A Fraud Is Born: 5 common credit card frauds
Ever ask yourself “how did those credit card numbers get stolen?” You should, since this day and age we’re all potential victims of credit card fraud. We’ve looked at what ...
Hacking the Hype: The Equifax Breach
Now that all the click-bait panic buttons have been exhausted from the Equifax breach, we take a calm, collected look at it... from the perspective of black-hat experts. To them, ...
5 mistakes you’re making in fraud prevention
1. You're not capturing transactional data. We say it all the time, and we will continue to until it sinks in. Merchants need to capture key data on each transaction, ...
How convenience begets vulnerabilities
Convenience is the new frontier in fraud. Credit card schemes want consumers using their products as much as possible, and sometimes fraud prevention conflicts with ease of use. We see ...
The Fraud Ecosystem: From hack to chargeback
In 2014, top retailers Target, Home Depot, and CVS were all hacked, exposing over 100 million credit card records. In 2015, it was Walmart, Anthem, and AshleyMadison. In 2016, FriendFinder ...
Don’t Go It Alone When Fighting Fraud
Fraud prevention is a tightrope act. You want to protect your business from fraud and chargebacks. But if you overprotect, your bottom line can suffer. Absolutely do what you can ...