Broadcom Launches Arcot Scam Defense to Flag Fraud After 3-D Secure Authentication
Broadcom has launched Arcot Scam Defense, a feature of its Arcot 3-D Secure payment authentication service that is designed to block card-not-present…
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Microsoft Tracks Passkey-Themed Social Engineering Behind Cloud Data Theft
Microsoft has identified a social-engineering campaign in which attackers pose as IT support staff and use false passkey or multifactor-authentication setup…
Identity Protection Firm Aura Discloses 900,000-Record Breach
Aura, an identity protection and digital safety company, has confirmed a data breach affecting approximately 900,000 records from a marketing database…
DoorDash Confirms October Data Breach After Social Engineering Attack
DoorDash has disclosed a new data breach stemming from an October 25, 2025 cybersecurity incident in which an employee was tricked through a social engineering…
Study Finds Older Personas Face Higher Online Scam Exposure
A new field study has found that browser personas modeled on older users encountered nearly twice as much scam or malicious content as other profiles. The…
Behavioral Biometrics Startup Sardine Partners with Experian
Experian has announced a new partnership with Sardine, a fraud prevention firm specializing in behavioral biometrics and device intelligence. The collaboration…
ITRC Research Charts Slight Decline in Identity Fraud, and Increase in Severity of Cases
The Identity Theft Resource Center has published its latest annual report, highlighting significant trends and changes observed in 2023, and underscoring the…
YouTube Has Become a Platform for Deepfake Fraud: Avast
A new report from Avast warns that YouTube has become a significant platform for malicious actors to deploy phishing attacks, malware, and fraudulent…
Online Card Fraud Attempts Jumped 23 Percent Last Quarter: Feedzai
Feedzai’s latest Financial Crime Report shows that the shift to cashless transactions has continued to accelerate in the past few months. The quarterly report…
USPTO Grants Two New Behavioral Biometrics Patents to BehavioSec
“These additions to our patent portfolio are geared towards increasing visibility and improving detection capabilities to offer our customers the most…