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Global hiring risks: What you need to know about identity fraud and screening trends

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Global hiring risks: What you need to know about identity fraud and screening trends 2025-09-18 at 07:10 By Anamarija Pogorelec Hiring new employees has always carried some risk, but that risk is growing in new ways, and identity fraud is becoming more common in the hiring process. HireRight’s 2025 Global Benchmark Report takes a close […]

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Fraud Prevention Company SEON Raises $80 Million in Series C Funding

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Fraud Prevention Company SEON Raises $80 Million in Series C Funding 2025-09-16 at 13:10 By Ionut Arghire The company will invest in its AI and real-time detection platform, in global expansion, and in strategic partnerships. The post Fraud Prevention Company SEON Raises $80 Million in Series C Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Ransomware, vendor outages, and AI attacks are hitting harder in 2025

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Ransomware, vendor outages, and AI attacks are hitting harder in 2025 2025-09-12 at 07:57 By Mirko Zorz Ransomware, third-party disruptions, and the rise of AI-powered attacks are reshaping the cyber risk landscape in 2025. A new midyear analysis from Resilience shows how these forces are playing out in real-world incidents and how they are changing

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Fighting fraud with AI: The new identity security playbook

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Fighting fraud with AI: The new identity security playbook 2025-08-15 at 08:34 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Hal Lonas, CTO at Trulioo, talks about the rise of synthetic identity fraud and how it’s quickly becoming one of the biggest threats in financial crime. He breaks down how fraudsters are using

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Fraud controls don’t guarantee consumer trust

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Fraud controls don’t guarantee consumer trust 2025-08-08 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Over a third of companies say they are using AI, including generative AI, to fight fraud, according to Experian. As fraud threats become more complex, companies are accelerating their investments with over half adopting new analytics and building AI models to enhance

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Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud

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Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud 2025-07-31 at 16:33 By Etay Maor Why context, behavioral baselines, and multi-source visibility are the new pillars of identity security in a world where credentials alone no longer cut it. The post Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Fighting AI with AI: How Darwinium is reshaping fraud defense

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Fighting AI with AI: How Darwinium is reshaping fraud defense 2025-07-29 at 16:07 By Mirko Zorz AI agents are showing up in more parts of the customer journey, from product discovery to checkout. And fraudsters are also putting them to work, often with alarming success. In response, cyberfraud prevention leader Darwinium is launching two AI-powered

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Why behavioral intelligence is becoming the bank fraud team’s best friend

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Why behavioral intelligence is becoming the bank fraud team’s best friend 2025-07-29 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Seth Ruden, Senior Director of Global Advisory at BioCatch, discusses how financial institutions are addressing fraud. He explains how banks are using behavioral biometrics, device fingerprinting, and network intelligence to enhance fraud

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How to fight document fraud with the latest tech tools

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How to fight document fraud with the latest tech tools 2025-07-28 at 07:07 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Thomas Berndorfer, CEO of Connecting Software, explores cutting-edge technologies designed to detect and prevent document forgery and digital fraud. He presents four key approaches to verifying document authenticity: IDVT, PKI, AI-based methods,

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The fraud trends shaping 2025: Pressure builds on online retailers

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The fraud trends shaping 2025: Pressure builds on online retailers 2025-07-23 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec Fraud is growing faster than revenue in eCommerce. That’s one of the first things PwC and Forter point out in their new report, and it’s a wake-up call for online retailers. Fraud is rising faster than ever Right now,

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Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI

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Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI 2025-07-18 at 14:02 By Kevin Townsend With generative AI enabling fraud-as-a-service at scale, legacy defenses are crumbling. The next wave of cybercrime is faster, smarter, and terrifyingly synthetic. The post Fraud: A Growth Industry Powered by Gen-AI appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet

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Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet 2025-07-18 at 12:21 By Ionut Arghire Google has filed a lawsuit against the Badbox 2.0 botnet operators, after identifying over 10 million infected Android devices. The post Google Sues Operators of 10-Million-Device Badbox 2.0 Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Fake online stores look real, rank high, and trap unsuspecting buyers

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Fake online stores look real, rank high, and trap unsuspecting buyers 2025-07-10 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic Shopping on a fake online store can lead to more than a bad purchase. It could mean losing money, having your identity stolen, or even getting malware on your device. E-shop scams rose by 790% in the first

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Money mule networks evolve into hierarchical, business-like criminal enterprises

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Money mule networks evolve into hierarchical, business-like criminal enterprises 2025-06-27 at 09:12 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michal Tresner, CEO of ThreatMark, discusses how cybercriminals are weaponizing AI, automation, and social engineering to industrialize money mule operations. He looks at how these networks have changed and how behavioral intelligence is helping

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When synthetic identity fraud looks just like a good customer

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When synthetic identity fraud looks just like a good customer 2025-06-26 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic People may assume synthetic identity fraud has no victims. They believe fake identities don’t belong to real people, so no one gets hurt. But this assumption is wrong. What is synthetic identity fraud? Criminals create fake identities by combining

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How Scammers Are Using AI to Steal College Financial Aid

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How Scammers Are Using AI to Steal College Financial Aid 2025-06-11 at 04:16 By Associated Press Fake college enrollments have been surging as crime rings deploy “ghost students” — chatbots that join online classrooms and stay just long enough to collect a financial aid check. The post How Scammers Are Using AI to Steal College

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Nigerian Involved in Hacking US Tax Preparation Firms Sentenced to Prison 

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Nigerian Involved in Hacking US Tax Preparation Firms Sentenced to Prison  2025-06-09 at 13:02 By Eduard Kovacs Kingsley Uchelue Utulu has been sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in a scheme that involved hacking, fraud and identity theft. The post Nigerian Involved in Hacking US Tax Preparation Firms Sentenced to

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How CISOs can regain ground in the AI fraud war

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How CISOs can regain ground in the AI fraud war 2025-05-29 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Fraudsters are winning the AI arms race, first-party fraud is rising, and siloed systems are holding back defenses, according to DataVisor. Their 2025 Fraud & AML Executive Report, based on surveys of banks, fintechs, credit unions, and digital

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Digital trust is cracking under the pressure of deepfakes, cybercrime

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Digital trust is cracking under the pressure of deepfakes, cybercrime 2025-05-23 at 08:02 By Help Net Security 69% of global respondents to a Jumio survey say AI-powered fraud now poses a greater threat to personal security than traditional forms of identity theft. This number rises to 74% in Singapore, with 71% also indicating that AI-generated

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Digital welfare fraud: ALTSRUS syndicate exploits the financially vulnerable

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Digital welfare fraud: ALTSRUS syndicate exploits the financially vulnerable 2025-05-07 at 09:46 By Mirko Zorz A new report from bot defense firm Kasada has exposed the growing threat of ALTSRUS, a fraud syndicate targeting some of the most vulnerable corners of the digital economy. Researchers revealed how the group has scaled its operations to steal

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