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Things worth reading: 15th March 2017

Chris Skinner

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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Using the slogan, “In Fraud We Trust,” the group directed traffic and potential purchasers to sites of its members, which served as online conduits to traffic in stolen identification, financial and banking information, malware and other illicit goods, according to the complaint. In April, a joint study by the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

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Top Fraud Issues for Telecommunications: Survey Results

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The Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) recently released the findings from its Global Telecom Fraud Survey. Fraud teams operate with lean structures. The majority are still using primarily rules-based fraud management systems, with just 6% using AI and machine learning. of respondents.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

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New Survey By Kaspersky Lab Shows Cyber Attacks Are Alive And Kicking

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What’s more, half of the companies surveyed experienced between one and five IT security incidents in the past 12 months. “As Preparedness among all departments in the organization — such as executive leaders, engineers, IT security teams and more — is key to protecting against cyberattacks.

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Hackers Employed By China Infiltrate Norwegian Software Company Visma

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Reuters , citing cybersecurity researchers, reported that the attack was part of a global hacking campaign initiated by the Ministry of State Security in China aimed at stealing intellectual property and corporate secrets. Visma made the hack public to raise awareness about the campaign.

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Louisiana School Cyberattacks Trigger State Of Emergency

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This is exactly why we established the Cyber Security Commission, focused on preparing for, responding to and preventing cybersecurity attacks, and we are well-positioned to assist local governments as they battle this current threat.”. A financial demand was made to restore everything back to normal.

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