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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CSA Outlines Data Security Challenges and Best Practices, While ISACA Offers Tips To Retain IT Pros

Security Boulevard

And get the latest on cyber scams; zero-day vulnerabilities; and critical infrastructure security. Anyone receiving those letters should disregard them because theyre a scam, the U.S. The FBI further recommends that targeted executives do the following: Notify fellow executives in the organization about the scam so that theyre aware.

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Security Roundup April 2025

BH Consulting

Another lens on cybercrime comes courtesy of the FBIs Annual Internet Crime Report. Its top three cybercrimes, based on reports from victims, were: phishing/spoofing, extortion and personal data breaches. CSO Online marked the progress as 66 per cent done. MORE US consumers lost $470 million through phone scams in 2024.

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INTERPOL and Nigerian Police bust business email compromise ring, arrest 11

CSO Magazine

INTERPOL and the Nigerian Federal Police today announced the arrests of 11 business email compromise (BEC) actors in Nigeria as part of an international operation to disrupt and tackle sophisticated BEC cybercrime.

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BrandPost: Hyper-vigilance is Critical for Retail Security

CSO Magazine

And more cybercrime. The unfortunate truth is that the holidays have always been big for cybercrime, and this year is most definitely not an exception. More sales, more traffic, bigger crowds, more support calls, longer hours, increased foot traffic, bigger promotions, extra communications.

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Darwinium upgrades its payment fraud protection platform

CSO Magazine

The company claims that the update ensures customers remain in control of users’ data while also preventing Darwinian from becoming a target of cybercrime. Use cases for the Darwinium platform include account security, scam detection, account takeover, fraudulent new accounts, synthetic identities, and bot intelligence.

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Cyber nonprofits ask billionaire philanthropists to show them some love

SC Magazine

Signatories also include nonprofit executives Mari Galloway, CEO of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu, and Kristin Judge, CEO and founder of the Cybercrime Support Network (CSN). Kristin Judge, Cybercrime Support Network. The problem, however, is that many large foundations, ignore cybersecurity altogether. “A

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Fake LinkedIn CISO Profiles Target Top Companies

SecureWorld News

of spam and scam.". Krebs discovered that this profile was actually lifted from a real person, the CISO from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, Maryland. KrebsOnSecurity makes a few suggestions as to what LinkedIn could do to stop these fraudulent profiles from popping up.

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