The Times has revealed that a surge in criminals targeting British pension riches means savers are being scammed out of half a million pounds every day. Read Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Times The post Savers Lose Millions to Fraudsters appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU. Source: http://www.itsecurityguru.org
So you’ve been breached. Gigabytes upon gigabytes of data are now in the hands of…well, someone. It could be the guy across the hall who just got fired; perhaps it was a competitor; or maybe it was just some hacker looking for a quick payday. In any case, trust in your organization is dwindling. Your bosses, the customers, and the media are all breathing down your team’s collective necks, demanding…
A cybercrime outfit stealing from as many as 10 banks in Russia, Armenia and Malaysia has borrowed heavily from one of the kingpins in this realm, Carbanak. Source: www.threatpost.com
A malicious Google Chrome extension being spread in phishing emails steals any data posted online by victims. Source: https://threatpost.com
Malware infections topped the list as the most expensive infection, costing businesses approximately $2.4 Million a year! Read Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading The post Cybercrime Costs $11.7m appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU. Source: http://www.itsecurityguru.org
With mobile devices set to become the primary way to verify customer identity, Callcredit launches new suite of products to provide positive associations between identity and key digital attributes of email address and/or telephone number Research launched today by Callcredit Information Group, reveals that whilst 73% of fraud professionals think mobile devices will be the key facilitator of identification in the future, over half (60%) feel that they will…
Flashpoint warns of a new business email compromise campaign targeting organizations in various industries with the aim of harvesting credentials. Source: www.threatpost.com
The number of emails carrying malware increased to a new high in July with one in every 359 emails carrying a malicious payload, according to Symantec’s July Intelligence Report. July also saw increases in the number of phishing attempts and spam, but the increasing use by cybercriminals of email to spread malware took center stage reaching a level not seen since December 2016. The rate of infected emails in July…
The email hoaxer who previously duped Trump administration officials, as well as the governor of Bank of England, has tricked yet another high profile individual into engaging in an email exchange. UK home secretary Amber Rudd is reportedly the latest victim of the email prankster who goes by the pseudonym Sinon Reborn. The prankster reportedly posed as a senior Downing Street official to trick Rudd into responding to emails. Rudd…
A new ‘cyber alarm’ system which sounds a warning when a website or IT network comes under attack allows businesses to detect security breaches as soon as they occur. Foregenix is the first cyber security firm in the UK to offer Canary, which sits on a company’s website and ‘chirps’ loudly when there is an attempted ‘break in’. The company says that tough new data protection rules coming into force next year…