Page 102 - White Papers in Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Uncovering Bust-Out Fraud

They act like respectable customers, but they're not. Operating individually and in organized rings, bust-out fraudsters tap unsecured credit products with no intention of ever paying them off - behaving normally just long enough for their damage to be classified as bad debt. It's a huge problem; up to 15% of all...

The Trojan Wars: Building the Big Picture to Combat eFraud

Trojans are a very sophisticated type of malware and their use by cybercriminals to perform widespread eFraud is now well established. It has become apparent that cybercriminals are spending a considerable amount of time and effort to maintain control of the computers that they have infected. Blog articles and reports...

The Trojan Wars: Winning Tactics for Battling eFraud

As the use of Internet banking services continues to rise, so too does the potential financial gain for cybercriminals. Spear-phishing attacks and man-in-the-browser malware, usually referred to as Trojans, are highly advanced, hard to detect and even harder to counteract. To defend against these attack campaigns,...

Combating First-Party Fraud: A New Approach

Banks can significantly reduce their levels of bad debt and collections expenses by specifically targeting first-party fraud. Advanced network analytics with real-time screening is the key to early detection and prevention of risk threats before they result in large losses. Download the white paper to...

Seriously Organized Crime: Tackling Cyber Enabled Financial Fraud

Commercial organizations are under increasing attack from financial crime. And as those carrying out traditional fraud are adopting new techniques, that until recently were the domain of sophisticated cyber espionage groups, commerce now has to manage a growing strategic risk to both their bottom-line and their brand...

How to Fight Back Against Phishing

Taking down a phishing site won't keep cybercriminals from attacking your customers. With an abundance of easily-compromised websites online and a thriving ecosystem of cybercrime tools at their disposal, fraudsters launch attack after attack with impunity. This in-depth white paper explores modern phishing and...

Protect Your Organization from Cyberthreats

Hardly a day goes by without the discovery of a new cyberthreat somewhere in the world! But how do you keep up with new malware and evolving tricks by cybercriminals? Download this white paper to have access to a wealth of IT security intelligence, including: A concise overview of malware and tactics; Common...

Combating Cybercrime: A Collective Global Response

Well-organized cybercriminals operate in powerful networks that allow them to attack thousands of online businesses using an efficient and scalable model. Hackers steal millions of credit cards and identity data to be sold to fraud rings. Using proxies and VPN, the fraud rings launch global fraud attacks from anywhere...

Financial Services Firms Remain Vulnerable to Insider Attacks

Financial services firms enjoy a few advantages over organizations in other industries. Banks and investment firms tend to have larger IT/security budgets and highly experienced security staff members. Large metropolitan banks also have more lucrative salary structures, and so they also have the luxury of recruiting...

The Insider Threat - How Privileged Users Put Critical Data at Risk

As large scale breaches become increasingly commonplace, organizations need to rethink breach prevention initiatives. Breaches can be initiated by malicious or even benign insiders, as well as from external threats who are able to acquire the credentials of trusted insiders. This whitepaper explains how...

Financial Institutions: How to Protect Customers from Advanced Malware in 2014

Modern financial malware like Zeus or Citadel can empty bank accounts in seconds. Through 2014, this widespread threat will continue to grow unabated. This paper discusses two of the primary mitigation vectors that can be used against powerful financial malware, including: Backend protection and specialized...

Context-Based Authentication & Fraud Protection for Mobile Devices

Mobile devices - smartphones and tablets - are powerful computers that are increasingly used for commerce and financial transactions. Consumers will spend $235 billion through mobile transactions, making mobile devices a very lucrative channel and the next frontier for cybercriminals to exploit. The threats against...

Dissecting Wire Fraud: How It Happens and How to Prevent It

Preventing wire fraud starts with understanding how it is perpetrated and the many options fraudsters have for initiating fraudulent wire requests. This white paper provides examples of actual fraud cases that illustrate the breadth of schemes in play, plus descriptions of available fraud prevention solutions. It also...

When Criminals Defeat Authentication: Lessons Learned From Unauthorized Access to Financial Portals

Criminals are defeating multifactor, knowledgebase and other forms of authentication to compromise a wide range of Web applications to steal money and personal information. Beyond online banking, there are personal wealth management portals, corporate treasury systems, board portals and trust services, just to name a...

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5 Steps to Advanced Malware Protection

Five years ago, life was much easier for security professionals. They could collectively focus on compliance and deploy mature controls like firewalls and anti-virus to defend against largely unsophisticated attackers. Security professionals now face much more sophisticated adversaries and tactics. This new class of...