The New Global Cybercrime Landscape
Balance double-digit transaction increases with a strong cybercrime defense by prioritizing identity trust.
Explore the Evolving Global Cybercrime Landscape
Read our Cybercrime Report for July-December 2020 to understand the current growth trajectories of global digital commerce and specific transaction activities. Explore detailed insights into the most pervasive cybercrime trends and frequently targeted industries. You’ll see why a dynamic, multi-layered fraud prevention strategy is pivotal to fully capitalizing on digital commerce opportunities and confidently defending your business in a rapidly evolving cybercrime environment.
As initial consumer reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic settled into durable, more defined buying behaviors in the second half of 2020, the importance of a robust and seamlessly connected omni-channel ecosystem became evident. Well-networked cybercriminals persist in leveraging the threat vectors of automated bot attacks, new account creations and payment transactions to relentlessly target key points across the customer journey.
Cybercrime Report Highlights
- Global transaction volumes are up 29% year-over-year
- Nearly 7 in every 10 transactions originate from a mobile device
- Automation and identity spoofing remain key attack vectors
- Payment transactions in eCommerce and financial services represent significant vulnerabilities
- Organizations within the LexisNexis® Digital Identity Network processed 24.6 B transactions but experienced a 58% year-over-year decline in human-initiated attacks
- Hyperconnected cybercrime networks continue to demonstrate high levels of cross-organizational, cross-industry and cross-regional threat activity
About the Cybercrime Report
The LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report is based on cybercrime attacks detected by the Digital Identity Network from July-December 2020, during near real-time analysis of consumer interactions across the customer journey, from new account creations, logins, payments and other non-core transactions such as password resets and transfers.
The Digital Identity Network and its near real time policy engine provide unique insight into global digital identities across applications, devices and networks.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions customers benefit from a global view of risks, leveraging global rules within bespoke policies that are custom-tuned specifically for their businesses.
Find out more by downloading the most recent LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report.
The Digital Identity Network and its near real time policy engine provide unique insight into global digital identities across applications, devices and networks.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions customers benefit from a global view of risks, leveraging global rules within bespoke policies that are custom-tuned specifically for their businesses.
Find out more by downloading the most recent LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report.
More Information
Top 5 Ways to Fight Cybercrime
Explore the top cybercrime challenges and solutions from the latest Cybercrime Report.
Global Overview Cybercrime Infographic
Explore global insights from the latest Cybercrime Report.
Global Cybercrime Customer Journey Infographic
Explore global customer journey insights from the latest Cybercrime Report.
Insights From Past Reports
Loading...
Products You May Be Interested In
-
FraudPoint®
Combat identity fraud with sophisticated scoring and leading analytics
Learn More -
LexisNexis® Emailage®
Get a clear picture of who is behind a transaction and the associated risk, so your team can automate decision workflows, improve customer experience, all in near-real time
Learn More -
ThreatMetrix®
Enable cybersecurity and risk management through data science innovation and shared intelligence
Learn More