phishing

Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Seth Green’s Kidnapped Bored Ape Shows NFTs’ Growing Commercialization
Seth Green’s Kidnapped Bored Ape Shows NFTs’ Growing Commercialization
May 25, 2022  |  NFTs

Actor Seth Green’s plans to turn his Bored Ape NFT into a TV show have apparently crashed and burned just weeks before its launch after...

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Australia’s CBA Warns of False Crypto Platform Partnership Report
Australia’s CBA Warns of False Crypto Platform Partnership Report
April 19, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) released a statement on Tuesday (April 19) denouncing claims that the bank was partnering with a cryptocurrency trading platform...

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SIM Swap Fraud Spotlights Biometrics, Behavioral Analytics as Defense
SIM Swap Fraud Spotlights Biometrics, Behavioral Analytics as Defense
February 21, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The mobile phone, increasingly, is becoming the means through which criminals are impersonating unwitting victims, and stealing from them. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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OpenSea Investigates NFT Phishing Attack
OpenSea Investigates NFT Phishing Attack
February 20, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

OpenSea is looking into a phishing attack for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to Co-founder Devin Finzer, Bloomberg reported Sunday (Feb. 20). Get the Full Story...

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73% of UK Businesses Suffered Phishing-Related Data Breaches in Last 12 Months
73% of UK Businesses Suffered Phishing-Related Data Breaches in Last 12 Months
October 22, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Merchants across the globe are expected to lose more than $20 billion to fraud in 2021 alone, a staggering amount indicating the rising menace digital...

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How Employee Training and Automated Defenses Can Protect Companies Against Phishing
How Employee Training and Automated Defenses Can Protect Companies Against Phishing
October 20, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

Social media scraping and automated fraud attacks have deemed old-school single-layer defense systems ineffective. In this month’s Digital Fraud Tracker, Georgetown cybersecurity Prof. Chuck Brooks...

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No Phishing: Multilayered Defense Best Way to Keep Fraudsters Empty-Handed
No Phishing: Multilayered Defense Best Way to Keep Fraudsters Empty-Handed
October 19, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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How AI And Machine Learning Can Address Banks’ Fraud-Fighting Weaknesses
How AI And Machine Learning Can Address Banks’ Fraud-Fighting Weaknesses
July 09, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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FBI: Why AI And MFA Provide The Most Effective Fraud Defense
FBI: Why AI And MFA Provide The Most Effective Fraud Defense
July 08, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters’ use of social engineering and phishing continues to triumph many of the modern-day fraud-fighting techniques. In this month’s Digital Fraud Tracker, PYMNTS talked with...

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