Cybercrime

The City of London Police, the national lead force for fraud which runs Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre, has revealed that City of London cybercrime victims lost £230,000 between October 2017 and March 2018.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1063/city_of_london_sees__230_000_lost_to_cyber_crime_

Profuse recounting of details from your life via social media may come at a price

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/06/29/oversharing-social-media/

Researchers at Malwarebytes have found that a new variant to the SamSam ransomware has been hitting users wherein the attacker has to put in a password before the malware could be executed.

http://www.ehackingnews.com/2018/06/new-samsam-ransomware-variant-requires.html

HM Revenue & Customs has removed more than 20,000 malicious websites in the past year, but warns people to stay alert to the threat from online fraudsters

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252444044/HMRC-deactivates-record-number-of-fake-websites

The information security community has welcomed the publication of the government’s minimum cyber security standard, which could be used by any organisation to improve its cyber defences

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252443958/UK-government-cyber-security-standard-welcomed

Cryptojacking is increasingly being used by cyber criminals to raise funds, Watchguard report reveals

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252444067/Linux-targeted-by-illicit-cryptocurrency-miners

Cyber criminals are selling personal data on the dark web for the price of a cup of coffee, a survey has found.

https://www.metro.news/cyber-fraudsters-sell-login-details-for-price-of-a-coffee/1125879/

Action Fraud is warning parents and online gamers of the risk of fraud involving Steam Cards and Fortnite.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/fraudsters-targeting-online-gamers-jun18

It’s not just Macaulay Culkin who poses a risk Home Alone, according to a new cyber security survey amongst senior executives.

http://www.lpportal.eu/content/editorial/articles/web-and-mobile-fraud/home-alone-workers-pose-more-risk/

The government-funded London cyber innovation centre opens and welcomes the first cyber security businesses as a study reveals that a quarter of UK firms lack the right security technology

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252443659/London-cyber-innovation-centre-opens