The recent spike in unsolicited and mysterious telephone calls may be part of a new scheme to use telecommunications distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to distract individuals from ongoing cyber crime, the FBI warned recently. According to the FBI, cyber criminals are using telephone calls to mobile and land-lines to distract victims from the [...]
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FBI agents in Colorado Springs have noted the cyber crime rate in the city is slightly higher than the national average. Approximately 300,000 Colorado Springs residents have reported being victims of cyber crime, which is a 22 percent increase from 2009. A local special agent told Fox21 some of the most common frauds include buying [...]
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The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is marking its 10 year anniversary this year of its fight against cyber crime. Since its creation in 2000, IC3 has received around 1.5 million complaints of cyber crime, espionage and child pornography. “This year marks the first decade of our partnership with NW3C addressing nearly 1.5 million Internet [...]
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Nearly 70 percent of Bruneians cite poor cybersecurity as one of the reasons they are not using e-government services in the sultanate, according to a nationwide survey released Monday. The Brunei Times reports the majority of the 1,500 respondents said the risks associated with access to sensitive personal details by non-authorized individuals and cyber crimes [...]
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Cyber criminals often employ “money mules,” go-betweens who ferry the money between the victims and the actual criminals. When cyber theft is discovered, the money mules are the ones left holding the bag. In order to get money mules, cyber criminals set up recruiting drives that attempt to appear as legitimate businesses. The prospective money [...]
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A computer contractor from Utah has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of stealing close to $2 million from several credit unions he provided IT support to. Zeldon Morris, of Provo, Utah, was found guilty of stealing the money from from Family First Federal Credit Union, Alpine Credit Union, Deseret First [...]
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Ministers in Europe are considering establishing a unit that will call for international cooperation to protect nations and citizens from cyber crime and other technology-related problems. At a general affairs council meeting in Luxembourg on April 26, the Council of European Union proposed different strategies to combat crime on the Internet. The council saw the [...]
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Cybersecurity efforts “are headed in the right direction,” Peter Tippett, vice president of technology and innovation at Verizon, said at the Infosecurity Europe trade show in London. Tippett said that all of Verizon’s research and data suggests that successful cyber attacks are leveling off and security will improve for Internet users in the coming years. [...]
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Authorities in India are becoming increasingly concerned and vocal about the threat of cyber terrorism and cyber attacks. In an effort to meet the threat, Indian authorities have formulated a Crisis Management Plan to counter cyber attacks that can be implemented across the government. The new plan largely comes as a result of the findings [...]
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