PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

PSD2 was designed with such risks in mind, and its Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) provision — which takes effect in participating countries throughout 2020 and 2021 — compels companies to verify users’ identities with multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever they attempt to access user accounts or digitally send payments.

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Seon

JUNE 15, 2023

According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report, 2020 alone saw 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime – an increase of more than 300,000 since 2019. Reported losses in 2020 exceeded $4.2 Business email compromise (BEC) attacks can be a major risk to businesses’ finances and reputations.

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Seon

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Verizon Business estimates that 74% of data breaches are down to individuals being absent-minded or tricked by social engineering attacks such as phishing emails. The diagram below shows the typical sequence of actions that phishing attackers take when carrying out social engineering attacks. The answer is security awareness training.

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