Equifax Buys Fraud Prevention Firm Kount in $640 Million Deal
Equifax on Friday announced plans to shell out $640 million to acquire Kount, a company that sells e-commerce retail fraud protection. The Atlanta, Ga.-based...
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Integrating Fraud Data Into Your Workflow
Fraud Detection Solutions Must be Easily Integrated Into Security and Fraud Operations When an enterprise seeks to reduce the losses it suffers due to...
Senior Citizens, the Victims of Airline Ticket Fraud – E Hacking News
Think you’ve discovered a truly incredible deal when you see a last-minute aircraft ticket accessible simply for a small amount of the typical...
U.S. Government Warns of Phishing, Fraud Schemes Using COVID-19 Vaccine Lures
Several U.S. government organizations have issued warnings regarding various types of fraud and phishing schemes that use COVID-19 vaccine-related topics to lure potential victims....
Is Chasing Malware Really Helping You Reduce Fraud?
Like many markets in technology, the fraud detection and prevention category is a crowded one. With different types of solutions approaching the fraud problem...
E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Firm Forter Raises $125M at $1.3B Valuation
Forter Becomes Unicorn After $125 Million Series E Funding Round E-commerce fraud prevention company Forter announced on Thursday that it has achieved “unicorn” status...
DHS rejects Trump’s fraud claims: ‘Election was most secure in US history’
Flying in the face of claims by President Donald Trump of voting fraud, the US Department of Homeland Security says the 2020 presidential election...
Former Microsoft Worker Gets 9 Years in $10M Fraud Scheme
A former Microsoft worker was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for a scheme to steal $10 million in digital currency — money...
US, Brazilian law enforcement seize $24 million in cryptocurrency generated through online fraud
US and Brazilian authorities have seized $24 million in cryptocurrency connected to an online scheme that allegedly defrauded “tens of thousands” of investors. Upon...
Data breaches upping ATO fraud ‘red flags’
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has a “red flag” feature, which serves up a “ping” whenever an individual or business has been suspected of...