As more of our everyday activities shift online, from grocery shopping and mortgage applications to school exams, the ability to trust other people’s digital identities is critical. But unfortunately, it’s getting harder to make sure people online actually are who they say they are. Identities online can be challenging… Specifically, there’s a lack of streamlined, interoperable fraud solutions designed to manage the complexity of today’s online environments. There are more ways to interact online than ever before. Users log in
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The plot of every Hollywood movie ever made about hostage for ransom situations always ends in the same way: the hero saves the day and the villain goes to jail. But real life isn’t always a movie, and holding data for ransom is becoming more common. In fact, ransomware attacks are on the rise across verticals. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, that bad actors use to restrict access to data until the target pays a fee …
This is the continuation of part I. If you haven’t read it, we suggest you start there for more attack types and fraud mitigation techniques. Now, where were we? Right, we just talked about spotting human-driven attacks. Let’s look at how to spot probing attacks that sneak in, to learn from your security parameters. 1. Spotting probing attacks Some of the most potentially damaging attacks we see on the NuData network start extremely small. By probing your defenses with a 
It’s getting harder and harder to tell humans and robots apart — at least when it comes to cyberattacks. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a rise in the number of attacks that imitate the behavior of normal human users. Compared to run-of-the-mill cybercrime tactics, these sophisticated attacks are much harder to detect. Some sophisticated automated scripts disguise themselves by emulating human keystroke patterns, mouse movements and other behavioral indicators. Other attackers go even further, hiring actual human workers 
The early 1990s was a time of boy bands, neon windbreakers and flat top haircuts. It was also the start of the dotcom boom, with the invention of the World Wide Web and the explosion in the adoption and use of internet technologies. Among those rising stars was the Subscriber Identity Module, better known as the SIM card. The introduction of the SIM card revolutionized the telecommunications industry. This tiny piece of technology was an easily removable, portable memory chip