Tag: Fraud

Shir Levin used to report on government and law, but her journalism career wasn't data-driven enough for her. She now uses her experience in news, psychology and statistics to fight identity fraud.

Business email compromise scams are still surprisingly lucrative. In fact, the volume and frequency of BEC attacks have skyrocketed in recent years, according to FBI data.

Newly discovered phishing campaigns are targeting WordPress users with malicious emails designed to steal user credentials.

Social media scams are an ever-evolving way for criminals to abuse the exponentially connected applications that are increasingly saturating users' everyday lives.

The key to improving identity theft awareness is to understand the risks, which include phishing attacks, digital trust abuse, poor password management, BYOD policies and more.

Researchers cited instances of fraud and malicious attacks as prime growth drivers for artificial intelligence (AI) in the cybersecurity market.

New data breach statistics revealed that while total numbers are down, disclosure times are still too high to comply with upcoming data privacy regulations.

According to the latest cybercrime statistics, more than 210 million attempted fraud attacks occurred during the first quarter of this year, representing a 62 percent increase from 2017. In its “Q1 2018 Cybercrime Report,” ThreatMetrix...

A recent study revealed that more than 1 million children living in the U.S. fell victim to identity fraud in 2017, costing families $540 million.

New fraud statistics from Cifas revealed a drop in overall fraud reports even as online identity theft rises.