Current analysis on payment security, fraud prevention, AML/KYC, and PCI DSS compliance.
Fraud TypologiesWhat Changed A new fraud tactic is spreading across US financial institutions. Scammers now impersonate both your bank and law enforcement in a single call, accusing victims of serious crimes to induc
Cryptography FundamentalsLast month at Asiacrypt 2025, researchers proposed a new isogeny-based Verifiable Random Function (VRF). Within weeks, cryptanalysts showed they could recover the complete 256-bit secret key in 30 min
Cryptography FundamentalsYour cryptographic inventory is incomplete. You know it, your CISO knows it, and the regulatory deadlines approaching 2030 don t care. The quantum computing threat isn t theoretical anymore. Quantum c
Cryptography FundamentalsThe Question at Hand Your encryption is everywhere, and you might not know where. It s in application layers, embedded in cloud services, hardcoded into network appliances, and spread across hardware
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Fraud TypologiesYou ve heard the warnings about AI-generated deepfakes and synthetic identities. You ve probably attended webinars about machine learning in fraud detection. But between the hype and vendor pitches, p
Fraud Detection AnalyticsYou ve got 90 days to document how your institution detects, prevents, and responds to fraud. This isn t a compliance summary or a list of tools. It s a risk-based framework showing how your fraud con
Fraud Detection AnalyticsScope This guide outlines how to coordinate responses when an account takeover (ATO) involves both credential compromise and monetization. It s for teams that handle ATOs separately and need a model t
AML and KYCFraudulent commercial entities don t stay put. They move between institutions, opening accounts at one bank after being shut down at another. They present the same fake documentation to multiple onboa
Fraud TypologiesA research team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that contactless cards can still process transactions after expiration. This happens because the expiration date isn t cryptographicall
Cryptography FundamentalsMany believe that once a payment card expires, it s useless. Chip-and-PIN technology and cryptographic validation supposedly render an expired card incapable of completing transactions. So, why bother
Fraud Detection AnalyticsYou re looking at a credential stuffing alert. Your fraud queue shows a suspicious payout. Same attack, different dashboards. Who responds? This isn t a theoretical question. Account takeover sits at
AML and KYCYou re automating watchlist screening , deploying biometric verification, and considering AI-driven adverse media checks. But if your data sources aren t trustworthy, you re just automating bad decisi
Fraud TypologiesThe Challenge Your fraud operations team at a mid-sized payment processor noticed a rise in authorized push payment fraud in Q3 2023. Wire transfers and high-value ACH payments were initiated through
Cryptography FundamentalsIn late 2024, compliance teams began questioning the impact of post-quantum cryptography on their signature validation processes. By early 2025, the focus sharpened on multivariate signature schemes l
Chargebacks and DisputesDigital commerce brands lost an estimated $48 billion to fraud in 2025, according to the Merchant Risk Council ’s 2026 Global eCommerce Payments Suspicious Activity Report (SAR). More revealing: refun
AML and KYCYou ve set up your monitoring system, defined thresholds, and trained your team. Yet, alerts still flood in while real money laundering goes unnoticed. The issue often isn t your tools or your team, b
