Social engineering scams sweep through financial institutions

North American financial institutions fielded 10 times more reports of social engineering scams in 2024 than they did a year ago, according to BioCatch. The data shows scams now represent 23% of all digital banking fraud. Growing danger of deepfake and… Continue reading Social engineering scams sweep through financial institutions

Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims

When U.S. consumers have their online bank accounts hijacked and plundered by hackers, U.S. financial institutions are legally obligated to reverse any unauthorized transactions as long as the victim reports the fraud in a timely manner. But new data released this week suggests that for some of the nation’s largest banks, reimbursing account takeover victims has become more the exception than the rule. Continue reading Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims

The proliferation of money mules and how behavioral biometrics can combat this form of fraud

In the first half of 2022, BioCatch estimates fraudulent transfers to money mule accounts totaled $3 billion and that there are approximately 2 million mule accounts in the US. Additionally, researchers found that the average mule transaction amount is… Continue reading The proliferation of money mules and how behavioral biometrics can combat this form of fraud

Photos: Cyber Week 2022

Cyber Week is a large annual international cybersecurity event, hosted each year at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Cyber Week 2022 is held jointly by the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC), The Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, … Continue reading Photos: Cyber Week 2022

Attack methods using hybrid bots enable criminals to open mule accounts at scale

During the first half of 2022, BioCatch data reveals that money mule accounts represent up to 0.3 percent of accounts held by financial institutions, and an estimated $3 billion in fraudulent financial transfers. According to the Federal Deposit Insura… Continue reading Attack methods using hybrid bots enable criminals to open mule accounts at scale

BioCatch Mule Account Detection brings mule detection capabilities for financial institutions

BioCatch launched Mule Account Detection, a solution that delivers comprehensive protection against money mules, people who, at someone else’s direction, receive and move money obtained by criminal means. Mule accounts are a critical link in the … Continue reading BioCatch Mule Account Detection brings mule detection capabilities for financial institutions

RSA announces key executive hires to the Fraud & Risk Intelligence executive team

RSA announced Armen Najarian, Leah Evanski, and Dan Welch as three new additions to the Fraud & Risk Intelligence executive team. All three now report directly to Reed Taussig, Chief Executive Officer of the RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence busine… Continue reading RSA announces key executive hires to the Fraud & Risk Intelligence executive team