Cybercrime

A pair of fraudsters used stolen credit card numbers to make £300,000 by selling luxury bikes and bags via online auction sites.

Charles Coker, 38, and Ikechukwu Ezennaya, 45, bought card details on the dark web and sold goods on eBay.

Experts have listed some classic errors online users make - such as using personal information, pet names, and surnames.

Surging online hacking has led to calls for people to take more care with passwords - with nine things people should not do. To thwart people trying to get into your email, banking and other personal accounts including online retailers, consumer experts at NetVoucherCodes.co.uk have revealed what type of passwords to avoid.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/nine-password-mistakes-people-warned-27335260

A sophisticated Chinese cyber-attack aimed at stealing UK and European foreign policy data has been tracked by investigators monitoring a global online battlefield.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/14/map-shows-extremely-targeted-chinese-cyber-attack-on-uk-and-europe-19125490/

THREE people have been arrested and charged in Essex, Kent and Northumberland in connection with a high value cyber-enabled fraud which targeted a woman in Aberdeen.

The fraud compromised the victim's online finances, resulting in a five-figure sum of money being stolen.

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/three-people-arrested-high-value-184051021.html

Cyber-criminals have increasingly utilized specialized mobile Android OS device spoofing tools to bypass anti-fraud controls and impersonate compromised account holders.

According to a new report by Resecurity’s Hunter threat intelligence unit, the emerging trend poses significant challenges for online banking, payment systems, advertising networks and online marketplaces worldwide.

A live map is monitoring cyber attacks across the globe at a time when the war in Ukraine is fuelling a ‘significant increase’ in hostile activity.

The dashboard gives a startling picture of the digital frontline, where more than 850 assaults are launched against UK targets every week on average.

Nation states and hacktivists are cyber threats to law firms in addition to criminals, the government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/gchq-nation-states-and-hacktivists-pose-cyber-threat-to-legal-sector

A prolific cyber crime gang thought to be based in Russia has issued an ultimatum to victims of a hack that has hit organisations around the world.

The Clop group posted a notice on the dark web warning firms affected by the MOVEit hack to email them before 14 June or stolen data will be published.

The mastermind behind a fraud subscription site used by criminals to con victims out of more than £100 million has been jailed for more than 13 years.

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-05-19/man-behind-multi-million-pound-fraud-site-ispoof-jailed-for-13-years

Andrew Herring tells HRNews about some of the ‘red flag’ behaviours by employees which may indicate insider fraud.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/out-law/news/management-perpetrating-a-quarter-of-uk-fraud-cases-survey-shows