Cybercrime

Back in 2015, a sophisticated phishing scam conned as many as 165,000 Just Eat customers in the UK into sharing their personal data with fraudsters who then sold them on the Dark Web other cyber criminals for personal profit

https://teiss.co.uk/news/just-eat-phishing-scam-hacker/

Businesses are still not addressing inside threats when it comes to cyber security, leaving themselves wide open to data breaches as a result, according to a security analyst

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252442029/Business-still-not-addressing-insider-threat

"Sharenting" - where parents share personal information about their children on social media - is the "weakest link" in risking online fraud and identity theft

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-44153754

The NCSC - in collaboration with CPNI - has recently published guidance on avoiding phishing attacks.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/phishing-spear-phishing-and-whaling-does-it-change-price-phish

Phishing continues to dominate the fraud landscape, accounting for nearly half of all attacks, but mobile fraud has jumped 650% over the past three years, according to RSA Security.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mobile-fraud-soars-as-social-sites/

At least one server used by an app for parents to monitor their teenagers' phone activity has leaked tens of thousands of accounts of both parents and children.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/teen-phone-monitoring-app-leaks-thousands-of-users-data/

Cyber criminals attacking the finance and other industry sector are continuing to exploit legitimate administration tools to hide their activities

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252441664/Legit-tools-exploited-in-bank-heists

A year after the global WannaCry attacks, the EternalBlue exploit that was a key enabler for the malware is still a threat to many organisations, and many UK firms have not taken action

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252440964/WannaCrys-EternalBlue-exploit-still-a-threat

European digital businesses were hit with 80 million fraud attempts, as they experienced more pronounced spikes of peak attack periods throughout Q1 2018 compared to previous years.

https://www.thepaypers.com/digital-identity-security-online-fraud/europe-hit-with-a-30-percent-increase-in-cyberattacks-threatmetrix-reports/773196-26

Digital laundering funds terror and will ‘double by 2020’ – and the UN’s anti-crime chief says it must be tackled

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/17/cyberlaundering-funds-terror-internet-fake-transactions-cashless-society