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Fraud
Jul 15, 2025

Part 2: From Isolated Actions to Identifiable Abuse

In Part 2 of his series, Shawn Colpitts breaks down how Spec connects behavior across time and touchpoints to stop abuse before it hits your bottom line.

Shawn Colpitts, CPFPP

Senior Fraud Strategy Manager

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

News & Updates
Jul 1, 2025

Mastercard Selects Spec for First-Ever Start Path Security Solutions Program

Spec joins Mastercard’s first Start Path Security Solutions cohort to help shape the future of fraud detection and digital trust. Backed by Mastercard’s global ecosystem, Spec expands its real-time user behavior tracking and customer journey security to businesses worldwide.

Nate Kharrl

Co-Founder & CEO

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