Tag Archives: cybercrime

International Women’s Day: Why Women are the Secret Weapon For Tackling Cybercrime

To attract all types of women into a career in cybersecurity, we need to consider all life stages when breaking down the gender barriers. This means creating paths for women who ar... More

Fortinet Helps Launch The Cybercrime Atlas Initiative

Fortinet announced the launch of the Cybercrime Atlas, a joint initiative launched in Davos at the organization’s Annual Meeting by the World Economic Forum (WEF) with the suppor... More

Interpol Says Metaverse Opens Up New World of Cybercrime (Reuters)

Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments - the "metaverse" - could create new kinds of cybercrime and allow existing crim... More

FBI: Cybercrime Victims Suffered Losses of Over $6.9B in 2021 (Dark Reading)

he Internet Crime Complaint Center fielded 847,376 cybercrime reports last year, an increase of 7% from 2020.... More

2022 May be the Year Cybercrime Returns its Focus to Consumers (Bleeping Computer)

Cybercriminals like to follow the shortest and most accessible pathway to achieving their goals, and when it comes to targeting corporate networks, the best chances lie at targetin... More

In the Fight Against Cybercrime, Takedowns are Only Temporary (DR)

Disrupting access to servers and infrastructure continues to interfere with cybercrime activity, but it's far from a perfect strategy.... More

Apple Warns of Cybercrime Risks if EU Forces it to Allow Others’ Software (Reuters)

Apple ramped up its criticism of EU draft rules that would force it to allow users to install software from outside its App Store, citing the risks posed by cybercriminals and malw... More

The Business Plan of Cyber Criminals (Arm Blueprint)

In cybersecurity, 2005 is a year that looms large. It marked the moment when cybercrime graduated from a malicious and somewhat sophisticated sport to a business with money, inform... More

M&E Journal: Cyber Warfare: Addressing a Very Real Threat to the M&E Industry

It’s all over the news. Massive cyberattacks disrupting critical businesses, systems and government organizations, and it seems there’s a new one every day. Even some of th... More

Cybercrime Groups are Selling Their Hacking Skills (Some Countries are Buying) (ZDNet)

Nation-state hacking groups don't need to do the work themselves anymore: they can hire criminal gangs to breach targets for them - with the added bonus that it's harder to trace t... More