Fraud Insights Through Integration
Another great conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. On the heels of RSA Conference, it’s fair to ask: When was the last time you counted the number of anti-fraud tools you are using to...
View ArticleWhat Peanut Butter Cups Can Teach Us About Fraud Prevention
Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups are a “so-good-it-has-to-be-bad-for-you” treat adored by candy lovers everywhere. The combination of peanut butter and chocolate is such a classic it’s hard to remember...
View ArticleAct at the Speed of Fraud: Take the Challenge
How fast can you find fraud? That is the challenge put forth by the RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence team at RSA Conference 2017. Why the emphasis on speed? Simply put, the faster an organization can...
View ArticleThe $5 Billion Fraud Problem
When explaining my profession to people I meet, they often tell me about the time their card was “frauded.” I always enjoy this conversation, as it provides insight into the human victim element of a...
View ArticleDefending a Decade of Phishing and Cybercrime
With holiday shopping season in full swing, many of us are feeling just like the guy in the song, “The 12 Pains of Christmas.” I have my own two personal pains with the holidays, and I am still...
View ArticleLiving With The Hacker-Industrial Complex
At one of my previous cybersecurity jobs, I received a frantic call from a man whose production company had just been hit with a massive breach. The company’s main summer release was in final...
View ArticleCybercrime in Social Media Grows 70% in Six Months
These days, all you need to do is type “botnet,” “hacking,” “DDoS,” “CVV2,” or any other cybercrime-related term into the search bar on most social media platforms, and you will find a plethora of...
View Article2017 Global Fraud and Cybercrime Forecast
From mobile threats and malware, to the organizations on the target lists of e-commerce fraud – a myriad of threats exist across the cyber landscape and the commoditization of cybercrime is making it...
View ArticleConquering the Rising Threat of Malvertising
The recent shift in enterprise application platforms from desktop to mobile has brought with it many exciting benefits, which organizations have recognized and leveraged to provide a more flexible and...
View ArticlePSD2 and the E-Commerce Ecosystem
Authored by Ian Newns The European Banking Authority recently drafted the latest Directive on Payment Services II (PSD2), which serves as the legal foundation for a cross-EU payments market. In 2016,...
View ArticleBlues and Bridging the Gap of Grief
The sound of blues flooded our ears, as approximately 2,000 information security professionals settled into the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, for the third annual RSA user...
View Article3D Secure 2.0 – The New Sheriff in Town
EMVCo, the global standards body tasked with developing the technical standards for payments technologies, last week announced the availability of 3D Secure 2.0. Collectively, we at RSA congratulate...
View ArticleRecognizing and Combating Cybercrime: A Virtual Chat
The goal of cybercrime doesn’t change, but the tactics do. This week’s theme for National Cyber Security Awareness Month is Recognizing and Combating Cybercrime. One of the questions to be addressed...
View ArticleCybersecurity – Let’s Make It A Chick Thing
Time flies when you’re having fun fighting cybercriminals – we are already more than halfway through October and into the third week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This week’s theme is Recognizing...
View ArticleWhere Is My Cybersecurity Rosetta Stone?
This week’s theme for National Cyber Security Awareness Month is “Cyber from the Break Room to the Board Room.” Communication, like anything else worth getting better at, takes practice. Sometimes it...
View ArticleNew Research Reveals: Phishers Launch a New Attack Every 30 Seconds
As long as users can be fooled, phishing will continue to proliferate. In fact, many major breaches start as a targeted phishing email. According to the latest statistics from RSA FraudAction...
View ArticleSix Steps For Cybercrime Survival
While recently cleaning my grandfather’s attic, I came across an old Federal Civil Defense Administration brochure titled “Six Steps to Survival – If an enemy attacked today would you know what to do?”...
View ArticleThe Role of Money Mules in New Multi-Million Dollar Scams
I have written previously about CEO fraud where employees receive an email which appears to come from a company executive directing them to erroneously wire money to an overseas bank account. Now,...
View ArticleYour Step-Up Authentication Compass… NIST & SMS – Finding North – Part 2
Authored by Greg Dicovitsky, Principal Solutions Architect, RSA In its recent solicitation for comment regarding its latest recommendation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has...
View ArticleThe Most Important Visitor On Our Premises
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in...
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