Explore the rising threat of fraud in the ride-hailing industry and discover effective strategies to eliminate it. Learn how leading apps like inDrive partner with SHIELD to ensure security and trust.

Discover how to protect your food delivery business from fraud with this comprehensive guide. Learn about common fraud types like fake accounts, location spoofing, and account takeover, and explore effective strategies to detect and prevent fraudulent activities, ensuring a secure and thriving platform for all.

Discover how to detect and prevent bonus abuse in the rapidly growing iGaming industry. Learn about common types of bonuses, fraud methods, and advanced strategies for protecting your platform from fraudsters.

Account takeover attack is a growing threat. Here are seven critical signs of this pervasive form of fraud that businesses should be aware of.

Fraud starts with fake accounts. Learn how fraudsters scale the creation of fraudulent accounts to conduct malicious activities, and explore how to protect your business

The SHIELD Trust Awards honors top scorers of Trust Certification process, an independent and non-sponsored assessment of organizations’ trust profiles.

ATO attacks are on the rise, with 84% of financial institutions having already faced this threat. Check out on key tactics used by fraudsters and how to prevent it.

Explore the rise of app downloads and spending, but beware of the growing risk of fraud. Discover how fraudsters employ device spoofing to exploit legitimate apps.

Black Friday is the most anticipated event of the year for retailers, consumers, and fraudsters alike. Check out this infographic on the types of fraud to look out for.

Social media platforms have become a breeding ground for marketplace fraud, romance scams, and misleading advertisements. However, these aren’t the only types of fraud and abuse that can take place. 

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Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) has revolutionized the fintech landscape. But as BNPL continues to explode in popularity, what are the risks to BNPL providers and users?

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The travel industry is thriving following the pandemic, with “revenge travel” becoming the buzzword.

While a VPN or malware protection can enhance protection, the foundation of any company's cybersecurity framework is a robust risk intelligence provider.

Risk intelligence in fraud prevention provides businesses with actionable insights and signals they can leverage to determine how risky a device is in real-time. These signals allow trust and safety teams to immediately take action and stop fraudsters before they can do any damage.

For a long time, the cookie reigned as the most popular method to track user behavior across online platforms. But this has changed.

Multi-accounting is the basis upon which many fraud attacks take place on real-money gaming platforms. Fraudsters use malicious tools such as app cloners, app tampering, and jailbroken and rooted devices to create multiple accounts and appear as different players.

Stemming from a need for efficiency, speed, and convenience, quick-commerce aims to deliver goods to its customers almost immediately, usually within an hour.

From fraud in the cryptocurrency sphere to the buzz around fake accounts, digital fraud was a hot topic in 2022. Here are some key fraud terms to keep in mind for 2023.

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Ride-hailing fraud can lead to a lack of trust between customer and company, tarnished brand reputation, and lost revenue.

Online marketplaces are a goldmine for fraudsters, who can either be the buyer or the seller. Let’s take a look at some of the common types of online marketplace fraud.

Digital trust is a two-way street. While users want to trust the online platforms they’re using, businesses want to be able to trust their users too.

Cryptocurrency has transformed the FinTech landscape. But as with any new technology, the rising popularity of cryptocurrency as a payment, investment, and trading method opens a door of opportunities for fraudsters to exploit.

One encounter with fraud can tarnish the gaming app’s reputation and cause a player to leave the platform for good. Given that online gaming is growing more popular, it’s important to know what types of fraud to look out for.

Fraudsters use bots and emulators to run automated scripts, allowing them to create thousands of fake accounts in the matter of seconds. These accounts are then used to conduct a myriad of fraudulent activities.

Digital banks are significantly more vulnerable to fraudulent attacks than physical banks. Banks want to give customers a frictionless experience, which often comes at the cost of security.

Customer loyalty programs give great value in the form of discounts, bonuses, points, freebies, miles, or even cash back. Offering customer loyalty programs is a great way for businesses to build long and profitable relationships with their customers.

We invited Justin Lie, the Founder & CEO at SHIELD, to talk about fraud, other threats that online businesses face today, and their prevention methods.

With fraudsters employing increasingly sophisticated methods to gain access to user credentials, account takeover (ATO) fraud is set to skyrocket.

Fraud and abuse have become so sophisticated that business owners may not even realize it’s happening. This is where fraud prevention solutions come in.

Here are four fraud trends businesses should keep a lookout for in 2022.

‍There are several types of fraud that can be conducted on e-commerce apps and websites. Let’s dive into some of them.

If you’re an e-commerce business owner, you’d likely be well acquainted with fraud. Payment fraud, identity theft, and promo fraud are some of the more commonly seen e-commerce fraud types.

Think of a user account as a home and an account takeover attack as a break-in. Most homes can be entered through doors, but they tend to be locked shut. If someone manages to get the keys to the house, they’ll be able to steal valuables, personal items, or even change the locks.

The busy shopping season is the perfect opportunity for fraudsters to hide amongst the crowd and defraud e-commerce businesses. In fact, a staggering 385% increase in payment fraud marked last year’s festivities.

Move aside cash, e-wallets have arrived. With just a tap of a phone or wrist, e-wallets (also known as digital wallets) are revolutionising the way we pay.

More mobile apps means more opportunities for fraud. Although mobile-specific fraud threats have been around for a while, there are still several misconceptions with regard to preventing mobile app fraud.

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There's a new war being waged - and it's happening on your smartphone. The technology landscape has changed tremendously in the last few years, with many online fraudsters shifting their attention from websites to mobile apps.

Against the backdrop of increasingly sophisticated fraud tools and techniques, not having a robust fraud prevention solution is as good as placing a target on your back.

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The essential ingredient to earning trust? Building a safe mobile environment for your users.

Today, fraud has become accessible for regular users and child’s play for experienced criminals. Here’s the exposé on a fraudster’s toolkit.

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Here are five reasons why mobile apps are prime targets for fraudsters.

The shift to mobile-based interactions has opened a pandora’s box of fraudulent tools and techniques. Meet mobile app fraud - online fraud’s bigger, badder brother.

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As the digital footprint of organizations grow, establishing online trust and safety is vital to their success.

Let’s get this straight: an Uber account is worth a whopping 60 times of one’s credit card information in the black market. While a stolen Uber account can sell for $30, a credit card number is only worth $0.50.

Oh, how times have changed! Gift cards are no longer just a popular backup plan. In fact, gift cards – especially eGift cards – are becoming increasingly attractive not only as gifts, but also for personal use.

News flash: miles are not just distance traveled! In fact, they are a hot commodity on the black market.

There is a new war being waged. Mobile apps require a different class of fraud detection and prevention solutions and tactics.