banks were shutting off the feature entirely.

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FI Fraud Decisioning Outthinking Cyberthieves

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With so much highbrow industry chatter about topics like payments fraud detection, it’s good to remember that this is actual crime-fighting. On the FBI’s Cyber Most-Wanted list are nationals of at least a half-dozen countries, some with state-level backing. The Fatigue-Fraud Connection. Check it out. Sick of hearing about COVID?

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