Fraud Protection July 20, 2023

What to do about the rise of financial fraud

6 min read - As our lives become increasingly digital, threat actors gain even more avenues of attack. With the average person spending about 400 minutes online, many scammers enjoy a heyday. Old impersonation scams continue to deceive people every day, as con artists…

News February 1, 2021

Credit Card Skimmer Hidden Inside Social Media Buttons

2 min read - A gang of threat actors is using social media link buttons to hide malicious code that leads to a credit card skimmer.  Innocuous Images Hide Credit Card Skimmer These attacks, based on a web skimmer or Magecart script, infect checkout…

Fraud Protection December 18, 2020

How to Not Fall for a Charity Scam This Holiday Season

3 min read - This holiday season, many people will turn to charities to give back. The last thing they want to do is give money to scammers instead of a cause they truly support. According to the FBI’s website, charity fraud rises during…

Malware May 11, 2020

Zeus Sphinx Back in Business: Some Core Modifications Arise

8 min read - With Zeus Sphinx back in the financial cybercrime arena, IBM X-Force is providing a technical analysis of the Sphinx Trojan's current version, which was first released in the wild in late 2019.

Fraud Protection March 9, 2020

From Nigerian Princes to Bitcoin Trading: Online Scams Have Come a Long Way

5 min read - Online scams originating from Nigeria have come a long way, and while some stick with the old rich prince ploy, others have devised more elaborate schemes to secure money.

Data Protection December 4, 2019

13 Retail Payment Security Tips for Safe 2019 Holiday Shopping

5 min read - The holiday shopping season brings a spike in payment security threats for both consumers and retailers. Here are 13 ways to protect your sensitive data against retail cybercrime this year.

Banking & Finance September 12, 2019

How Will Strong Customer Authentication Impact the Security of Electronic Payments?

3 min read - The EU's updated Payment Services Directive, PSD2, will introduce a new technical standard that regulates strong customer authentication (SCA).

Retail November 27, 2018

Retail Security Hygiene: The Case for Seasonal Checkups

4 min read - Retail companies should conduct security hygiene checkups as early as possible this holiday season to identify key threats across e-commerce systems, seasonal staffing policies and employee behaviors.

Fraud Protection November 21, 2018

Quanto mais fácil, melhor! Um olhar detalhado aos TTPs do cibercrime financeiro no Brasil

9 min read - Este é o primeiro artigo de uma série de duas partes. Para obter a história completa, leia a parte dois também. O cibercrime financeiro no Brasil é conhecido como um dos cenários mais geoespecíficos, onde os cibercriminosos locais atacam usuários…

Fraud Protection November 21, 2018

Easy Does It! A Timely Look Into Fraud TTPs in the Brazilian Financial Cybercrime Landscape

8 min read - In this first article of a two-part series, IBM X-Force exposes some of its research on the typical malware and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used in Brazilian financial cybercrime.