Tag Archives: cyber crime

Norton has launched its Norton Identity Advisor Plus, for consumer identity protection. Steve Wilson, U.K. and Ireland Director at NortonLifeLock, says: “Unfortunately, personal information accessed through criminal tactics may result in identity theft. A hack or data breach could lead, for example, to a loan being taken out in your …

Martin Fairman, Group Sales & Marketing Director at KYOCERA Document Solutions UK explores how printers can be an access point for cybercriminals.  Today’s Wi-Fi printers possess an array of features that make printing easy, which are especially useful in a world where remote working is commonplace and employees use a …

Martin Rehak CEO of Resistant examines the convergence of cybersecurity and financial crime, the risks it creates and why the use of AI-powered technologies offer the only scaling factor available to organisations focused on minimising one of today’s most alarming criminal trends. In recent years, financial crime has undergone its …

 NortonLifeLock has conducted a global study that sheds light on the cyber risks impacting the gaming community. The 2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report: Special Release – Gaming & Cybercrime, conducted by The Harris Poll among more than 700 UK adults who currently play online games, found that over two in five …

British people and businesses have suffered financial losses of £5.7m from a reported 14,883 cyber crime incidents since the start of the year. The new study from click fraud prevention experts PPC Shield indicates that malicious hacking, fraudulent use of social media accounts and email scams are the most common form of cyber crime so far this year …

In Q2 2021, amidst continued disruption in supply chains and mail services, scammers sought to use this fact to steal money and credit card details. Since last year, scammers have been taking advantage of the disruption in deliveries to convince users to open phishing links. This past quarter, not only has this …

Nearly half of Brits (44%) feel more vulnerable to cybercrime than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to the 2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report. Three quarters of Brits (74%) believe remote work has made it much easier for hackers and cybercriminals to take advantage of people. Nearly 3 in …

Pete Watson, CEO at Atlas Cloud discuses how how businesses can act to guard against a second wave of Covid-19 cyber-security attacks. This year has brought the biggest-ever shift in working patterns, with hundreds of millions of people switching to homeworking due to Covid-19. In 2019, only 5% of British …

Despite the advancements of anti-malware solutions, malware variants are becoming increasingly prevalent, sophisticated and evolved. In addition, there are new trends in execution such as the increased modularity of malware where a combination of attack methods and mix-and-match tactics are used to ensure maximum damage and/or financial loss. The rise …

LogRhythm has acquired MistNet, which will allow LogRhythm to deliver intelligent, machine-learning based detection and response capabilities that incorporate network detection, user and entity behaviour analytics (UEBA), endpoint detection and response data (EDR), and additional MITRE ATT&CK detections to solve current and emerging security and risk problems. The Network Traffic …