A former vice president of a personal protective equipment packaging firm has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution for sabotaging the company's electronic shipping records during the COVID-19 pandemic - causing delays in deliveries - after he was terminated from his job.
"Cybercrime is an evolution, not a revolution," says Europol's Philipp Amann, who oversees the EU law enforcement intelligence agency's annual study of the latest cyber-enabled crime trends. Ransomware, social engineering and the criminal abuse of cryptocurrency and encryption are some of the top threats.
Maintaining the right balance between security and customer experience is always challenging for online businesses. This challenge becomes even more relevant during this crisis as businesses face unprecedented levels of traffic and attacks.
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The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes a new report that labels ransomware as the No. 1 cybercrime threat. Also featured: A former FBI agent offers an update on "disruptionware" attacks; how Tesla's autopilot is tricked by phantom images.
A majority of mobile finance apps lack the security controls and code hardening necessary to prevent applications from being compromised, according to recent analyst research. And relying on legacy methods - like network or perimeter protection that is incapable of detecting these kinds of attacks - can have dire...
Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled threat seen by law enforcement. But phishing, business email compromises and other types of fraud - many now using a COVID-19 theme - also loom large, Europol warns in its latest Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is seeking answers about an apparent ransomware incident at Universal Health Services that knocked out access to the hospital chain's U.S. IT network for nearly two weeks.
Email and collaboration platforms are the connective tissue
of most businesses and organizations, where information
is shared, plans are hatched, and alliances formed. Yet as a
human-driven medium, email often represents the 'weakest
link' in an organization's security strategy. Indeed, 94% of
cyber-threats...
Email and collaboration platforms are the connective tissue
of most businesses and organizations, where information
is shared, plans are hatched, and alliances formed. Yet as a
human-driven medium, email often represents the 'weakest
link' in an organization's security strategy. Indeed, 94% of
cyber-threats...
Within a few days of President Donald Trump testing positive for a COVID-19 virus infection, fraudsters began deploying phishing emails using the president's health as a lure, according to the security firms Proofpoint and KnowBe4.
Digital identity is coming of age as a way to enable COVID-19 contact tracing, crack down on payment fraud and much more, says Tony Craddock of the Emerging Payments Association.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes cybersecurity firm McAfee's plans to again become a publicly traded company. Also featured: 'Zero trust' strategic insights and an IoT security flaw saga.
This article discusses a case that started with an email from a brand-new MTR customer.
The customer had just heard that a third-party vendor they work with had been hit by ransomware and was worried they might also be affected.
Download this case to get a deeper analysis about how:
The script was a downloader...
Enterprises have a Customer Experience (CX) problem - how to provide optimum customer experience while simultaneously
reducing fraud and protecting the privacy of consumers.
Read this guide to learn:
About the two sides of risk: customer experience and security of information
Best practices for buying a...
Contact Centers serving financial and banking organizations have quite a challenge regarding the verification of consumers. This is multiplied
by having to deal with the abrupt change from a mix of online and in-person points of contact to the necessary requirement that consumer interaction happens without any...
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