If you browsed the latest security headlines, you'd probably think the majority of data breaches were related to hackers, political activists, malware or phishing. While the latter two hint at it, the truth is that nearly half of all data breaches can be traced back to insiders in some capacity.
To the surprise of many, $120 million allocated by Congress since late 2016 to help the State Department combat foreign governments' U.S.-focused propaganda and disinformation campaigns hasn't been spent. Meanwhile, midterm U.S. elections are fast approaching.
Regulators are struggling to keep up with the proliferation of online trading schemes. Here's the story of an Australian woman who lost AU$63,000 on a platform called Millennium-FX. She is trying to recover her money, which ended up in an account controlled by a 30-year-old Russian man who lives in Cyprus.
Many banking institutions boast of being "digital first" and enabling "omnichannel banking." But are they fully aware of the new fraud risks they also are inviting? Kimberly Sutherland and Kimberly White of LexisNexis Risk Solutions discuss how to mitigate omnichannel fraud.
As banking institutions of all sizes maximize their digital channels, there is growing tension between the need to prevent fraud and the desire to maintain a frictionless customer experience.
How do you offer that great customer experience without compromising security, authentication and trust?
In a discussion...
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
The dark web is often discussed vaguely or inaccurately, but is a key enabler of the fraud economy, as a streamlined source of trade in payment card and personal data. On the dark web, cyber criminals have developed a "supply chain" of fraud: professionalizing the process, operating enterprises at scale, and passing...
Australia is the latest country to roll out real-time payments, where funds from an account at one bank reach an account at another bank in seconds. While convenient, the system poses fresh fraud challenges and consumer protection concerns.
The financial industry continues to be a high-risk target for fraud, primarily fueled by the sale of stolen credentials, account numbers, pins, and personal and financial information.
While larger financial institutions have dedicated in-house teams and sophisticated technologies in place to detect incidents,...
In 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued instructions that replaced DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) with the Risk Management Framework (RMF). The RMF is designed to be managed as a continual process as the risk posture evolves over time for each information...
The fact that Federal agencies are prime targets for the most sophisticated cyber threats is undeniable. If cyberattacks are inevitable, then robust capabilities for security investigation, threat hunting, and rapid response are essential. Government cybersecurity professionals require visibility across their silos of...
The rate of fraud perpetrated is significantly on the rise. Billions of compromised or exposed identity records across thousands of data breaches annually create a rich market for nefarious use. And the bad actors are now well-organized and intelligent criminal organizations.
To detect and fight fraud,...
How Are Leading Institutions Finding the Balance Between Effective Cybersecurity and a Seamless Customer Experience?
It's every banking institution's quandary: How do you introduce the right cybersecurity controls to protect customer accounts and transactions - but without introducing new hurdles that might...
In this session, you'll learn of some of the latest fraud trends and challenges specific to Florida banks. You'll hear insights from the Florida Banking Associations Fraud-Net system, as well as some real world examples from the front lines of the information security challenges at one Florida bank, including...
The 2015 ABA Deposit Account Fraud Survey is the eleventh biennial industry study conducted by the American Bankers Association on the topic of deposit account fraud. For over two decades, this ABA survey series has collected detailed DDA fraud information across traditional and emerging banking channels. With...
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