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By Zach Lakovics
In today’s cyber attack scene, data often takes a detour – straight through hackers’ systems. Unlike phishing or ransomware, which aim to trick users into handing over credentials or stealing data directly from systems, a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack involves an unseen intermediary trying to fool each of two parties into thinking he’s the other one, capturing and/or altering information communicated between the parties, etc.
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By Julian Agudelo
Frequent flyer programs have long been a symbol of loyalty and reward in the airline industry. These programs are intended to reward travelers with benefits and encourage ongoing customer relationships. However, a growing and pervasive threat is lurking beneath the allure of free miles and exclusive perks: Frequent Flyer Miles fraud. At the last credible count in 2018, there were over 30 trillion unspent miles in circulation, according to McKinsey.
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By Eran Tsur
Your customers’ stolen data could be for sale right now – and you might not even know it. The dark web is a thriving, shadowy marketplace where fraudsters trade credit card numbers, account details, session cookies, and even entire identities. On average, there were more than 2.5 million daily visitors to the dark web in 2023, showcasing the scale of this underground economy.
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By Eran Tsur
If you’ve ever run an online ad campaign, be it through an advertising agency or in-house, there’s a very high chance that you, too, have fallen victim to undetected ad fraud. It’s not pleasant to hear, but your ad dollars often find their way into the pockets of cyber crooks. The costs of ad fraud are astronomical and continue to grow year after year. In Q1 of 2024, ad networks experienced an 18% click fraud rate across desktop web (26%), mobile web (15%), and mobile in-app (10%).
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By Julian Agudelo
More transactions, less vigilant consumers, and countless digital impersonators ready to exploit them – for scam-targeted industries and cyber teams, the holiday season is a full-spectrum stress test. Those who pass with flying colors have likely adopted key reinforcements that adapt posture for the era of off-the-shelf social engineering scams assisted by AI. Those that don’t are likely still reliant on outdated solutions and customer education.
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By Arthur Zavalkovsky
Imagine scanning a QR code to pay for parking or to buy a new jacket, only to realize you handed over credentials or card data to fraudsters. Yes – phishing is now also an offline phenomena, expanding its reach into real-world spaces via QR codes. Known as ‘QRishing’, this increasingly common attack exploits growing reliance on QR codes in both online and everyday physical environments, exploiting users’ lack of vigilance.
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By Joanna Mack
From groceries to gadgets, everything can be delivered to your doorstep these days with just a few clicks. In this e-commerce world, logistics and postal companies have become critical players in the retail sector, with brand names that everyone recognizes. But this has also made them goldmines of PII that attackers would do anything to get their hands on.
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By Arthur Zavalkovsky
As mobile technology becomes integral to day-to-day life, fraudsters are refining phishing techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in mobile browsing. According to Zimperium’s 2024 zLabs Global Mobile Threat report, 82% of phishing sites specifically targeted mobile devices in 2023. To protect customer data, enterprises need to counter-adapt.
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By Ido Mazin
In social engineering attacks like smishing and phishing, the mind is the real target. How often do we quickly glance at a text or email and click without a second thought about its origins? Scammers know this, so they prey on the urgency conveyed in the convincing messages sent to your valued customers and unprepared coworkers. Opportunistic scammers send 3.4 billion spam emails daily.
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By Ran Arad
Fraud isn’t just evolving- it’s exploding. What once involved old-fashioned pickpockets and stolen wallets is now a digital battlefield. And scammers are getting increasingly creative, too. From sophisticated cloned websites to deceptive phishing schemes, they are making it substantially harder for businesses to protect themselves and their customers.
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By Memcyco
Ever had those sleepless nights, tossing and turning, worrying about your next health checkup? Well, in the cyber world, it’s your brand that’s losing sleep! We recently talked to 200 top-notch security and fraud professionals—think of them as the cardiologists of the cybersecurity world. They spilled the beans on how digital impersonation attacks mess with their brand’s health.
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By Memcyco
Shira Rubinoff and David Habusha discuss the crucial topic of Single Sign-On (SSO) in the modern cybersecurity ecosystem, addressing misconceptions, convenience and also its security risks.
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By Memcyco
What are digital impersonation scams, and what damage do they cause? Watch this video with Shira Rubinoff and Memcyco's Zach Lakovics to unpack this important topic.
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By Memcyco
Discover cutting-edge strategies to combat the surge in account takeover fraud with insights from industry leaders in our latest webinar collaboration with Techstrong.
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By Memcyco
Watch Israel Mazin and Shira Rubinoff break down merging threats in online fraud, offering prevention and real-time detection strategies.
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By Memcyco
In this exclusive video interview, Israel unpacks the latest threats that businesses face in the digital age and shares his expert insights with Shira on fortifying defenses against the ever-changing tactics of cyber adversaries.
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By Memcyco
Cyber iCON 2024: Event sponsor, Memcyco, and host, Deloitte, present their cybersecurity partnership and market offering that will redefine what “cyber threat intelligence” can and should mean. Alongside exclusively invited partners, they’ll be sharing expert insight and stunning innovations in digital domain protection. This will be a unique platform for industry leaders hungry to fortify cyber threat defenses and exchange ideas while discovering breakthrough strategies and technologies.
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By Memcyco
If you visited a fake version of your website, could you tell the difference? What about your customers? Can they tell the difference? See this case study from one of Memcyco's clients. Period: a few months in 2023's results.
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By Memcyco
In an ever-shifting digital world, cybersecurity remains at the forefront of protecting our digital assets. We're excited to bring you the latest conversation between two prominent figures in the cybersecurity realm—Shira Rubinoff and Gideon Hazam. This engaging discussion delves deep into the dynamic cybersecurity landscape, providing you with invaluable insights.
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By Memcyco
In today's competitive online marketplace, optimizing your website for maximum conversions is more important than ever. That's why we've created this comprehensive guide to help you identify the 10 surprising reasons that explain lower conversion rates. From website design to customer trust, we'll explore the factors that can impact your conversion rates and provide actionable tips to help you improve them.
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By Memcyco
As more businesses and individuals establish their online presence, the risk of brand impersonation attacks increases exponentially. These attacks can harm a brand's reputation, compromise end-user assets and even lead to financial losses.
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What if stopping phishing-related digital impersonation scams were *easier* than falling for them?
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Now your Risk, Security and Fraud teams can do all of this, while barely lifting a finger:
- SHUT DOWN DIGITAL IMPERSONATION ATTACKS that result in ATO fraud, PII theft and ransomware *before* phishing or 'smishing' messages have even been sent to customers.
- INSTANTLY KNOW when bad actors are researching your website code, to impersonate your site.
- GET ON-THE-SPOT VISIBILITY of exactly which customers clicked a fake link, who visited which fake sites, and which customers had their credentials harvested.
- TURN ATTACKS ON ATTACKERS, using bad actors' own credentials theft-attempts against them, automatically locking them out of your website and customer accounts when they try to use stolen credentials.
- SLASH COSTS & MTTD: with instant fake-site scam detecton and response, for massive incident handling cost savings and workload reduction of up to 85%
Only Memcyco keeps you covered and customers protected during the 'window of exposure', from the moment a fake site or page goes live, and for as long as stolen credentials are available to be used against you.
The bottom line: if it's not real-time, it's not real digital risk protection.