Security News

Is US Computer Crime Justice Draconian?
2018-02-19 17:33

Prosecutors Cry 'Deterrence' to Justify Lengthy Sentences. Who's Deterred?Is U.S. computer crime justice draconian? That's one obvious question following England's Court of Appeal ruling that...

Estonia Arrests Alleged Russian Agent Plotting Cyber-Crime
2017-11-07 17:51

Estonia said Tuesday it had arrested a suspected Russian spy allegedly plotting a cyber-crime, in the latest incident to strain relations between the small Baltic state and the Kremlin. read more

Eye on Crime: Help Security Tools and Teams See What Matters (Security Week)
2017-07-11 12:58

I recently watched The Day of the Jackal, a 1973 thriller about a plot to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle. What started as a lark to see what Paris looked like in the early 70s...

FBI: $1.45 Billion in Losses to Internet Crime Reported in 2016 (Security Week)
2017-06-26 19:19

The FBI has published its Internet Crime Report 2016 based on information received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). It shows that 298,728 complaints were received by the IC3 during...

Internet crime: The continuing rise of the BEC scam (Help Net Security)
2017-06-23 15:07

Through its website, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) accepts complaints about Internet-facilitated criminal activity, and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement agencies...

FBI: Reported Internet-Enabled Crime Losses Hit $1.3 Billion (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-23 14:18

Rising Attacks: CEO Fraud, Ransomware, Tech-Support Fraud, ExtortionThe FBI says reported losses due to internet crime last year totaled $1.3 billion, based on nearly 300,000 complaints logged...

Police dismantle organised crime network suspected of online payment scams (Help Net Security)
2017-06-05 12:30

The Polish National Police, working in close cooperation with its law enforcement counterparts in Croatia, Germany, Romania and Sweden, alongside Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), have...