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Product
Jul 10, 2025

How to Detect and Disrupt Attacks Without Tipping Off the Attacker

When you block someone mid-session, you confirm that you saw them. And when fraudsters know they’ve been detected, they adjust. They rotate IPs, change devices, and return under a different identity. Blocking becomes part of their learning process.

Patrick Chen

Co-Founder & COO

Product
Jun 23, 2025

The Attacks You Can’t See Are the Ones That Hurt the Most

Sophisticated platforms all have slightly different use cases, but the same underlying problem: their tools were built to respond to known threats, not to detect the ones hiding in plain sight.

Patrick Chen

Co-Founder & COO

Fraud
Jun 18, 2025

[Guide] How to Stop Ban Evasion

Learn how to stop ban evasion before it starts. This guide reveals 5 steps to identify repeat fraud using behavioral-level detection. Download now.

Jenny Cruse

Marketing Manager

Product
Jun 10, 2025

Part 1: Why Traditional Fraud Tools Miss the Mark – And How Spec Does It Differently

Welcome to the first entry in my blog series where I dive into what really sets Spec apart from traditional fraud prevention platforms. If you’re like me, someone who’s been in the trenches battling fraud, policy abuse, and identity manipulation, you know that the tools we’ve had over the years just don’t cut it anymore. The attacks have changed, but the playbooks haven’t.

Shawn Colpitts, CPFPP

Senior Fraud Strategy Manager

Product
Jun 9, 2025

Announcing Real-Time User Behavior Tracking

Attackers move fluidly across web, app, and API layers, exploiting gaps most fraud systems can't see. Spec’s Real-Time User Behavior Tracking gives fraud teams full visibility into every customer journey by stitching together each interaction into a continuous session.

Patrick Chen

Co-Founder & COO

Fraud
May 27, 2025

[INFOGRAPHIC] What Repeat Abuse Looks Like

Repeat fraud reuses patterns, tactics, and loopholes that evade traditional defenses. This graphic breaks down how fake signups, chargebacks, and account takeovers follow a common cycle of abuse - and why relying on emails, IPs, or device IDs alone isn’t enough to stop it.

Jenny Cruse

Marketing Manager

Fraud
Apr 30, 2025

Why I Believe in Spec: A Fraud Fighter’s Perspective

After nearly a decade in the fraud prevention trenches, working across fintech and online marketplaces, evaluating countless vendors, and collaborating within the fraud-fighting community, I thought I had seen it all.

Shawn Colpitts, CPFPP

Senior Fraud Strategy Manager

Fraud
Apr 29, 2025

Ultimate Guide to Ecommerce Fraud Prevention in 2025

Learn how to prevent ecommerce fraud in 2025 with the latest strategies, tools, and trends. Stay ahead of threats and protect your revenue and customers.

Jenny Cruse

Marketing Manager