Author: Brooks Flanders, Marketing Content Manager
In 2004, the same year the U.S. launched the National Cyber Alert System, Brooks launched her career with one the largest cybersecurity companies in the world. With a voracious curiosity and a determination to shed light on a shadowy underworld, she's been researching and writing about enterprise security ever since. Her interest in helping companies mitigate deceptive threats and solve complex security challenges still runs deep.
Holiday Hustles: How AI-Driven Fraud Is Impacting Holiday Shopping & What Retailers Can Do About It
The holiday season, once marked by bustling malls, has transformed into an online frenzy of clicks and carts. But while shoppers hunt for deals, fraudsters are hunting for profits — equipped with stolen credentials, synthetic identities and AI-powered tools to exploit every opportunity. From bots hoarding your must-have gifts to deepfakes fooling the savviest shoppers, […]
Aflac Wins CSO Award for Improving Security & CX with Passkeys and Transmit Security
Aflac, the brand known for its quacking duck and supplemental health insurance, is a winner of the 2024 CSO Award for its “Quackcess Granted” passkey authentication initiative using Transmit Security. Don’t be misled by the project’s lighthearted name. “Quackcess” is solving serious security problems while reducing support costs and simplifying the customer experience (CX) with […]
The Rise of Loyalty Point Fraud Targeting Travel & Hospitality: How to Stop It
It’s 2024. Do you know who is redeeming your customers’ loyalty points? Loyalty fraud is on the rise, costing over $1 billion annually for large travel and hospitality companies. One of the many challenges is that 45% of loyalty program accounts are inactive or infrequently used — and this opens the door for fraudsters takeover […]
Arrêtez la fraude plus tôt — En périphérie
Alors que nous rapprochons les limites de la périphérie du réseau des utilisateurs et des lieux où la puissance de calcul est nécessaire, les fournisseurs de services sont capables de minimiser la latence, de réduire la consommation de bande passante et d’optimiser les performances de leurs applications. Avec un traitement des données plus rapide et […]
Comment arrêter le phishing à sa source — avant qu’un seul client ne devienne victime
Malgré les avertissements des médias sur les arnaques de phishing, des millions de consommateurs continuent de tomber dans le piège des e-mails ou des messages texte trompeurs les incitant à se rendre sur un site web contrefait qui ressemble presque parfaitement au site légitime. Les victimes sont les plus susceptibles de cliquer sur des messages […]
GenAI-Fueled Fraud: A Dark Web Threat Report
It’s been over a year and a half since the release of ChatGPT, and in this time, fraud analysts in the Transmit Security Research Lab have been examining the dark web to get ahead of seismic shifts in the fraud landscape. Their new Dark Web Threat Report contains key findings, including what you need to […]
Qu’est-ce que la fraude par paiement push autorisé (APP) et comment peut-elle finalement être arrêtée?
Si vous pensez qu’il n’y a rien de plus insidieux que les attaques de phishing, détrompez-vous. Il existe une autre forme d’ingénierie sociale encore plus difficile à prévenir. La fraude par paiement push autorisé (APP) a représenté un chiffre impressionnant de 75 % de toutes les fraudes bancaires numériques en 2022. Les pertes financières dues […]
Stop Fraud Sooner — at the Edge
As we push the boundaries of the network edge closer to the users and locations where computing power is needed, service providers are able to minimize latency, reduce bandwidth consumption and optimize the performance of their applications. With faster, real-time data processing, edge computing is particularly beneficial in scenarios where quick decisioning is critical — […]
Account Recovery:<br> Turning Risk into Reward
It’s notoriously difficult to implement an account recovery process that prevents fraud without creating more friction for customers who are already locked out and frustrated. In a US consumer poll, 63% said they get locked out of 10 online accounts per month. While account recovery is painful for customers, it’s easy for attackers. After all, […]