To explore how credential stuffing attacks and brute force attacks differ, we need to understand what they are and how they operate. Here is a quick summary.
Protecting your enterprise from breaches and account takeovers has never been a bigger challenge. New tools make it possible for even unsophisticated actors to perform advanced, widespread attacks that put your organization at risk. According to the 2019 Verizon Breach Report, stolen credentials are the leading attack...
Adapting fraud systems from desktop to mobile is no simple task. Retailers may misinterpret legitimate shopping behavior as 'risky' due to the nature of cellular connections (e.g. a mobile carrier may shift your browsing to another location).
To deal with the increase in mobile usage, organizations must also make...
The scary fact is that human error is a contributing factor in more than 90% of breaches. With so many technical controls in place hackers are still getting through to your end users, making them your last line of defense. How are they so easily manipulated into giving the bad guys what they want? Well, hackers are...
Customer accounts are an integral tool to help merchants foster customer loyalty. But when login credentials are compromised, they present a unique opportunity for fraudsters to commit CNP fraud and steal customer PII. In 2018 alone, Account Takeover attacks resulted in over $11 billion in losses.
The fallout from...
Déjà vu basic cybersecurity challenge all over again: With the U.S. government warning that geopolitical tensions could trigger wiper-attack reprisals, security experts review the basic anti-wiper - and anti-ransomware - defenses organizations should already have in place.
An Account Takeover (ATO) attack is exactly
what it sounds like: a bad actor acquires an
authorized user's login credentials, most
often by leveraging reused or similar passwords from previously breached sites.
With millions of usernames and passwords
stolen each year, ATOs are more common than
ever. Yet a...
Online fraud is becoming more sophisticated as cyber-criminals try to stay a step ahead of fraud solutions and tools. Not only are ATO attacks tough to spot, they can also cause harm that goes beyond just stolen goods and chargebacks.
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How fraudsters get credentials to...
Fraud is scary, and there are many valid reasons for merchants to decline suspicious transactions in the name of fraud prevention. But often, in the quest to avoid abuse, risk-averse vendors take defensive measures too far.
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How false declines leave money on the...
In the competitive world of eCommerce, online retailers must provide an optimal customer experience or risk losing business. Many are seeing hard-earned revenue fall victim to costly credit card chargebacks.
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Why chargebacks are filed
The ramifications of too many...
In this cutthroat environment, any overlooked leak in the eCommerce payment funnel can be devastating. But most merchants don't realize that around 10% of revenue that reaches checkout is declined even before they have a chance to capture funds.
Fear of CNP fraud leads to businesses falsely declining up to 5.5% of...
Despite the growing cybersecurity threat targeting mobile financial services applications, many financial institutions are failing when it comes to protecting their apps. Research conducted by advisory firm Aite Group uncovered widespread security deficiencies among mobile consumer finance apps leading to the exposure...
The goals of cybercriminals using automated bots are always the same - account takeovers, fake account creation, theft of unused gift card balances, and similar types of criminal activity that disrupt normal business operations.
This report presents the results of an in-depth survey on current practices that larger...
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