Security News

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...