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A cyber hacking tool that allowed criminals to take full control of victims’ machines is no longer available after an international operation instigated and led by the South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit.
https://www.swrocu.org.uk/48/section.aspx/44/press_release_luminosity
Cybersecurity experts have warned about the serious risks of watching XXX videos online, saying that porn users are major targets for scammers
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5474579/porn-fraud-schemes-hackers/
The NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme aspires to protect the majority of people in the UK from the majority of the harm, caused by the majority of the attacks, for the majority of the time
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/active-cyber-defence-one-year
The Infraud Organisation is said to have dealt in stolen credit cards and passwords and engaged in bank fraud and ID theft.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42978428
A British man is being sought by US authorities in connection with an international gang accused of committing £380 million in cybercrime fraud.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/07/british-man-wanted-us-role-560m-cyber-crime/
Why go to all the bother of writing ransomware that demands victims pay a Bitcoin ransom? If all you want is cryptocurrency, why not use the infected computers to mine the crypto coins themselves?
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/smominru-half-million-pcs-hit-cryptomining-botnet/
Unsuspecting motorists are being duped by scam texts pretending to be from the DVLA asking them to enter their personal information
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Nearly 90% of the root domains operated by top online retailers in the European Union and the United States are putting their brands and consumers at risk of phishing attacks.
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252434022/Most-online-retail-sites-put-customers-at-risk-of-phishing
More than 2,000 WordPress websites have once again been found infected with a piece of crypto-mining malware that not only steals the resources of visitors' computers to mine digital currencies but also logs visitors' every keystroke.
https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/wordpress-keylogger.html
Safer Internet Day 2018 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday 6th February 2018 with the slogan “Create, Connect and Share Respect: A better internet starts with you”.
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2018
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