BlogDark Web: Inside the Internet’s UnderworldMarch 20, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. The cloak of anonymity can be used to protect someone from scrutiny or to conceal the worst human behavior imaginable. The dark web, originally conceived to allow... |
BlogIs your Information for Sale on the Dark Web?February 26, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin “The “dark web” is an internet shadow world where the good and the bad co-exist… On the bad side, the dark web has emerged as an important hub of criminal commerce, a fully functional marketplace where hidden customers can buy... |
BlogIdentity ExploitationJanuary 31, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin Bad actors are increasingly turning to identity exploitation, gaining access to personally identifiable information (PII) in record amounts to drive money laundering, fraud, and cybercrime. A recent Financial Trend Analysis from FinCEN has illustrated how criminals are exploiting a variety... |
BlogFraud Risks in Turbulent TimesMarch 20, 2020 by Nasdaq Verafin As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, financial institutions have been encouraged to remain steadfast in their ongoing scrutiny of potentially suspicious behavior and to diligently report suspected fraudulent activity. On March 16, 2020, FinCEN released a... |
BlogUnreal Identities Leading to Real CrimesFebruary 4, 2019 by Nasdaq 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 and fabricated identification information to create synthetic or fake identities which... |
BlogUnmasking online account takeoverDecember 19, 2017 by Nasdaq 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 of our lives, criminals are fashioning masks molded from stolen... |
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. agencies noted that “this network hosted more than two dozen... |
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 institutions and their customers. To help shine a spotlight on... |
BlogEMV Transition: Get Ahead of the ATM Liability ShiftJuly 6, 2016 by Nasdaq Verafin With the transition to EMV firmly underway in the United States, we thought it would be a good time to discuss progress and the potential impact to your card fraud programs. Liability Shift As of October 2015, Liability Shift (LS)... |
BlogIt’s Tax Fraud SeasonJanuary 21, 2016 by Brendan Brothers With the holiday season behind us and the new year underway, it’s time to prepare for a brand new season—the 2016 tax filing season. Over the next few months, fraudsters will exploit the personal information of thousands of U.S. taxpayers... |
