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Justice Department to Launch Ransomware Taskforce
Ransomware operators continue to innovate hacking techniques to encrypt victims’ sensitive information and demand ransom or threaten targets of leaking their data online. Besides...
Cybercrime Costs Americans $4.2 Bn in 2020: FBI
The FBI received nearly 800,000 cybercrime complaints in 2020, with reported losses of $4.2 billion. In its latest Internet Crime Report for 2020, the...
Is Trickbot Botnet Back?
The infamous Trickbot botnet is back again with new phishing and malware campaigns mostly targeting insurance and legal enterprises in North America. An analysis...
Insider Threats: A Byproduct of the New Normal
Despite the continuous security improvements, the concern over insider threats seems to be growing for organizations globally. The new distributed working conditions have also...
CYBERSEC: Data is Worth More Than You Think!
If you thought that the first day of the CYBERSEC Global 2020 was exhilarating, then the second day of the virtual conference was no...
ACSC’s First Annual Cyber Threat Report Records 59,806 Cybercrimes in One Year
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recorded 59,806 cybercriminal complaints in the past 12 months (From July 2019 to June 2020) and responded to...