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Payment / invoice fraud in the SaaS & technology sector

How a payment / invoice fraud attack could realistically chain together in a SaaS & technology organisation, from initial access to business impact — and exactly what you should test to break the chain.

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IntermediateCustom web applications

Web skimming to payment fraud

A weakness in an e-commerce site or one of its third-party scripts is used to capture customers' payment details at checkout, which are then used or sold for fraud.

The checkoutPayment detailsStolen card
Payment / invoice fraudData theft

Why chaining matters here

A scanner might flag each weakness in this environment in isolation. What determines whether payment / invoice fraud is actually achievable is whether those weaknesses — together with identities, trust relationships and gaps in monitoring — can be linked into a working path. That is what a red-team engagement validates, and what these chains are designed to help you scope.