Current analysis on payment security, fraud prevention, AML/KYC, and PCI DSS compliance.
Fraud TypologiesWhen Revolut discovered a scammer impersonating a government agency using a legitimate email domain, it highlighted a key debate in financial services security: Is email authentication primarily a tec
Fraud TypologiesWhat Happened In November 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, a Russian web developer, for a credential-harvesting scheme that compromised at least 19 bank accounts, ste
Fraud TypologiesOver 153 million driver s license records from the U.S. and Canada are reportedly circulating on the dark web, according to claims under FBI investigation. This cache includes front-and-back images, p
Fraud TypologiesScope - What This Guide Covers This guide focuses on the shift from retail banking fraud to direct intrusions into core financial infrastructure, as seen in Breeze Comet s attacks on Brazilian payment
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Fraud TypologiesYour call center processes dozens of direct deposit changes each week. Most are legitimate. One isn t, and by the time you discover it, three paychecks have already landed in a fraudster s account. Di
Fraud TypologiesThe Challenge In Q3 2025, Mimecast s systems flagged over 716,000 unique malicious QR codes embedded in emails, a 13% increase from the previous quarter. These weren t simple phishing attempts. They w
Fraud TypologiesYour finance team opens fifty invoices before lunch. One of them isn t real. The subject line reads March Closing: Remittance Advice. No urgency, no typos, no red flags. Just another document in the w
Fraud TypologiesYou re building fraud controls for an iGaming platform with a fixed engineering budget and limited manual review capacity. The question: where do you apply friction? This isn t a philosophical debate.
Fraud TypologiesYou ve heard it in meetings, seen it in org charts, and during vendor pitches. The fraud team handles unauthorized transactions. The AML team files Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). Two functions, t
Fraud TypologiesThe Challenge A phishing campaign targeting Google Ads Sync Accounts bypassed perimeter defenses. The attack used a spoofed Google Ads MMC Sync Maintenance Notification, warning recipients that accoun
Fraud TypologiesThe Challenge Your fraud team faces a deceptively simple problem: users want to make purchases with a single click, but this seamless process can lead to account takeover fraud. Once an attacker gains
Fraud TypologiesFive Venezuelan nationals pleaded guilty to ATM jackpotting attempts in Kansas, joining 87 others charged in connection with Tren de Aragua operations that stole over $20 million last year. The U.S. A
Fraud TypologiesScope This guide focuses on the technical signals and operational framework your team needs to detect fake accounts both at registration and throughout the user lifecycle. It s designed for marketplac
Fraud TypologiesYour transaction monitoring system flags a customer who made three $9,500 deposits in one week. Your analyst reviews the account, sees a legitimate business address, and closes the alert as a false po
Fraud TypologiesThe Challenge Your mobile banking app is under siege from 34 malware families targeting 1,243 applications across 90 countries. Cybercriminals now use AI to create convincing fake screens, script expl
Fraud TypologiesAustralian bank fraud teams, compliance officers, and payment security leads have spent the last eight months grappling with the Scams Prevention Framework, set to take effect in March 2027. They re t
