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Fraud
The Phishing-as-a-Service Pipeline: How a Scalable Fraud Ecosystem Is Driving Global Attacks
Flashpoint analysts, working with partner financial institutions, have observed a growing number of PhaaS operations operating with a level of coordination and specialization more commonly associated with legitimate software platforms. These ecosystems bring together phishing kit developers, infrastructure providers, spam delivery services, and financially motivated actors into a single, scalable pipeline for fraud.
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Tax Refund Fraud in 2026: How Threat Actors Exploit Identity, Verification, and Cash-Out Channels
How threat actors are executing tax refund fraud schemes, from sourcing identity data to bypassing verification and cashing out fraudulent returns, and what these patterns reveal about evolving fraud ecosystems.
What is E-Skimming? Detecting and Defending Against Digital Fraud
While attacks targeting ATMs have been around for virtually as long as the ATMs themselves, security awareness and the advances in technology have led to an evolution of these attacks from being predominantly physical to increasingly digital in nature.
Flashpoint Intelligence: Delivering Actionable Data for a Safer World
Flashpoint delivers cutting-edge technology, actionable data, and unparalleled expertise, empowering security teams with the insights and tools they need to stay ahead of today's ever-evolving threats.
2024 Holiday Season Cyber Threats: Gift Card Fraud & Phishing Schemes on the Rise
In this post, we explain the two biggest online threats facing retailers this year’s holiday season.
Shielding Financial Assets from Cyber Threats Through Fraud Intelligence
Financial institutions are primary targets for cybercriminals. Attackers constantly find new ways to steal data and money. Traditional security measures are often too reactive to stop these modern crimes. Organizations need a proactive strategy to safeguard their digital and physical assets. This is where fraud intelligence becomes a critical tool for defense.
2023 Innovation Rewind: Top 10 Flashpoint Products, Features, and Developments
Protecting our customers from an ever-evolving threat landscape has been Flashpoint’s mission ever since 2010. Over a decade later, our commitment to our clients, from commercial enterprises to public sector organizations, remains the same, as we help them safeguard critical assets, avoid financial loss, and protect lives and resources.
Prevent Card Fraud With High-Risk Merchants Data: Common Point of Purchase Analysis Made Easy 
Flashpoint takes CPP analysis and risky merchants off your plate, with our new High-risk Merchant data built into our Card Fraud Mitigation solution.
Product Features
Protect Your Customer Base From Fraud and Account Takeover (ATO) With CCM-C
It’s imperative for organizations to have a plan for proactively preventing customer fraud and account takeover (ATO) originating from stolen credentials. Flashpoint CCM-C does exactly that.
Insider Threats
Insider Threat: How to Identify, Prepare For, and Prevent Insider Threats
The tactic of recruiting insiders has been gaining popularity among threat actors aiming to breach systems and/or commit ransomware attacks. Businesses must evolve their capability to identify, respond to, and mitigate insider threats, which can come in a number of forms.
Fraud
Your Data, Their Gain: How Threat Actors Leverage Tax Season to Commit Fraud
In 2020, the IRS identified over US$2.3 billion in tax fraud schemes, including tax return fraud. And in 2021, we identified 113 breaches which resulted in more than 69 million exposed records, including tax information, documents, and other sensitive data; this year, we’ve already identified 15 breaches and 3 million exposed records. This number is certain to grow.
Fraud
‘Tis the Season—for Retail Fraud: How Retailers Can Mitigate Risk During the Holidays
This article is part of Flashpoint’s 2021 Intel Wrap-Up series. To read our physical security threat assessment for this upcoming holiday season, click here.