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Cybercrime Statistics in 2019

Security Affairs

According to the IC3 Annual Report released in April 2019 financial losses reached $2.7 Most financially devastating threats involved investment scams, business email compromises (BEC) , and romance fraud. The total cost of cybercrime for each company in 2019 reached US$13M. What about data breaches?

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The Future of Payments Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The increasing trend of using mobile payments for in-store purchases (especially during the pandemic) is leading criminals to increasingly focus their efforts on defrauding people through online fraud and scams. Fraud and scams move to the web. The stolen data is used both to commit fraud directly and indirectly. Data security.

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The Countdown to Black Friday Has Begun. Are Retailers and Consumers Ready?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While these interconnected experiences might seem great at the outset, retailers are opening themselves up to new security risks, especially as we head beyond the holiday season and into 2019. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1. Additionally, the report revealed that the top reason identified by our U.S. No phishing here.

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Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In addition, telemedicine has generated a larger pool for potential phishing scams as well as other socially-engineered, and technically based, attacks (e.g., The degree of digitalization and the scientific efforts for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine have further increased the threat surface. Data security. ransomware).

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Cyber Security Roundup for April 2021

Security Boulevard

PA Unit 42 found that the average ransom paid by organisations nearly tripled over the past year, from $115,123 in 2019 to $312,493. Between 2015 and 2019, the largest-known individual ransom demand was $15 million. FatFace Faces Customer Anger After Controversial Breach Response. Stolen in Pandemic Scams.