Cybercrime

Cybercrime, or computer-oriented crime, is a crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Criminals Use Voice AI To Steal Money
Criminals Use Voice AI To Steal Money
August 30, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Cybercriminals impersonated the voice of an energy company’s chief executive and demanded an urgent transfer of $243,000 – and it worked, according to a report...

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Judge Denies Bail For Accused Capital One Hacker
Judge Denies Bail For Accused Capital One Hacker
August 24, 2019  |  Legal

The woman who was accused of hacking into Capital One’s cloud and swiping the information of more than 100 million people was denied bail, Bloomberg...

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US AG Wants Lawmakers To Have Access To Encrypted Messaging
US AG Wants Lawmakers To Have Access To Encrypted Messaging
July 23, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

William Barr, U.S. attorney general, made lengthy comments on Tuesday (July 23) about encrypted messaging and the need for law enforcement to have access to...

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Equifax Nears $700M Settlement For Data Breach
Equifax Nears $700M Settlement For Data Breach
July 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The 2017 Equifax data hack affecting more than 143 million people worldwide will cost the company about $700 million.  The credit reporting company is close...

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Fighting Crypto’s $1.2B+ Fraud Problem
Fighting Crypto’s $1.2B+ Fraud Problem
July 12, 2019  |  AML

Regulators are pushing for greater oversight of cryptocurrency, with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), recently releasing...

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Deep Dive: How Fraud Runs Rampant In Mobile Ordering
Deep Dive: How Fraud Runs Rampant In Mobile Ordering
July 01, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Mobile order-ahead apps are growing more popular by the day, and restaurants are clamoring to get on board. A QSR Magazine study found that 73...

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Florida City Pays Hundreds Of Thousands To Hackers
Florida City Pays Hundreds Of Thousands To Hackers
June 27, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

One small Florida city has had to pay cybercriminals thousands of dollars in ransomware. Lake City, a community of about 12,000 people west of Jacksonville,...

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Crypto’s Grand Stage To Sizzle (Or Fizzle)?
Crypto’s Grand Stage To Sizzle (Or Fizzle)?
June 21, 2019  |  News

Bitcoin, move over. There’s a new digital coin of the realm. Or maybe not. Maybe it all takes off.  Or maybe not. Against a backdrop...

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North Korea Dodges Sanctions With Crypto Heists And Cybercrime
North Korea Dodges Sanctions With Crypto Heists And Cybercrime
June 18, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Kim Jong Un’s regime in North Korea is thought to be relying more and more on cybercrime to gain access to foreign currency, according to...

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