Cybersecurity incidents of fraudulent transactions owing to cybercriminals taking over a user’s account increased significantly in 2020 as compared to 2019 according to a report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.
As per the report by Kaspersky Fraud Prevention, every second fraudulent transaction in the finance industry in 2020 was an account takeover incident i.e. when a cybercriminal gains access to user accounts and takes over.