Category: Cyber Crime
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Monday, April 04, 2022
The Biggest Threat to Your Money (not inflation) / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: Stephen_McBride
As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Russian hackers infiltrated Ukraine’s internet.
On the morning of the invasion, alarms started ringing inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center. It detected a “wiper” attack, headed straight for Ukraine’s banks—a hack that would wipe away all of the banks’ data.
Hours later, Russian hackers crippled tens of thousands of satellite modems, knocking out internet access across Ukraine… including the websites of the country’s defense ministry and army.
It was the largest attack of its kind in Ukraine’s history. And it didn’t stop there…
Data from cybersecurity firm Check Point Software shows cyberattacks on Ukraine tripled in the first week of battle.
Cybercrime is, hands down, the most overlooked threat to your money today. We all think “it’ll never happen to me.”
But as I’ll show you, we can’t ignore this threat any longer. Today, I’ll give you an actionable tip on how to deal with it. As you'll see, it could save you tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Industries that Require Secure Messaging Apps / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: Sumeet_Manhas
In today’s globalized world, information has become its own form of currency. Due to the interconnected nature of how we work, play, and communicate, data security is now a major concern.
Whether you’re a business owner or someone who regularly communicates over the internet, there is simply no room for complacency.
Hackers and thieves utilize information stolen from our communications for their own nefarious reasons - these can range from credit card fraud to outright identity theft.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Helping Businesses Fight Email Spam the Right Way / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: Submissions
Everyone gets spam in their inbox every day. It’s frustrating, but it can also be dangerous. The emails might contain viruses and malware that can infect your system, or they might trick you into giving hackers your personal information that they can use to steal your identity and money. And if you’re running a business, you not only have to worry about your own inbox; you also have to worry about the inbox of every one of your employees, hoping that they know how to stay safe.
Being aware of the signs that an email is spam is the first step. Beyond that, there are other ways that your business can fight email spam the right way. Check out the tips below to get started.
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Thursday, February 06, 2020
In-the-Know Investors Are Making a Killing Off America’s Fast Growing Cyber Crime / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: Stephen_McBride
Last week, news broke that Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi Arabia.
Rumor has it the hackers sent Bezos a malicious file in a private message. They threatened to steal everything: emails, business secrets, private messages, even nude photos.
You’d think if there was one guy on earth who was “unhackable”, it’d be Bezos. Not only is he the richest person in history, he’s a tech genius, the head of arguably the world’s most powerful tech company.
He has an army of computer geniuses whose sole job is to secure Amazon’s computer systems from hackers. And his iPhone was still hacked!
Thursday, January 23, 2020
5 Cyber-security considerations for 2020 / Personal_Finance / Cyber Crime
By: Submissions
Firewall and anti-virus used to be a business’ first line of defence when it came to cyber-security. However, in the last five years the IT Security landscape has radically evolved and malware is now more sophisticated than ever. So much so, businesses have no choice but to increase their IT infrastructure and first line of defence.
Defence wears many guises. This could be internal IT teams monitoring and quarantining external email, or it could be the in the form of investment in Managed IT Services from a professional provider. Both can keep your company and customer data secure. But before you decide which would suit your business best, there’s five key questions you should ask yourself first.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
How to Protect Your Site from Bots & Spam? / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: Submissions
To ensure your business effectiveness and build up a strong brand, it necessary to establish a smooth operation of your website with no downtimes and system failures. That’s why we strongly recommend you to think about your site protection against bots and spam. You can use a single module for this purpose. In this case, the data protection will occur automatically, with no involvement from your side. The module will define whether it is a bot or a real visitor who tries to access your website. Based on the data, the system will block all possible malicious bots, whether it is spam, parsing, vulnerability search, etc.
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Monday, June 24, 2019
5 basic tips to help mitigate the vulnerability inherent in email communications / Personal_Finance / Cyber Crime
By: Travis_Bard
Email is one of the most vulnerable areas in any network infrastructure. Why? Because any time you send an email, it leaves one network and moves into another.
While on transit, a sniffer can read the email, or, one of the servers between sender and receiver can intercept and save the email.
Monday, June 03, 2019
LinkedIn Hack Scam Extortion Emails / ConsumerWatch / Cyber Crime
By: Nadeem_Walayat
It's another day and another scam email lands in my email box trying to extort bitcoins out of me, giving me 24 hours to make payment else supposed footage of compromising activities grabbed from a web cam will be immediately made available to the whole wide world. And before you ask No, I don't have a web cam connected to my computer.
