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Cyber Security and Emerging Fraud

Threatware

Threatware is a category of malicious software designed to harm, exploit, or compromise systems, data, or networks, often as part of cyberattacks.

E-commerce Fraud

Ticket Scalping

Ticket scalping refers to the practice of purchasing event tickets in bulk, often using bots, and reselling them at inflated prices for profit, often bypassing legitimate ticketing systems.

E-commerce Fraud

Triangulation Fraud

A scheme where fraudsters use stolen payment info. to make legitimate purchases and ship goods to unsuspecting buyers, masking their activities and profiting from reselling the items.

Payment Fraud

Velocity Check

Velocity check is a fraud detection technique that monitors the frequency of specific actions like transactions or logins within a set timeframe to identify suspicious patterns.