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In his fourth field diary, Yoti Digital Identity Fellow Tshepo Magoma is warning about the alarming number of scams that have tried to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Magoma called particular attention to the province of the Western Cape, which has accounted for 59,315 of the 132,000 positive cases in the country. […]
BioCatch is once again calling attention to the issue of mule accounts. In the latest post on the company blog, the behavioral biometrics specialist explains that mule accounts are an essential component of the fraud supply chain because they give cybercriminals a place to send any money they acquire through illicit means. According to BioCatch, […]
Spurred by an increase in online transactions due to COVID-19, Virginia-based fraud prevention platform NS8 has announced it has raised $123 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and with participation from AXA Venture Partners. NS8 monitors user behavior factors such as how quickly they navigate between pages, how many times a […]
Atlanta-based artificial intelligence-powered identity services company Trust Stamp has announced it raised $1 million in Series A funding within 36 hours via investment platform SeedInvest, toward its goal of $5.6 million. Trust Stamp uses AI and advanced cryptographic techniques to anonymize an individual’s biometric data, turning it into what is known as Transformed Identity Tokens […]
RSA is urging financial institutions to take an omni-channel approach to fraud prevention. In a new blog post, the company notes that people can now log into their accounts through multiple different channels using many different devices, and financial institutions need to ensure that all of those channels are protected if they want to guarantee […]
API-driven advanced speech and signal processing technologies provider Aculab has announced the latest version of VoiSentry, its voice biometrics system. The latest release includes the introduction of speaker identification capabilities for a range of uses including fraud detection, nuisance call interception, as well as for authentication for frictionless access. VoiSentry’s presentation attack detection (PAD) has […]
April is ID Evolution Month at FindBiometrics, during which we are placing a featured focus on the cutting edge technologies and prevalent trends shaping the identity and biometrics industries. That’s why on this latest episode of ID Talk, co-host Susan Stover interviews Kevin Trilli, Chief Product Officer, Onfido. The conversation begins on the topic of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend toward remote work and mobile services, and along with that comes an increasing threat of fraud. That’s why we are seeing a massive demand for remote onboarding technologies, verifying user identities and anchoring trust for future transactions. That is the starting point of today’s episode of ID Talk, […]
BioCatch has released a lengthy primer that details some of the social engineering attacks that people may encounter during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company notes that fraudsters have already developed several new schemes to prey on people’s fears about the coronavirus, citing research that shows that 71 percent of security professionals have noticed an uptick […]
On this latest episode of ID Talk we are digging into the topic of behavioral biometrics and analytics with Ayelet Biger-Levin, Vice President of Marketing for BioCatch. In conversation with Susan Stover, VP of Digital Content for FindBiometrics and Mobile ID World, Biger-Levin sheds light on the demand for new approaches to fraud detection, and […]
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