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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. 24, Russia invades Ukraine, and fault lines quickly begin to appear in the cybercrime underground. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023.

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Financial cyberthreats in 2023

SecureList

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. million detections compared to 5.04

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How to Protect New Remote Workers Against Cybercrime

SecureWorld News

One of the major issues surrounds keeping remote workers protected against cybercrime. It is important that your VPN should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) rather than just usernames and passwords. For example, being aware of scams such as business email compromise (BEC) is more important than ever before.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Security

Security Through Education

” “Cybercrime apparently cost the world over $1 trillion in 2020.” The pandemic is providing the perfect cover for cybercrime, as can be seen in the alarming statistic from First Orion that criminals were able to get 270% more personal information in 2020 than in 2019 via vishing or phone scams. COVID-19 Scams.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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Financial cyberthreats in 2022

SecureList

PayPal was the almost exclusive focus of phishers in the electronic payment systems category, with 84% of phishing pages targeting the platform. Financial phishing Phishing continues to be one of the most widespread forms of cybercrime thanks to the low entry threshold and its effectiveness. of all phishing attacks in 2022.

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