Submission + - Get to know Voxis, the cybercrime platform for evading fraud detection (networkworld.com)
smaxp writes: Almost like buying into a franchise, criminals outsource building fake ecommerce sites and buy software to beat fraud detection systems.
The black hat hackers who exploit network security flaws to steal credit card data turn around sell that data on underground electronic black markets. Criminals, often referred to as bad actors, buy the card data and monetize it with fake ecommerce transactions.
Standing in the way are the fraud detection systems, which prevent the bad actors from simply spraying large amounts of card data at the credit card gateways. These fraud detection systems are designed to look for transactions that resemble human behavior, and to block those that appear to come from automated systems created to monetize large amounts of stolen credit card data.
For cybercriminals, a new platform called Voxis works around the detection systems.
The black hat hackers who exploit network security flaws to steal credit card data turn around sell that data on underground electronic black markets. Criminals, often referred to as bad actors, buy the card data and monetize it with fake ecommerce transactions.
Standing in the way are the fraud detection systems, which prevent the bad actors from simply spraying large amounts of card data at the credit card gateways. These fraud detection systems are designed to look for transactions that resemble human behavior, and to block those that appear to come from automated systems created to monetize large amounts of stolen credit card data.
For cybercriminals, a new platform called Voxis works around the detection systems.