11th April, 2020
Global health crisis and quarantine has impacted our lives in a striking manner.
A couple of aspects that need to be assessed from security and fraud prevention perspective following the change in our work routine owing to the COVID-19 pandemic:
Working from home could increase #cybersecurity risks.
One area of concern has been #ZoomBombing. Zoom has been graceful enough to acknowledge that it did fell short when it came to privacy and security expectations. Users need to follow the guidelines and recommendations on securing Zoom. For instance, Zoom has introduced a new icon. It simplifies how hosts can quickly find and enable many of Zoom’s in-meeting security features. Additionally, the Zoom Meeting ID will no longer be displayed on the title toolbar.
In fact, the main lesson would be keep all software updated and focus on unusual passwords, use two-factor authentication everywhere etc.
Another issue has been e-commerce fraud.
As highlighted by ACI Worldwide this week, merchants are starting to experience dramatic increases in COVID-19-related phishing activities, with stolen credentials released into the eCommerce payments chain, as well as increased friendly fraud activities. The company also shared that average fraudulent attempted purchase value increased by $36 in March, driven by electronic and retail goods; this corresponds to a fraudulent attempted transactional value increase by 13 percent.
Here are few areas to look at from security perspective:
Useful links:
Do’s and don’ts of videoconferencing security
Tips for merchants to maintain security
Ritesh Gupta
Ai Correspondent