Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Underground cybercrime forums – serving criminals as well as nation-state actors – continue to evolve, offering a greater range of services, from reviews of information stolen during adata breach for secrets, to using hacked corporate accounts to launder money, says Tom…
Social Media Scams on the rise
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Social media is a conduit for thieves to get personal data (they can use it, for instance, to open up a credit line in the victim’s name). Though many people are concerned their personal information will get in the wrong hands,…
Cyber security firms eye India as attacks on world’s IT hub rise
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Global cybersecurity company TaaSera launched its India business on Thursday, joining a growing number of cybersecurity firms eyeing India as a growth frontier amid an expected doubling of online crime in the country. Silicon Valley-based TaaSera said India, host to some…
Rise in crimes against women in Odisha’s Twin City
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Twin city (Bhubaneswar-Cuttack) recorded highest number of crime cases last year in comparison to the last three years but Commissionerate Police claims that they have detected over 95 per cent of cases related to crimes against women, a much improved effort…
City saw a steep rise in credit card fraud cases in 2014, say police
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans According to Mumbai police’s records, there has been a steep rise in credit card fraud cases registered across the city last year. The data shows that 183 cases were registered in 2014 as opposed to a mere 32 that were registered…
Simple failures of policy’ contributing to rise in cybercrime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads UK retailers have said that fraud increased by 12 per cent year-on-year in 2013-14 and accounted for 37% of the total cost of crime during the period. The level of cyber attacks suffered by the vast majority…
Cyber crime in India on the rise; government reports 40% increase
Cyber crime instances including cases of hacking, publication of obscene contents, credit card thefts and banking frauds are increasing in India and according to latest statistics published by the Home Ministry, there has been an increase of 40 per cent […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Eset warns of rise in online payment attacks
Online payment systems will attract more malware this year, and be a bigger target for cyber criminals, according to internet security firm Eset Ireland. In its cyber threat predictions for 2015, the company warns of a rise in targeted attacks, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Targeted cyber attacks expected to rise in 2015
TrendLabs has released a report called, The Invisible Becomes Visible, in which it outlines its industry predictions on what the cyber threat landscape is expected to look like in 2015. And with hackers having so much success against prominent targets […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Rise of the Hackers’ explores modern code-crackers
How sly of those “Nova” folks. They’ve concocted a science show masquerading as an espionage tale, a story about math that pretends to be about our Internet passwords, an educational overview of our data-dependent world that wants us to find […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…