cybercrime
The future of phishing: Credit card redirection
Cyber crooks will go at great lengths to get their hand on users’ credit and debit card information. Usually they try to trick them with spoofed emails that lead to …
Stanford University suffers another data breach
Stanford University has suffered another IT breach, and while its scope is yet to be determined, all users of the university’s computer system are advised to change the …
Five charged with stealing 160+ million credit card numbers
A federal indictment made public in New Jersey charges five men with conspiring in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole …
Economic growth and national security are at risk
FTSE 350 companies that are vital to Britain’s economic growth, and crucial to national security, are leaking data that can be used by cyber attackers to gain control of …
Executives lack confidence in their cyber security
More than two-thirds of executives are concerned their companies will not be able to stop such threats, and one in five say their biggest concern is not knowing whether an …
Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin exposed
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged man and his company with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, a virtual currency traded on online exchanges …
Study connects cybercrime to job loss
After years of guesswork and innumerable attempts to quantify the costly effects of cybercrime on the U.S. and world economies, McAfee engaged the Center for Strategic and …
Cyber security spending in critical infrastructure to hit $46 billion
The digitization of critical infrastructures has provided substantial benefits in terms of socio-economic developments – improved productivity, better connectivity, …
New whitepaper on cybercrime, systemic risk and global securities markets
The Research Department of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a joint Staff Working Paper, with the World Federation of Exchanges …
INTERPOL and Trend Micro to collaborate against cybercrime
Trend Micro is to collaborate with INTERPOL, the world police body, to support global law enforcement programmes to combat cybercrime. The announcement is the latest in …
12 trends in privacy and security
First identified as an industry issue a decade ago, data breaches are now part of the consumer vocabulary. Data breaches have evolved from credit card fraud with financial …
EU adopts stricter penalties for cyber criminals
Cyber criminals will face tougher penalties in the EU, under new rules adopted by Parliament on Thursday. The draft directive, already informally agreed with member states, …
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