Internet fraud

IAS Threat Lab Calls for Industry To Update Ads.txt Files to Stop Growing Bot Scheme

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Internet, Security, Advertising, Communications, Technology, Online advertising, Ads.txt, Data analysis, Internet fraud, Impression, Internet bot, Computing, Information technology, Digital technology, Interactive Advertising Bureau

In recent years, in response to a rise in counterfeit ad inventory, the IAB Technology Lab started the Authorized Digital Sellers initiative, known as Ads.txt.

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  • In recent years, in response to a rise in counterfeit ad inventory, the IAB Technology Lab started the Authorized Digital Sellers initiative, known as Ads.txt.
  • The 404bot has been active since 2018 and its unchecked growth now warrants industry action, said Evgeny Shmelkov, Head of the IAS Threat Lab.
  • The IAS Threat Lab detects bots regularly and ensures that clients are protected from their effects.
  • For more on how IAS is powering great impressions for top publishers and advertisers around the world, visit integralads.com.

Kount Announces Email First Seen Capabilities as Part AI-Powered Identity Trust Global Network

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Thursday, February 20, 2020
Technology, Security, Telecommunications, Software, Networks, Internet, Retail, Data management, Online Retail, eMail, Spamming, Spam filtering, Cyberspace, Internet, Computing, Internet privacy, Internet fraud

Kount , the leading fraud prevention solution, today announced the immediate availability of Email First Seen as an indicator of email trust, an integral part of the Identity Trust Global Network.

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  • Kount , the leading fraud prevention solution, today announced the immediate availability of Email First Seen as an indicator of email trust, an integral part of the Identity Trust Global Network.
  • Email First Seen allows customers to see the age of an email that appears in an interaction, enabling them to more quickly and accurately determine identity trust.
  • Businesses want as much detail as possible to determine identity trust, and Kounts Email First Seen delivers immediate value.
  • Email First Seen is one of many data elements in Kounts Identity Trust Global Network, which analyzes 2.7 billion fraud signals for each interaction.

Agari Uncovers National BEC Check Fraud Ring

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Thursday, February 20, 2020
Confidence tricks, Spamming, Internet fraud, Email fraud, BEC, eMail, Deception, Fraud, Social engineering, Human behavior

For comparison, the Agari Q1 Email Fraud and Identity Deception Trends report found gift cards (62%) were the preferred cash-out method in most BEC scams, followed by direct transfers (22%) and payroll diversion (16%).

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  • For comparison, the Agari Q1 Email Fraud and Identity Deception Trends report found gift cards (62%) were the preferred cash-out method in most BEC scams, followed by direct transfers (22%) and payroll diversion (16%).
  • Exaggerated Lion targeted more than 3,000 individuals employed by nearly 2,100 companies in BEC attacks between April 2019 and August 2019.
  • Agari has uncovered the identities and locations of 28 check mules that were used in Exaggerated Lion's scams.
  • Exaggerated Lion has built a complex national network of check mules that are key to legitimizing ill-gotten gains from their BEC email attacks.

FTC Marks Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week February 3-7, 2020

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Fraud, Security, Identity theft, Federal Trade Commission, Crime, Prevention, Internet fraud, Internet fraud prevention

The Federal Trade Commission will mark Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, February 3-7, 2020, by co-hosting a series of free events highlighting the warning signs of tax identity theft and government imposter scams, ways consumers can protect themselves, and what to do if a consumer is a victim of tax identity theft.

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  • The Federal Trade Commission will mark Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, February 3-7, 2020, by co-hosting a series of free events highlighting the warning signs of tax identity theft and government imposter scams, ways consumers can protect themselves, and what to do if a consumer is a victim of tax identity theft.
  • Tax identity theft occurs when a person uses someone elses Social Security number to either file a tax return and claim the victims refund, or to earn wages that are reported as the victims income.
  • You can learn more about consumer topics and file a consumer complaint online or by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357).
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buguroo Launches Enhanced New Account Fraud Prevention Capabilities to Stop Fraudsters Opening Bank Accounts

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Identity theft, Crime, Deception, Fraud, Tort law, Internet fraud, Human behavior, Articles, Draft:Fraud Orchestration

MADRID, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- buguroo, the online fraud prevention solutions specialist for the financial sector, today unveiled further capabilities that make it easier for banks to identify fraudsters attempting to open new bank accounts.

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  • MADRID, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- buguroo, the online fraud prevention solutions specialist for the financial sector, today unveiled further capabilities that make it easier for banks to identify fraudsters attempting to open new bank accounts.
  • These enhanced New Account Fraud prevention capabilities included in the latest version of buguroo's bugFraud solution employ advanced deep learning technologies to analyze new customer onboarding sessions in real-time, analyzing each user's behavior and environment without adding friction to their journey.
  • "The rising cost of new account fraud means banks can no longer ignore the problem."
  • Specializing in developing online fraud prevention solutions since 2015, buguroo's investors include Ten Eleven Ventures, Seaya Ventures, Inveready Technology Investment Group and Conexo Ventures.

