cybercrime research

Global payment fraud jumped 69% in the past year

By Jeff Domansky

May 13, 2021

By Jeff Domansky, May 13, 2021 Cybercrime is incredibly profitable for fraudsters. Experts estimate more than $1 trillion was lost globally to cybercrime in 2020, and payment abuse ...

Pandemic fraud & cybercrime hitting banks hard

By Jeff Domansky

May 5, 2021

Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

By Jeff Domansky, May 5, 2021 Three-quarters of financial institutions (74%) saw a significant spike in Covid-related fraud and cybercrime in the past 12 months. New research by ...

Latest Magecart e-commerce attack hits nonprofit Australian brushfire donors

By Jeff Domansky

January 23, 2020

Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

What do these companies all have in common? British Airways, Ticketmaster, Newegg, Delta Airlines, Sears, Proctor & Gamble, and Macy’s. If you’re in the payments industry, you might ...

Holiday sales cheer mixed with bot and mobile cyberattack headaches

By Jeff Domansky

December 19, 2019

Cybersecurity E-commerce Mobile Payments

The good news is US Black Friday weekend holiday sales grew an estimated 19.7% according to Adobe Analytics. The bad news according to LexisNexis® Risk Solutions (LNRS) is ...

Research: Password hygiene is a dirty problem

By Jeff Domansky

August 8, 2019

Cybersecurity Payments Technology

It’s a growing cybersecurity problem that consumers and business simply can’t seem to clean up. It’s password hygiene and it’s a big challenge according to new research from ...