Cybercrime

Volumes of SMS traffic fraud will fall by three quarters over the next five years, boosting business revenues for mobile operators that invest in firewalls that filter out malicious communications.

https://www.techradar.com/news/sms-firewalls-can-reduce-fraud-messages-by-75-per-cent-within-five-years

Dr Kartikeya Tripathi and Professor Claudia Cooper from the UCL Jill Dando Institute examine how the risk of becoming a victim of cybercrime has increased for older people during lockdown and how this threat can be tackled.

https://policinginsight.com/features/analysis/tackling-cybercrime-against-older-people-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/#.XzPfdVi9AJU.twitter

COVID-19 has forced businesses to adopt new ways of working to meet new patterns of demand. And criminals have adapted their tactics to exploit those changes. Are your fraud and cyber controls able to meet the challenge?

https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2020/05/are-your-cyber-and-fraud-controls-ready.html

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ, has launched its first-ever technical advice on cyber insurance for businesses.

Cyber attacks have hit almost all organisations across the UK in the last year, with 96% of companies reporting that a breach has negatively impacted their business.

Shadow travel businesses that depend on loyalty program fraud have been impacted just like the legitimate travel orgs they prey on.

Virtually all of the UK’s most popular restaurant and pub brands are failing to proactively block fraudulent emails from reaching their targets

A hacker has published today a list of plaintext usernames and passwords, along with IP addresses for more than 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers.

Social media company suffered major security breach this month that saw hackers take control of public figures’ accounts

A further increase in cyber attacks exploiting the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is highly likely in the near future,...