Cybercrime

Ransomware, which morphed from scareware fraud around 1998, isn’t abating. Fraudsters are still holding electronic devices ransom with creative variants and extorting money and personally identifiable information.

http://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295000289&Site=ACFEWEB

Ransomware targeting cloud services is one of the six biggest cyber threats likely to face organisations in 2018, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450432488/Ransomware-to-hit-cloud-computing-in-2018-predicts-MIT

Five individuals have been arrested as part of an investigation into two major ransomware families - CTB-Locker and Cerber - that spread across Europe and the U.S. in recent years.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/12/20/ransomware-arrests-for-cerber-and-ctb-locker/#5896e57d315a

Fraud officers described the fake e-receipt message as an “exact replica” of a real message from the clothing store Debenhams.

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=31189

Here’s a New Year’s resolution for 2018: de-clutter your digital history. Your computer stores a huge amount of browsing data, and in places you might never think to look.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2017/12/15/3-ways-start-year-digital-clean-slate/955115001/

Plenty of child-friendly tech was expected to be in high demand this festive season, from iPhones and teddies to the new Xbox

https://news.sky.com/story/privacy-fears-raised-over-internet-enabled-christmas-presents-given-to-children-11189009

According to Sky News, we can expect to see additional hacking attempts in the future.

https://themerkle.com/north-korean-hackers-continue-to-target-bitcoin-platforms-in-europe-and-asia/

Security researchers are urging businesses to ensure they are prepared for large-scale DDoS attacks following the online publication of code to exploit a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 routers

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450432549/IoT-botnet-DDoS-attacks-predicted-after-exploit-code-published

Attacks on computer networks and undersea internet cables are a greater threat to the UK than the Blitz during World War II, the National Security Adviser has claimed.

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=31124

Apple has confirmed that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by the recently discovered microprocessor exploits as the financial services industry assesses the risk

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450432679/Apple-confirms-all-devices-affected-by-Meltdown-and-Spectre