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Friday, December 01, 2017
Online Accounts Risks, One of Largest Brokerages Halts Online Trading After “Glitch” / ConsumerWatch / Cyber Crime
By: GoldCore
– ‘Technical issue’ at Fidelity temporarily blocks access to online accounts and halts online trading
– Fidelity is 3rd largest brokerage by client assets: $1.7 trillion at the end of 2016
– NatWest, RBS, Ulster Bank have experienced online banking “issues” in November
– Clients left without access to funds & failed payments & little to no recourse
– Social media exposing the banks’ and online trading platforms’ shortcomings
– Reminder that online accounts can be rendered non-viable and vulnerability of absolute dependence and digital cash, digital gold etc
Editor: Mark O’Byrne
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Monday, November 06, 2017
How To Profit From The $6 Trillion A Year Cyber Crime Threat / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: OilPrice_Com
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
The Equifax Hack Must Be A Wake-Up Call To Redefine Digital Security / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: John_Mauldin
BY GEORGE FRIEDMAN : The Equifax hack must be the last straw in the saga of our inept computer industry. Critical information on the vast majority of American families was compromised.
To say that this was not a rare phenomenon understates it. There has been an endless array of stolen information—from the recent theft of still proprietary stock information from the Commerce Department to the theft of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
7 Security Tips for Online Traders / Personal_Finance / Cyber Crime
By: Submissions
Jessica Davison writes: Do you trade the world's markets online? It doesn’t matter if you trade currencies, commodities, stocks or bonds, the security protocols around the safety of your data all need to be the same. The power of the internet has brought the trading desk into the home office and the local coffee shop.
While the convenience and mobility of the trading lifestyle are glamorous and empowering, it can also be frightening. It can become scary when you realize that your entire financial empire boils down to a few strings of code that keep your money, and that of your clients, secure from the hands of cyber criminals. Here are seven security tips you can implement to keep your online trading activities safe.
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
MR ROBOT NHS Cyber Attack Hack - Why Israel, NSA, CIA and GCHQ are Culpable / Politics / Cyber Crime
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Near 1/3rd of Britain's healthcare system was SHUTDOWN Friday due to being hack attacked, data encrypted by ransomware known as WannaCry demanding $300 per infected machine under threat of all data being lost. The primary reason why this attack was able to take down Britains healthcare system so easily is because it is mostly running on the out of date operating systems such as XP that are no longer being maintained by Microsoft. Which means that Microsoft has not been releasing patches to newly discovered bugs, exploits and threats for many years, so with each passing year the probability for an attack increases exponentially.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Cyber Fraud At SWIFT – $81 Million Stolen From Central Bank, Digital Gold / Stock-Markets / Cyber Crime
By: GoldCore
Swift, the vital global financial network that western financial services companies, institutions and banks use for all payments and transfer billions of dollars every day, warned its customers yesterday evening that it was aware of cyber fraud and a number of recent “cyber incidents” where attackers had sent fraudulent messages over its system and $81 million was apparently stolen from a central bank.
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
How to Prevent Hackers from Stealing Your Bank Account / Personal_Finance / Cyber Crime
By: Casey_Research
By Justin Spittler
If you use the Internet, your bank account is at risk...
On Monday, “terrorists” attacked a major U.S. hospital.
They didn’t set off a bomb or fire a single bullet. They infected the hospital with a computer virus.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Corporatist Economic Espionage / Companies / Cyber Crime
By: BATR
Espionage is about gathering information. When foreign interests conduct such operations it is usually called spying. When corporations seek to acquire trade secrets from a competitor, it often becomes a case for legal litigation. In business terms, just what is the best way to view stealing secrets? Investopedia defines 'Economic Espionage' accordingly.
Monday, February 16, 2015
International Hacking Group Steals $300 Million – Global Digital Banking System Not Secure / Stock-Markets / Cyber Crime
By: GoldCore
- Sophisticated “Ocean’s 11″ style heist is one of the largest in history
- Hackers remotely accessed bank computers to manipulate accounts and A.T.M.s.
- Banking groups make no comment
- Details expose incredible systemic vulnerability
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