A medical lab scientist landed in Johannesburg on Saturday, February 5th, for his two-week assignment. Soon after landing, family and friends called him to say that some people were calling and texting them, looking for him. Those people were hackers, who had got hold of his contacts. The scientist didn’t pay much attention to it, but two days later he received a message from his telecom company that they had received a SIM card swap request from him, which he, of course, never made.

This blog is a part of our new series 5 Strategies for Building Resilience to Financial Crimes and Cyber Attacks in 2022. Access to the right data at the right time is the foundation of an efficient payment fraud prevention strategy. At INETCO, we like to say that not all insights are created equal: if you are missing some key pieces of the puzzle you won’t get a clear picture of the threat landscape.

Imagine, you are in the middle of a heated battle and are almost ready to claim the victory over your virtual opponent when you see a note on the screen: “We are experiencing a DDoS attack which may result in disconnections for some players.” Now?

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2022 has brought in tighter cybersecurity restrictions and privacy regulations around the world. With the escalation of cyber threats due to the accelerated digital transformation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, governments globally have made decisions to step up their cybersecurity defense and introduce new measures to protect businesses or national security.

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More and more, consumers globally are ditching cash and adopting digital payments. They expect a seamless customer experience and faster transactions. This can cause financial institutions and businesses to face new challenges in payment monitoring. According to a report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, in the last few years, consumer complaints about mobile payment apps and digital wallets have skyrocketed.

This blog is a part of our new series 5 Strategies for Building Resilience to Financial Crimes and Cyber Attacks in 2022. In the last few years, we have all observed an increase in the sophistication of cyber-enabled attacks and financial crimes. This coincided with intensified focus on digital banking by financial institutions and increased volumes of online transactions.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered an escalation in the number of state-sponsored actors targeting critical infrastructure with DDoS attacks. Criminal syndicates and smaller players are also exploiting the crisis. From fake fundraising efforts for Ukraine to account takeovers and high-velocity bot-driven attacks such as DDoS, BIN attacks, and terminal attacks, cybercriminals are stepping up their own attacks in an effort to benefit from the turmoil.

If a couple of years ago Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS) were just a nuisance for businesses, today they constitute serious, costly cybercrime. Equally, if not more alarming, is the use of cybercriminals as surrogates in state-to-state political conflicts. The tools for launching these attacks are easily available online. They are so simple and cheap to use that even amateur citizen fraudsters and kids can commit a financial crime.