Netflix’s latest true-crime documentary “The Tinder Swindler” has taken the internet by storm. The documentary chronicles the dating horror stories of three women who were defrauded by Simon Leviev, the alleged son of a billionaire and diamond tycoon. Leviev wined and dined his Tinder matches and shared his lavish lifestyle – private jets, caviar-filled meals,
Telesign CEO Joe Burton recently provided his predictions on all-things digital security for 2022. As a recognized thought leader in the industry, Burton has plenty of unique insight into how things currently work, how that will change in the future, and what businesses can do to adapt. Here are five predictions he sees for the
Digital identification makes a happier, healthier, and safer online experience. But what about the experience when user verification fails to exist? Digital identity is increasingly top of mind. Recently, actor and producer Idris Elba took the position that social networks should not be anonymous. Elba’s call for more stringent identification requirements came after England soccer
2014’s The Imitation Game, portrays mathematician Alan Turing’s mastery over the “unbreakable” German code, Enigma, during World War II. Instead of breaking code by hand, Turing invented a cryptanalytic machine that translated common German phrases and patterns that, once recognized, helped the machine decode hundreds of German military transmissions. This breakthrough gave the British government
As cybersecurity experts, it’s been fascinating to watch the evolution of CAPTCHA. While you are probably familiar with the acronym, you may not know that CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart,” coined by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper and John Langford of Carnegie Mellon University
In our fast-paced digital world, particularly within the ever-evolving state of e-Commerce and retail, online interactions have become widespread, creating both opportunities and challenges. Within this dynamic virtual marketplace, a concerning trend has surfaced—the proliferation of fake accounts and associated fake comments and reviews. These deceptive practices not only distort the digital reality that consumers
When’s the last time you went to your bank? Chances are, it’s been a while since you filled out a slip while waiting for the next available teller. Today, almost all financial transactions can take place digitally—anywhere, any time—and in the palm of our hands. Financial institutions, both new and old, compete for business and
If you’re a problem-solver, one who longs to find the answer to an unsolved mystery, you understand that the solution lies in its origin. Trace the issue back to its source to find the missing piece that completes the puzzle. Fraud, though not always a mystery, is similar: Have a problem with fake users or
Remember your last scheduling mix-up? Life gets busy, and we all botch our calendars once and a while. Maybe you’ve arrived at a party a day early, lost out on a job interview due to rush hour traffic, or missed a spouse’s birthday. Whatever the case, scheduling and appointment mix-ups can upend our plans. When
Whether it’s speed, simplicity, or cost savings, more and more businesses are digitally transforming their communications operations. Today, two out of three organizations are moving significant portions of their communications solutions to the cloud. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, cloud communications are critical to the success of modern-day business. In fact, 85% of
Today, business takes place—often wholly-in the digital realm. With this seismic shift to ecommerce and the need for fast, reliable digital identity verification, fraudsters have learned to game the system with sophisticated schemes designed to siphon money from unsuspecting companies. International Revenue Share Fraud (IRSF)-an attack where fraudsters hi-jack routine business processes to divert funds
International Revenue Share Fraud (IRSF) attacks. They are one of the telcom industry’s most persistent problems and when your business is targeted, it costs you money. IRSF has been steadily increasing over the past 10 years and its perpetrators are dedicated to ensuring that it continues to be a highly profitable and hard-to-stop crime. We’ve