How local governments can combat cybercrime
Amid a recent uptick in cybercrime on local governments, cities have been left to recover for months after the initial attack. For example, leaders in Dallas, Texas are ready to spend months recovering from an attack that hindered the city’s 911 em.....»»
Cybersecurity culture improves despite the dark clouds of the past year
Despite a hardening economic climate, heightened global tensions and the onset of new technology making cybercrime easier, 76% of the CISOs, suggested that no material breaches had occurred and 60% said that no material cybersecurity incident had occ.....»»
Infamous cybercrime marketplace offers pre-order service for stolen credentials
Infostealer malware, which consist of code that infects devices without the user’s knowledge and steals data, remains widely available to buy through underground forums and marketplaces, with the volume of logs, or collections of stolen data, avail.....»»
Genesis Market: Popular cybercrime website shut down by police
Genesis Market allowed online fraudsters to buy passwords and other personal data for less than $1......»»
Phishing emails are seeing a huge rise, so stay on your guard
Business email compromise attacks hold firm as one of the most dangerous forms of cybercrime......»»
KELA partners with Snowflake to help joint customers remediate potential risks
KELA has partnered with Snowflake to launch its technical intelligence data on Snowflake Marketplace. KELA’s Technical Cybercrime Intelligence availability on Snowflake Marketplace will enable joint customers to get near-instant, seamless, and.....»»
Cybercrime spiked in 2022 — and this year could be worse
A new report suggests cybercrime increased last year, with some types of malware seeing huge increases. But there were some positives among the doom and gloom......»»
2023 could be the biggest ever year for cybercrime
Hackers are shifting strategies and opting for a stealthier approach, researchers claim......»»
Complexity, volume of cyber attacks lead to burnout in security teams
The rapid evolution of cybercrime is weighing on security teams substantially more than it did last year, leading to widespread burnout and potential regulatory risk, according to Magnet Forensics. “Digital forensics and incident response teams hav.....»»
Microsoft Visual Studio add-ins could be used to deliver malware
A somewhat niche method is growing more popular in the cybercrime community following the demise of the macro......»»
Authorities dismantle crypto exchange Bitzlato, allege it was cybercrime “haven”
Criminal groups served allegedly include Conti, DarkSide, Phobos, and Hydra. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested the founder of Bitzlato, a cryptocurrency exchange they said has been.....»»
What happens once scammers receive funds from their victims
In this Help Net Security video, Ronnie Tokazowski, Principal Threat Advisor at Cofense, offers insight into the world’s most lucrative cybercrime – business email compromise (BEC). The Cofense team recently purchased $500 worth of trackable.....»»
5 cybersecurity trends accelerating in 2023
Netwrix has released key cybersecurity trends that will affect organizations of all sizes in 2023. Here are five specific trends that you need to be aware of: The business of cybercrime will be further professionalized The return of malware strains l.....»»
5 cybersecurity predictions for 2023
The cyber game is now an entire underground economy wrapped around cyberattacks. Thanks to increased international friction and the activity of groups such as Lapsus$, cybercriminals have upped the ante on cybercrime in order to turn a profit. Atakam.....»»
How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cybercrime
Cryptocurrency theft has become one of the regime’s main sources of revenue. Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) Created by a Vietnamese gaming studio, Axie Infinity offers players the chance to breed, trade and fight Po.....»»
HUMAN acquires clean.io to safeguard the advertising ecosystem from cybercrime
By joining forces, HUMAN and clean.io have unlocked real-time anti-malvertising to stop fraud at the source. By adding clean.io’s products to the Human Defense Platform, HUMAN is furthering its vision to safeguard the advertising ecosystem from a f.....»»
Cybercrime gangs are recruiting like never before
Threat actors are looking for fresh blood to keep the action going, Avast warns......»»
How Linux Users Can Protect Their Business
If your business uses Linux as an operating system, it is important that you know the best ways to protect your operations. Cybercrime is a major and growing threat that all business owners face no matter what system they use – but how you protect.....»»
IRISSCERT brings eminent cybersecurity experts to its conference in Dublin
The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service’s (IRISSCERT) Conference on Cybercrime will be on the 10th of November 2022 in the Aviva stadium. This all-day conference will focus on providing attendees with an overview of the current cyber t.....»»
Say no to subscription fees with this hardware VPN
TL;DR: Through Oct. 12, you can grab the Deeper Connect Pico Decentralized VPN and Cybersecurity Hardware for just $199.99, rather than $248 — that's a 19% discount.By 2025, some estimate that cybercrime will cost the world $10 trillion. The sa.....»»