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Inside Joint Disruption Week: 28 Arrests and 3.7 Million Scam Accounts Removed
Flashpoint joined international law enforcement and private-sector partners in a coordinated operation targeting West African scam networks, resulting in dozens of arrests, millions of fraudulent accounts removed, and over one hundred victims of human trafficking identified.
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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.
Credit Card Fraud: A Complete Guide to Prevention
Just launched, The Complete Guide to Credit Card Fraud and Prevention offers expert intelligence and practical solutions.
FUSE 2025: How Security Leaders Are Operationalizing Flashpoint Intelligence to Thwart Rising Threats
In this post, we summarize the critical themes that emerged at FUSE 2025, detailing how security professionals are operationalizing threat intelligence and leveraging AI to gain a decisive advantage over adversaries.
Fact vs. Fiction: Cutting Through the Noise on AI-Powered Cyber Threats
In this post, Flashpoint analysts reveal what their teams are actively observing in threat actor communities, from specialized malicious models to AI-generated attack plans.
The DPRK Remote Worker Threat: Unmasking North Korea’s Digital Deception
In this post we unpack insights from our latest community call detailing how North Korean threat actors operate, the technologies they use to conduct fraud schemes, and actionable strategies to uncover illicit access.
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.
The Four Steps of Tax Refund Fraud: What You Need to Know
In this post we explore 2025’s most prevalent tax fraud schemes, detailing threat actor methods of obtaining funds via stolen information, bypassed verifications, exploited tax rules, and sophisticated cash-out techniques.
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.
Combat Credit Card Fraud with Flashpoint’s New Infostealer Data Integration
Flashpoint Fraud Intelligence now includes comprehensive infostealer data to proactively combat credit card fraud.
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.
Automated Source Discovery: How Flashpoint AI Rapidly Scales the Intelligence Collection Process
Automated Source Discovery (ASD) is more than just a tool; it’s an essential component of an innovative approach designed to empowers our customers to stay ahead today’s threat landscape