Cybercrime

Cybersecurity expert Dr. Jessica Barker, any one of us can move into a Homer Simpson-like state given the right type of social engineering. It is in this state that we are then susceptible to scams like phishing, spear phishing, vishing and business email compromise.

http://www.fraudconferencenews.com/home/2018/4/10/cybersecurity-expert-speaks-on-social-engineering-techniques-and-gdpr-vulnerabilities

Government funding has been allocated to help streamline cyber-attack reporting, according to the National Cyber Security Centre

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438915/UK-cyber-attack-reporting-set-to-be-more-streamlined

A shocking report this month revealed that 99% of all cybercriminals escaped justice in the UK. This is a staggering figure and paints a gloomy picture for those victims falling foul of online scams.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-do-99-cybercrime-fraudsters-escape-justice-uk-1665631

As Facebook scrambles to contain the damage from the Cambridge Analytica data exploitation scandal, a survey reveals that a majority of IT decision-makers have lost trust in the social networking firm

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438146/IT-decision-makers-trust-Facebook-less-and-are-changing-policies

Cyber attackers switched focus to ransomware attacks in 2017 putting pressure on incident response, while human error was responsible for two-thirds of compromised records

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438171/Ransomware-puts-pressure-on-incident-response

Facebook was warned by security researchers that attackers could abuse its phone number and email search facility to harvest people's data.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43656746

The time taken by firms to detect breaches increased by 40% from 2016 to 175 days on average in 2017, according to the latest M-Trends report by security firm FireEye.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438158/Average-attacker-dwell-time-nearly-six-months-for-EMEA-study-shows

Just one in 100 crimes on the web ends with a conviction and 99% of crooks escape justice as police commissioner says systems 'couldn't cope' if all reports were passed on

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5570959/Just-one-100-crimes-web-ends-conviction.html

Due to several high profile attacks over the past year, ransomware is now well known across organisations, but there are other threats to be aware of, say cyber security experts

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437553/Ransomware-publicity-heightened-awareness-but-other-threats-remain-experts-say

A recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent to the Student Loan Company (SLC) has revealed that phishing scams have taken over £100,000 from students across the UK in the past few years.

https://theboar.org/2018/03/phishing-scams-take-money-students/