Category: Phone Fraud

To be fair, there was a point in time where knowledge based authentication questions (KBAs) were an effective form of identification. But that time is gone. It’s likely that more personal information about each and every one of us is available on the web than anytime before in history, and the growing amount of cybersecurity…

Voice biometrics create an impenetrable obstacle for fraudsters. Fact or fiction? The answer to this may seem obvious – fiction. However, claims like voice biometrics software being able to tell the difference between identical twins or detect a professional voice imitator persist even though both have been disproven. In May of 2017, a BBC researcher…

From the first computers, which quickly made their way to being a major force of communication, to the advent of smartphones, consumers have always been at the forefront of changes and arrivals of interfaces and popular technology. Computers were characterized by the creation of passwords and PINs to keep track of accounts, logins, and access…

Voice is growing out of the call center, out of your telephone and is growing into the next interface. In previous years, we have released fraud reports revolving around the call center, but with the expansion of voice, and the fraud that follows, we have shifted our perspective to voice intelligence – after all, voice…

Businesses today often suffer from lagging or inefficient authentication solutions – from knowledge based authentication questions (KBAs) to simple caller ID verification. These traditional methods are tedious and create friction within the overall customer experience, extending call handle time which also impacts operational costs. Additionally, we are moving into an era defined by a conversational…

As technology advances, fraudsters use different, constantly evolving techniques that include exploiting the phone channel. With increasingly sophisticated attacks, fraudsters maneuver around authentication and security measures to access sensitive information that helps them take over accounts. This evolving criminal strategy is part of a $14 billion call center problem. From January 2016 to August 2017,…

It is obvious that fraudsters’ sophistication is evolving, surpassing security measures toward a single end goal — financial gain. Worse, consumers are unaware of the effects of social media, with 61% admitting to sharing answers to security questions over their online profiles. This percentage rises to 80% for 18-24 year olds, making them beyond easy…

Last year, the phone channel experienced a variety of advancements and setbacks, from an additional spike in call center fraud to the discovery of mass data breaches and a rise in card-not-present fraud during the holiday season. We’re looking back to our top four posts from 2017. Call Center Criminals Unmasked | Real Life Fraudsters…