The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

This has projected costs associated with cybercrimes to hit the tens of trillions by 2025, highlighting the vital need for web hosts to implement staunch security. Gainesville, Fla., July 18, 2022 – Around 30,000 websites get hacked every day , with the majority of those cyberattacks due to human error.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It’s a good idea to prepare for cybercrime, and whenever possible avoid becoming a victim of it. None of this is to suggest that falling prey to holiday cybercrime is unavoidable or that the potential damage can’t be mitigated, but it is important to educate yourself, friends and family to safeguard the holiday season.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Cybercrime: An Equal Opportunity Player When the media covers a cyber attack, the victim is usually a large and high-profile enterprise, a federal government agency, a popular app, or an international hotel chain. Recent findings show a staggering 82% of ransomware attacks are aimed at small businesses.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange FBI issued a flash alert on Lockbit ransomware operation CISA orders federal agencies to fix actively exploited CVE-2022-21882 Windows flaw Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley Ransomware attack hit Swissport International causing delays (..)

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SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

. “It has been an all-hands-on-deck evolution to respond and make the community aware,” Huntress researcher John Hammond said in an emailed statement to SC Media. The post Kaseya VSA systems under active attack, as company tells customers to shutdown appeared first on SC Media.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

Others specialize in small businesses that are often targeted by ransomware these days. Those with an existing and satisfactory business insurance relationship with a vendor are advised to first contact that company, as they may be able to offer attractive rates by packaging cyber insurance with other types of insurance.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

And we’re on the West Coast, so that defined schedule is not always the most convenient for people, particularly on the East Coast and [during] overnights, weekends, holidays,” said IDRC Chief Operating Officer James Lee, in an interview with SC Media. Identity crimes aren’t committed on a set schedule.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you are already familiar with the evolving cyber threat landscape in your home country, you’ll know that humans are often the most exploited attack vector for cybercrime, and how frequently small businesses are breached. So, how exactly are these challenges exacerbated when moving your operations beyond borders?

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

open banking seeks to give consumers and small businesses ownership over their own data and the ability to share it with other parties. The post UK ‘open banking’ efforts provide case study in risks, rewards tied to digital transformation appeared first on SC Media. While the introduction of open banking in the U.K.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

While most business owners and website administrators are aware of the problem, too few have the information or resources they need to combat it. Winning the ongoing battle against cybercrime and criminals starts with understanding the nature of the threats and how to combat them. How high is your business’ cyber threat intelligence ?

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SC Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report Wednesday, showing a sharp increase in cybercrime, both in quantity and cost in 2020. BEC/EAC is the only category of cybercrime costing more than $1 billion. The FBI compiles BEC and EAC as a single category of crime.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

LeakedSource was advertised on a number of popular cybercrime forums as a service that could help hackers break into valuable or high-profile accounts. LeakedSource also tried to pass itself off as a legal, legitimate business that was marketing to security firms and professionals. This was an internal referral.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Yet in a recent report by Nationwide , only 13% of small business owners said they’d been targeted by a cyberattack, but when they saw specific examples of cybercrime — from phishing to ransomware — that number shot up to 58%. Unfortunately, this rise in cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

That’s businesses that believe they’ve invested enough in cybersecurity (but haven’t) and/or are overconfident and think they won’t be targeted (but are). Last year, according to Verizon, 43% of cyberattacks targeted small businesses. Hackers are creative, adaptive, resourceful, and business-like.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov , the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal group that stole tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Switzerland, according to multiple sources. Tank, a.k.a.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Our guests included: Cindy Liebes, Chief Program Officer for the Cybercrime Support Network; Jake Wilson, Security Awareness Evangelist for Western Governors University; and Gretel Egan, Senior Security Awareness and Training Strategist for Proofpoint. billion of losses were reported.". Release bite-sized, creative training experiences.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Only 38% of state and local government employees are trained for ransomware prevention, and only 29% of small businesses have experience with ransomware ( IBM ). Enterprise ransomware accounts for 81% of total infections, and by market segment, 62% are small to medium-sized businesses ( Symantec ). Ransomware Types.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 15, 2023

Craig Jones, Vice President of Security Operations at Ontinue: "This situation is an unfortunate example of how cybercrime can affect artists and the music industry. This is, unfortunately, yet another example of cybercriminals moving from traditional 'large-enterprise' attacks to impacting small business, and, now individual artists."

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in March released its 2020 Internet Crime Report with updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Account Compromise (EAC), and COVID-19 scams. Organizations must navigate cybercrime at all times. The ever-present phishing challenge. Tips for security leaders.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

. “Cybercriminals prey on vulnerable Americans and small businesses to deceive and defraud them,” said Secretary Steven T. As technological advancement increasingly offers malicious actors tools that can be used for online attacks and schemes, the United States will continue to protect and defend at-risk Americans and businesses.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.

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SC Magazine

JULY 3, 2021

We can only comment on what we’ve observed, which has been around 20 MSPs who support over 1,000 small businesses, but that number is expanding quickly,” said Huntress researcher John Hammond Friday night. The post Kaseya VSA criminals may have ‘weaponized’ links in ransom negotiations appeared first on SC Media.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

These are the latest findings in our “Demographics of Cybercrime” report , presented in partnership with Digitunity, a nationally recognized non-profit dedicated to eliminating the technology gap, and Cybercrime Support Network, whose non-profit mission is to serve individuals and small businesses impacted by cybercrime throughout the country.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Links in email, tweets, texts, posts, social media messages, and online advertising are the easiest way for cybercriminals to get your sensitive information. The rule is: keep at least three (3) copies of your data and store two (2) backup copies on different storage media, with one (1) of them located offsite. You have got mail!

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SC Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

The Russian state-sponsored hackers behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack relied on a decidedly more cybercrime-styled playbook for their latest reported attack, launching a sweeping phishing campaign designed to distribute malware to organizations via weaponized communications sent from a compromised email marketing account.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

But according to denizens of several Russian-language cybercrime forums that have been following his case in the Israeli news media, Burkov was by all accounts an elite cybercrook who primarily operated under the hacker alias “ K0pa.” A screen shot from the Mazafaka cybercrime forum, circa 2011.

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