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Facial Recognition Bans Spread Globally

Armando Roggio — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:51:19 +0000

Biometric technology is among the most promising trends in retail, but Australia's Kmart decision exemplifies growing regulatory opposition.

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Visa’s VAMP Could Cost Banks and Merchants

Armando Roggio — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:32:24 +0000

The new framework could detect four times more fraud, Visa claims, saving $2.5 billion annually.

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Passkeys Gain Traction with Ecommerce Shoppers

Dale Laszig — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:30:03 +0000

Amazon, Google, Apple, and many others now support passkeys, a method of logging into secure accounts without entering a password.

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Charts: Global Cybersecurity Trends Q4 2024

Adel Boukarroum — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:30:03 +0000

A new study from PwC reveals the cybersecurity views of global chief security officers and CEOs.

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Combat AI-powered Fraud with AI, Experts Say

Dale Laszig — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:10:03 +0000

The rise of AI-powered fraud attacks requires AI-powered tools, per researchers at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verizon Business.

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Disputifier Founder on Winning Chargebacks

Eric Bandholz — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:35:15 +0000

Recover false payment chargebacks with data and automation software, says Mark Wagner.

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How SPF, DKIM, DMARC Drive Email Delivery, Security

Armando Roggio — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:00:25 +0000

There's no shortage of crooks looking to impersonate an authentic email sender. These three authentication tools prevent that from happening while improving deliverability.

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Charts: Cybersecurity Stats and Trends

Adel Boukarroum — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:12:16 +0000

The rise of global cyber fraud has promoted elevated prevention expenditures by businesses and a flurry of funding in cybersecurity firms by investors. We tell the story in this week's charts.

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9 Cloud Storage Services with Encryption

Sig Ueland — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:38:37 +0000

As businesses move their sensitive data to the cloud, security becomes an increasing concern. However, many cloud storage platforms now offer sophisticated encryption features for minimal cost. Here is a list of secure cloud storage platforms.

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Porch Piracy Is Growing

Armando Roggio — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:53:13 +0000

Porch piracy is on the rise, with 43 percent of American consumers surveyed saying they had an ecommerce delivery pilfered from their front porch in 2020, according to a recent report. C+R Research asked 2,000 self-reporting shoppers about delivery theft in November 2020.

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Online Fraud in 2021 Is Booming

Armando Roggio — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:13:03 +0000

Fraud-prevention expert Uri Arad will give an exclusive, live-stream presentation to the CommerceCo by Practical Ecommerce peer-to-peer community on Thursday, January 21, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Crooks Are Creating Synthetic Shoppers

Armando Roggio — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:00:47 +0000

The ongoing global pandemic has forced the rapid expansion of ecommerce and a general migration toward digital transactions. Unfortunately, Covid-19 also may be fueling an increase in so-called synthetic identity fraud.

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Share Customer Data Anonymously to Combat Fraud

Armando Roggio — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:53:36 +0000

Ecommerce fraud prevention depends on good data. That data can come from payment card providers, credit bureaus, address listings, and, more recently, other merchants.

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Ecommerce Fraud Detection during the Pandemic

Armando Roggio — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:37:17 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic has led to significant changes in consumer purchase behavior and raised concerns about ecommerce fraud. Fortunately, overall ecommerce fraud does not appear to have risen disproportionately to the number of online purchases.

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Plan for fraud (but try to prevent it)

Richard Stubbings — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:03:06 +0000

As much as 7.5 percent of all online transactions are fraudulent in one way or another. They all cut into profits. Merchants should plan for fraud and build it into cost calculations and into the necessary margins to cover. Merchants should also strive to prevent it.

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19 Free Security Plugins for WordPress

Sig Ueland — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:50:20 +0000

Here is a list of security plugins for WordPress. There are plugins for firewalls, spam protection, two-factor authentication, and more. All of these plugins are free, though several offer premium features.

