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There’s a war going on in the digital world, one that most consumers are unaware of, despite the impact it could have on their money and their privacy — a battle between fraudsters and security providers over accounttakeovers. Accounttakeoversaccounted for more than $2.3 billion in losses last year.
New account creation fraud refers to the act of fraudsters creating new accounts, often using stolen or synthetic identities, to access online services or obtain lines of credit. Payment fraud, in which stolen payment credentials are used to make illegal transactions, rose by 9% YoY, signaling heightened financial risks for banks.
Accounttakeovers, brute force attacks and credential stuffing are some of the most popular methods, with rewards and loyalty programs being especially tempting targets for their stored payment data and personally identifiable information. For more on these and other mobile order-ahead news items, download the Tracker.
Accounttakeovers (ATOs) rose 347 percent from 2018 to 2019 — a problem that will only worsen if financial institutions (FIs) are not vigilant. Fraudsters equipped with such information could then easily access victims’ online accounts using legitimate credentials and take control of the customers’ funds.
Mobile banking is under constant attack from fraudsters, however, who are targeting both customers’ funds and personal data, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, payment card data and login credentials. For more on these and other digital-first banking news items, download this month’s Tracker.
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A key component of this growth in attacks was fraudsters’ focus on accounttakeover of ecommerce accounts, with the attack rate at login reaching 3.3% (an increase of 119% YOY). Download a copy of Confidence Amid Chaos: The LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report 2023.
In the August Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of QSR rewards programs, including program debuts from Chipotle and Costa Coffee, revamped ordering solutions from Jersey Mike’s and Shake Shack and how credential stuffing and accounttakeovers are plaguing the industry.
The platform is designed to help retailers combat an uptick in online retail fraud, caused largely by ineffective or stolen password credentials. Who’s winning the accounttakeover battle? To download the February edition of the Digital Identity Tracker, click the button below… .
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The following Deep Dive examines how fraudsters’ schemes target gamers as well as how data breaches enable bad actors to commit accounttakeover (ATO) fraud. Other bad actors rely on phishing, in which potential victims receive links that direct them to fake login pages and ask them to input their account details.
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Many of these data breaches are the result of phishing, which dupes victims into giving up login credentials or other sensitive information that is either used for accounttakeovers or sold on dark-web marketplaces. For more on these and other digital fraud news items, download this month’s Tracker.
High-tech schemes like credential stuffing and accounttakeover (ATOs) have become commonplace, but many fraudsters still rely on a technique that requires comparatively little technical know-how. Other fraudsters may go directly after restaurant employees with phishing schemes, a popular method for gaining access to data.
For this month’s Tracker feature story, PYMNTS caught up with McDowell, who said that the best way to protect against global attacks like WannaCry — or even small-scale breaches — is to stop them before they happen, by replacing authentication details that can be stolen or compromised by human error with credentials that are safe from prying eyes.
In a recent interview with PYMNTS, McDowell said that the best way to protect against global attacks like WannaCry — or even small-scale breaches — is to stop them before they happen, by replacing authentication details that can be stolen or compromised by human error with credentials that cannot. No Password, No Cry? . McDowell explained.
Authenticating a customer with credentials or even biometrics at the point of entry is great, if the risk we are protecting against is AccountTakeover fraud (ATO). However, if the customer themselves is being scammed, we can’t rely on that alone. and “Guess Why?”.
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