BlogUnmasking online account takeoverDecember 19, 2017 by Verafin The intersection of fraud and online banking accounts continues to be big business. With our dependence on smart phones and as the Internet continues to seemingly expand into every aspect... |
BlogBusiness Email Compromise (BEC) FraudDecember 10, 2018 by Verafin This blog was originally published in July 2017 and has been updated to reflect up-to-date statistics and references. Business Email Compromise (BEC) has become a big earner in the criminal... |
BlogUnreal Identities Leading to Real CrimesFebruary 4, 2019 by Verafin Synthetic identity fraud has become a vehicle for fraudsters to commit a host of financial crimes, such as account fraud, loan fraud or online banking fraud. Criminals combine real... |
White PaperThe Cyber Crime Wave: What Bankers Need to KnowNovember 2016 In his insightful white paper The Cyber Crime Wave: What Bankers Need To Know, Chris Swecker, former Assistant Director of the FBI discusses the pervasive risk presented by... |
Archived Webinar2017 Crime Trends & TechnologyOriginally Presented: July 12, 2017 Verafin industry experts: Brendan Brothers, Anti-Financial Crimes Specialist; and Mauriceo Castanheiro, Director of Fraud Analytics; discuss the challenges financial institutions faced to date in 2017, the trends to watch... |
Feature SheetOnline Account Takeover DetectionOnline customer accounts are a serious target for sophisticated cyber-criminals looking to commit unauthorized transfers and harvest data to perform numerous types of fraud. Verafin uncovers unusual online activity that... |
InfographicCyber Crime: A Growing ThreatThe threat to the U.S. financial system from cybercriminals is always evolving. This infographic highlights the growing threat of cybercrime with data from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), and... |
BlogU.S. Court Case: 5 Cyber-Enabled Financial CrimesDecember 4, 2016 by Denise Hutchings Last week, U.S. authorities in conjunction with international law enforcement issued a press release on the dismantling of a cyber criminal infrastructure known as Avalanche. A joint statement by U.S.... |
BlogU.S. Wire Fraud Case: Multiple Companies and Multiple Banks ExploitedOctober 10, 2016 by Denise Hutchings Wire fraud that emanates from the combination of identity theft and email compromise has skyrocketed to an escalated threat level in the class of evolving cybercrimes which exploit both financial... |
BlogU.S. Bank Account Information Sold on Dark Web MarketplaceAugust 25, 2016 by Denise Hutchings A recent online post under the “Fraud” category of a Dark Web marketplace read as follows: “High Balance [redacted bank name] Logins 30K-150K Available…I bring you freshly hacked [redacted bank... |
