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Frankenstein fraud, deepfakes & replay attacks: how to identify identity fraud threats

Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 By Davey Winder

From Frankenstein fraud to SIM swaps, these are the common identity threats you really need to know about in 2021

The pandemic has changed everything, not least our relationship with the office. Organisations have had their hands forced when it comes to accelerating digital transformation as it relates to identifying and onboarding both customers and employees. Which is good news for the digital identity sector, but the flipside is that’s it’s also been a huge opportunity for those cyber-criminals engaging in identity fraud.

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Analysis, Threat Intelligence, Threatscape Tags:Business, Cybercrime, fraud, identity

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