The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an uptick in digital fraud and identity theft, with 18,235 pandemic-related fraud reports received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the beginning of the year. The trouble is that the restrictions put into place to help slow the pandemic’s...
Experts estimate that total fraud losses in 2018 totaled $3.9 trillion, an increase of 49.5 percent over the last 10 years. Fraud takes many forms, from account takeover attacks to identity theft. But ad fraud might be one of the most insidious types. It’s also...
Dozens of cybercriminal groups have found a home on Facebook, using the platform’s online marketplace to sell illegal services such as stolen credit card information, as well as account theft and spamming tools, according to Cisco Systems’ Talos security unit. “Over the past several months,...
The head of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Ram Sewak Sharma, will stay on in his role for two more years. According to Reuters, his assignment was slated to end Friday (Aug. 10), but will now have the additional time to continue to shape rules...
May 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an uptick in digital fraud and identity theft, with 18,235 pandemic-related fraud reports received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the beginning of the year. The trouble is that the restrictions put into place to help slow the pandemic’s spread has forced brick-and-mortar businesses to close, and therefore driving […]
April 05, 2019
Dozens of cybercriminal groups have found a home on Facebook, using the platform’s online marketplace to sell illegal services such as stolen credit card information, as well as account theft and spamming tools, according to Cisco Systems’ Talos security unit. “Over the past several months, Cisco Talos has tracked several groups on Facebook where shady […]
August 09, 2018
The head of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Ram Sewak Sharma, will stay on in his role for two more years. According to Reuters, his assignment was slated to end...
February 22, 2018
So-called “burst attacks” are a rising threat to organizations as they grow in complexity, frequency and duration. In fact, one study found that 42 percent of organizations experienced this type...
February 16, 2018
Hackers have been using trending topics, such as FIFA 2018 and bitcoin, to trick users into offering up their personal information. That’s according to Kaspersky Lab’s “Spam and Phishing in...
