cybercrime
Parliamentary Panel Praises Inclusion of Scams, Cybercrimes in Organised Crime Laws
The committee said this will be "a very effective addition" in the substantive law
AA Edit | CoWIN data leak breach of trust, must be probed
The leak, if found to be true after a probe, is a big cybercrime, a violation of the right to privacy
People’s carelessness blamed for card theft
Around 33% of Indian consumers store their bank account, credit, debit card, ATM passwords, Aadhaar details in email, mobile and computers
Common criminals now corona criminals: Fraudsters go online, preying on Europe's virus fears
Police around the world seized 34,000 counterfeit surgical masks in one major operation targeting so-called "corona criminals" this month
DDoS attacks almost double in Q4 2019 compared to previous year
Further investigation of botnet activity reveals that around 28 per cent of attacks happened on weekends.
APIs are now target of choice for cybercriminals attacking financial organizations
Up to 75% of all credential abuse attacks targeted APIs.
Beware: Attackers find new ways to avoid detection when compromising email accounts
Hackers monitor, track activity to learn and then launch phishing attacks.
Scammers exploit new ‘data-leak-compensation’ scheme
Kaspersky experts have identified a brand-new scheme that exploits these issues around privacy.
UN gives green light to draft treaty to combat cybercrime
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Friday that will start process of drafting a new international treaty to combat cybercrime.
Watch out! Cybercriminals primarily targeting e-commerce apparel sites
Last year the situation was different: the total number of targeted brands was lower at just 67.