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Fraudology podcast: Fraudsters exploiting 3rd party fraud tools with Nate Kharrl
In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick is joined by Nate Kharrl, CEO and co-founder of Spec who shares the different types of exploits targeting the system connections between online businesses and several fraud solutions providers that he has observed.
Director of Engineering
Why SignalFire invested $15 million in Spec, and why online fraud is getting so much worse
As any entrepreneur who’s had the audacity to think they can change the world knows, you’re never successful without a parade of cheerleaders – and capital – behind you all the way. For us, our VC partners at SignalFire have led that cheering squad since the beginning of our journey. And now SignalFire has led our Series A raise of $15 million.
Director of Engineering
A new chapter in securing fraud defenses: Announcing Spec’s $15 million Series A funding
We’ve reached a pivotal moment at Spec that I’m thrilled to share with you: the successful close of our Series A funding round. This isn’t just a milestone for us; it’s a collective achievement that reflects the trust and support of our incredible community—our customers, investors, partners, and every member of Team Spec.
Co-Founder & CEO
Fraudology podcast: enabling fraud-fighters to design marketable products to address big problems (like refund fraud) with Patrick Chen
In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick is joined by Patrick Chen, a product expert who has specialized in solving complex risk-related problems creatively with technology for some of the largest online companies & platforms in the world. All of those experiences led him to become the co-founder of Spec, a risk & compliance platform that allows its users to approach fraud, and ultimately their (legitimate) customers’ experience in new ways.
Director of Engineering
How to prevent your fraud defenses from leaking data to adversarial AI models
Each day, the Spec platform stops millions of attacks that could otherwise bypass fraud defenses by leveraging signals harvested for the use of adversarial AI models. Our platform deploys solutions to blind and mislead the AI in order to protect merchants, marketplaces, and their users from being defrauded. We put together a quick primer about the ways we’re seeing cybercriminals use artificial intelligence to bypass traditional fraud defense technology.
Co-Founder & CEO
Fraudology: a field guide to working with other teams within your organization with Nate Kharrl
Often, leaders of fraud departments will say something to the effect of “My biggest adversaries aren’t the bad actors trying to commit fraud against our organization; they’re within my company and work within other departments that will often sabotage us or not understand our roles, which can lead to more problems than account or payment fraud does.”
Director of Engineering
Fraud Boxer podcast: low-code and no-code featuring Patrick Chen
In this episode, Patrick Chen, COO and co-founder of Spec, breaks down what low-code and no-code actually mean and how they work. Jordan Harris does his best to get an ELI5 (explain like I am 5) description of why this is something that very well could change our entire industry and how we approach the using and changing of our fraud prevention tools. Listen to the episode to learn more!
Co-Founder & COO
Why we fight fraud at the edge of the internet
Reimagine fraud defenses: detect & combat fraud at the edge, empowering fraud fighters to take action directly from the Spec Platform.We do things differently at Spec, and there’s a good reason why. My co-founder Patrick Chen and I spent the better part of our careers working with fraud defense teams at some of the largest brands in the world, this gave us great perspective on what isn’t working. While there are breakthroughs in fraud detection technologies every year, we know that the difference between good fraud defense and great fraud defense is driven primarily by where fraud is fought, not how.
Co-Founder & CEO
“With Spec, we can mitigate fraudulent activity, protect our revenue, and create a better user experience so that Indiegogo can remain a trusted crowdsourcing platform.”
Payments Manager