Agari Winter '20 Release Infuses Anti-Phishing Solutions with Real-World Attack Data, Granting an Unfair Advantage to the Good Guys

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Thursday, January 9, 2020
Microsoft, Confidence tricks, Webmail, Email fraud, Internet fraud, Spamming, eMail, Outlook.com

"With our Winter '20 Release, we enable all of our customers to outsmart email scammers by feeding human-curated compromise data obtained during active engagements with email fraudsters into our solutions," said Ramon Peypoch , Chief Product Officer, Agari.

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  • "With our Winter '20 Release, we enable all of our customers to outsmart email scammers by feeding human-curated compromise data obtained during active engagements with email fraudsters into our solutions," said Ramon Peypoch , Chief Product Officer, Agari.
  • Agari Winter '20 Release updates will be available to all Agari customers by end of January 2020.
  • Agari Winter '20 Release Related Resources:
    Read more about the Agari BEC feed, sourced by ACID in this blog
    NOTE: Agari has rebranded two of its products to align even closer to customer use cases.
  • Winner of the 2018 Best Email Security Solution by SC Magazine, Agari restores trust to the inbox for government agencies, businesses and consumers worldwide.

MyChargeBack Warns Consumers to Beware Online Holiday Shopping, Auction, Charity, and Travel Scams

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Identity theft, Deception, Internet fraud, Panix, Confidence tricks, eMail, Scams, Human behavior, Fraud

MyChargeBack advises consumers to verify with merchants that they indeed sent the email offer before making any online transaction.

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  • MyChargeBack advises consumers to verify with merchants that they indeed sent the email offer before making any online transaction.
  • In addition, by handing their names, addresses and credit card numbers over to anonymous scammers online, innocent consumers are likely to be victimized twice.
  • "The ultimate objective of many of the myriad scams they operate during the holiday season is to steal your identity."
  • MyChargeBack reminds consumers, however, that Internet scammers do not only target shoppers buying presents for the holidays at this time of year.

MyChargeBack Warns Consumers to Beware Online Holiday Shopping, Auction, Charity, and Travel Scams

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Identity theft, Deception, Internet fraud, Panix, Confidence tricks, eMail, Scams, Human behavior, Fraud

MyChargeBack advises consumers to verify with merchants that they indeed sent the email offer before making any online transaction.

Key Points: 
  • MyChargeBack advises consumers to verify with merchants that they indeed sent the email offer before making any online transaction.
  • In addition, by handing their names, addresses and credit card numbers over to anonymous scammers online, innocent consumers are likely to be victimized twice.
  • "The ultimate objective of many of the myriad scams they operate during the holiday season is to steal your identity."
  • MyChargeBack reminds consumers, however, that Internet scammers do not only target shoppers buying presents for the holidays at this time of year.

Companies can achieve more than US$11M in savings on average in their phishing incident response, says new Agari report

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Friday, November 1, 2019
Spamming, Confidence tricks, Crime, Social engineering, Deception, Internet fraud, Fraud, Phishing, eMail

Why take the risk, when clicking a button to report a suspected phishing email is a simple way to reduce that fear?

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  • Why take the risk, when clicking a button to report a suspected phishing email is a simple way to reduce that fear?
  • Email security firm Agari does the numbers, in its latest Email Fraud and Identity Deception Trends quarterly report released in full yesterday.
  • The average number of SOC analysts per organisation in the Agari survey is 16.9, which indicates a staffing gap of at least 119 FTEs.
  • Winner of the 2018 Best Email Security Solution by SC Magazine, Agari restores trust to the inbox for government agencies, businesses and consumers worldwide.

Companies can achieve more than $11M in savings on average in their phishing incident response, says new Agari report

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Friday, November 1, 2019
Spamming, Confidence tricks, Crime, Social engineering, Deception, Internet fraud, Fraud, Phishing, eMail

Why take the risk, when clicking a button to report a suspected phishing email is a simple way to reduce that fear?

Key Points: 
  • Why take the risk, when clicking a button to report a suspected phishing email is a simple way to reduce that fear?
  • Email security firm Agari does the numbers, in its latest Email Fraud and Identity Deception Trends quarterly report released in full yesterday.
  • The average number of SOC analysts per organization in the Agari survey is 16.9, which indicates a staffing gap of at least 119 FTEs.
  • Winner of the 2018 Best Email Security Solution by SC Magazine, Agari restores trust to the inbox for government agencies, businesses and consumers worldwide.