cybercrime
![identity](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/09100001/identity-400x200.jpg)
More authentication and identity tech needed with fraud expected to increase
The proliferation of real-time payments platforms, including person-to-person (P2P) transfers and mobile payment platforms across Asia Pacific, has increased fraud losses for …
![user](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/09100823/user-400x200.jpg)
Cybercriminals using fake job listings to steal money, info from applicants
Be extra careful when looking for a job online, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns: cybercriminals are using fake job listings to trick applicants into sharing …
![shark](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/09095053/shark-400x200.jpg)
Cyber attackers turn to business disruption as primary attack objective
Over the course of 2019, 36% of the incidents that CrowdStrike investigated were most often caused by ransomware, destructive malware or denial of service attacks, revealing …
![Hand](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/09103603/hand-code-400x200.jpg)
Fraud prevents a third of businesses from expanding digital capabilities
Kount released a new research report on digital innovation and emerging fraud, which found that the most innovative businesses are also the ones facing the greatest fraud …
![drown](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/09094016/drown-400x200.jpg)
7 signs your cybersecurity is doomed to fail in 2020
While most enterprises have come to terms with the fact that a security incident is not a factor of “if,” but rather “when,” many are still struggling to translate this into …
![network](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/09093503/network-400x200.jpg)
Hardware hacks: The next generation of cybercrime
Every 39 seconds there is a cyber attack affecting one out of three Americans. All organizations need to take proactive measures and think like the attackers that are …
![phishing](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/09094128/phishing-400x200.jpg)
Hackers go phishing for the holidays
It’s that time of year again. Everyone’s busy – at work and at home. That includes cybercriminals, too. In fact, the holiday season is when busy, distracted people tend to be …
![lock](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/09103906/lock-400x200.jpg)
The holiday season: A cybercriminal’s winter wonderland
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for cybercriminals that is. With increased online sales, major commercial holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday present …
![danger](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/09111946/danger-400x200.jpg)
Hacking and malware cause 75% of all data breaches in the financial services industry
Only 6% of all breaches in 2019 were suffered by financial services firms, according to Bitglass. However, these breaches compromised significantly more records than those …
![](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/09093341/crypto-coin-400x200.jpg)
The hidden risks of cryptojacking attacks
For any business, privacy and security are a constant concern. The variety and velocity of attacks seeking to infiltrate corporate systems and steal vital business and …
![ecommerce](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/05094040/ecommerce-400x200.jpg)
Nearly half of consumers worry about being tricked by fraudsters this holiday season
There has been a 29% increase in suspected online retail fraud during the start of the 2019 holiday shopping season compared to the same period in 2018, and a 60% increase in …
![consumer](https://img.helpnetsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/09105245/consumer-400x200.jpg)
Cybersecurity regulation is not one-size-fits-all
Differences in cultural values have led some countries to tackle the spectre of cyberattacks with increased internet regulation, whilst others have taken a …
Featured news
Sponsored
Don't miss
- Some good may come out of the CrowdStrike outage
- Critical Acronis Cyber Infrastructure vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-45249)
- eBook: 20 tips for secure cloud migration
- Microsoft 365 users targeted by phishers abusing Microsoft Forms
- Enhancing threat detection for GenAI workloads with cloud attack emulation