cybercrime - News, Features, and Slideshows

• ‘Revolutionary’ cybercrime reporting site ACORN a flop finds internal report

  The Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network initiative has made little difference to the number of victims reporting cybercrimes.

• Many companies are not GDPR-compliant: report

  Despite undertaking measures to improve data security and privacy, 38 per cent of global organisations responding to a survey say they are still not compliant with the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) requirements.

• Hackers stole $2.3 billion from Australians last year

  Hackers fleeced more than $2.3 billion from Australian consumers last year with more than six million people falling victim to cybercrime.

• National security contractor hacked, government reveals

  ​A hacker gained access to a national security contractor’s system for an “extended period of time” and stole a “significant” amount of data last year, the government will reveal today.

• Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam

  The Queensland Police Financial and Cyber Crime Group is warning small businesses of a scam that has cost one local business $1.9 million.

• How should the U.S. respond to state-sponsored cyberattacks?

  It's no secret that U.S. government agencies and businesses are the target of around-the-clock cyber intrusions, many carried out by or at the behest of foreign nation-states.

• CIOs seek cybersecurity solutions, bigger voice in C-suite

  Issues like cybersecurity might keep CIOs up at night, but in Northern New Jersey, at least they know they're not alone.

• Why Israel could be the next cybersecurity world power

  There are plenty of cities in the U.S. that want to lay claim to becoming the "next" Silicon Valley, but a dusty desert town in the south of Israel called Beersheva might actually have a shot at becoming something more modest, and more focused. They want to be the first place you think about when it comes to cybersecurity research, education, and innovation. If things go right there, it may well happen.

• Tech Industry Praises Cybersecurity Framework From White House

  Leaders of the tech sector laud the Obama administration's rollout of voluntary cybersecurity guidelines, but broader private-sector adoption could remain a challenge.

• Hack victims urged to share the gory details

  It may be difficult to remember now, but not too long ago, cyberattacks rarely made headlines in mainstream news. That's not to say that these advanced persistent threats, sometimes state-sponsored or the product of organized crime, were uncommon. On the contrary, they were booming. It was just that few people liked to talk about them.

Whitepapers about cybercrime

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  Business Email Compromise Survival Infographic

  Managing Business Email Compromise and Impostor Threats to Keep Your Organisation Protected. BEC uses emails from fraudsters posing as an executive. They ask the victim to wire money or disclose sensitive information. Only later do the victims realize that the email didn’t come from the executive.

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  5 Tips to Defend Against Malicious Insiders

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  Why Technology Supply Chain Resiliency Matters

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  Advanced endpoint protection for dummies