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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Launched in the Ukraine a decade ago, the internet-based cybercriminal enterprise stole identities, compromised debit and credit cards and personal, financial and banking information and spread computer malware, the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement. In April, a joint study by the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

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Cybersecurity Stocks Still Benefit From Equifax Scandal

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The ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF, for example, has risen 18 percent this year, CNBC reported. The exchange-traded fund, which was founded in 2014, notched staggering returns of 31 percent following the Equifax data breach in 2017, twice that of the S&P 500 return during that same time period.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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As for the locale: Search warrants, noted by ZDNet , were served on those individuals in an immigration detention center, yielding 16 mobile phones, various SIM cards and a number of electronic storage devices. The scam, which used those devices and deployed email methods, netted more than $3 million in Australian currency.

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Cybersecurity Predictions 2018: Cyber Scores and Stolen Eyes

FICO

In 2017 we saw massive change in the speed, creativity and magnitude of attacks — yet the industry plodded along on important issues such as timely data breach disclosures. Taking both ends of the spectrum into account, my cybersecurity predictions for 2018 involve cyber scores, 2FA and bio hacks. Sure, it’s difficult.

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What We Can Learn From The Year of The Cybersecurity Breach

William Mills

From Yahoo to Uber and everything in between, 2017 has been the year of the cyberattack. The fact is that because financial institutions hold valuable consumer data, such as credit card and social security numbers, they are simply more likely to be the target of a cybersecurity attack.

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Don’t Bite The Phish Hook

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Recent research by San Francisco-based cyber security company RiskIQ , aggregated in the company’s 2017 State of Enterprise Digital Defense Report , shows 68 percent of corporate decision-makers have little to no confidence in this area. How confident do you feel in your ability to handle and mitigate the situation?

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My Keynote World Tour Wrap-Up: “Analytics Will Rock You”

FICO

APAC Fraud Forum : At this FICO customer meeting in the Philippines, my presentation highlighted FICO’s advances in mobile analytics and cyber analytics. Today, cyber threats remain one of the biggest risks to all companies. At this customer meeting we dove deep into the AI topic and the surrounding hype. The tour continues.