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4 Safeguards to Prevent Credit Card Fraud

Gagan Mehra — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:08:16 +0000

Ecommerce merchants continue to rely on credit card payments for orders. Credit cards are convenient and fast, but they also come with risk. Merchants in the United States lose approximately $190 billion a year to credit card fraud. In this post, I will explain how to minimize credit card fraud.

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2 Prominent Ecommerce Fraud Risks in 2018 Holiday Season

Armando Roggio — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:43:11 +0000

Incidents of ecommerce payment fraud rise in proportion to holiday sales. But merchants can protect themselves. The key is to recognize popular forms of fraud and then employ steps to prevent them. Two prominent examples this holiday season are account takeovers and coupon abuse.

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Account Takeover Fraud a Growing Problem for Ecommerce

Armando Roggio — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 06:15:13 +0000

Account takeover fraud is a form of identity theft, wherein a criminal gains access to a registered customer’s account. The criminal then logs in, posing as a known and trusted ...

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3 Reminders about Online Payment Fraud in 2018

Armando Roggio — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:02:27 +0000

At the global scale, online businesses and their customers suffer billions of dollars in fraud losses annually. There are some important things ecommerce businesses should keep in mind.
Start with a ...

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Retailers (including Amazon) Crack Down on Return Fraud

Marcia Kaplan — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:35:32 +0000

Ecommerce customers value a lenient and free return process. The most successful online and omnichannel merchants have been willing to accommodate those wishes. Until recently.
A survey by the National Retail ...

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10 Ways That Artificial Intelligence Helps Merchants

Gagan Mehra — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:37:02 +0000

The term "artificial intelligence" refers to software that learns from experience. It mimics the human mind in that it changes responses based on data. Self-driving cars and voice-enabled devices rely on artificial intelligence. Retail businesses can also benefit. In this post, I'll list 10 use cases of how artificial intelligence helps merchants.

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Staying Ahead of Fake Product Reviews

Gagan Mehra — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:00:51 +0000

In the competitive world of online commerce, not every merchant is honest. Some post fake positive reviews for their products to entice shoppers. Others post fake negative reviews of competitors' products to dissuade potential buyers. Both are examples of product review fraud. It's dishonest to competitors and, also, to shoppers that rely heavily on the reviews. If a retailer does not stop the fraud, shoppers could lose trust in the reviews and cease purchasing from the site.

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7 Telltale Signs of Payment Card Fraud

Armando Roggio — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 13:37:36 +0000

Purchases made with stolen payment cards cost the ecommerce industry billions of dollars a year worldwide. But, in at least some cases, merchants could have avoided losses had they recognized ...

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28 Online Security Tools for Small Businesses

Sig Ueland — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:48:14 +0000

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. For small and mid-sized businesses, it’s a good time to strengthen a security plan with some free or relatively inexpensive tools and resources.
Here ...

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Are Static Fraud Tools Obsolete?

Patricia Carlin — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:25:53 +0000

Card-not-present fraud leads other types of payment fraud in countries that have migrated to the EMV standard. That is according to U.S. Payments Forum, a nonprofit organization that includes global ...

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Intelligent Ways to Manage Fraud

Gagan Mehra — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:07:53 +0000

Fraud continues to impact online merchants. Some experience chargebacks, while others experience various forms of return fraud. Fraud hurts not only merchants but also consumers, as merchants often increase prices ...

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Using Google Analytics to Identify Fraudulent Orders

Morgan Jones — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:30:22 +0000

Fraudulent transactions can occur for most any ecommerce company. Larger companies can invest in sophisticated fraud protection services. But smaller merchants sometimes attempt to detect fraud themselves.
Back in 2014 we addressed ...

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9 Ways to Recover Sales after a DDoS Attack

Pamela Hazelton — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:32:09 +0000

If yours was one of the thousands of online stores that suffered from the October 21 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, you likely saw a decline in sales. Hopefully,

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18 Online Security Resources for Small Businesses

Sig Ueland — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:00:35 +0000

Recently, cybersecurity company FireEye announced a partnership with Visa to develop products and services for merchants, as well as card issuers, to detect and respond to attacks. The announcement underscores ...

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