Cybercrime

Large technology companies would be subject to UK cybersecurity laws for the first time if new legislation tabled by the UK government comes into effect after Brexit as planned.

Organised criminals are trying to cash in on the festive retail boom with both brand new and tried-and-tested techniques

The crime writer was the victim of a hack to his Paypal account.

A vulnerability in Amazon’s Ring video doorbells left the internet-of-things devices open to a variety of attacks

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252473636/Amazon-Ring-video-doorbell-flaw-left-users-open-to-attack

A charity formed to support relatives of Bloody Sunday victims has lost a High Court battle for redevelopment work at a museum in Londonderry.

Phishing and fraud remain serious problems

An ill-advised career in cyber crime is potentially almost as well-paying as a job as a threat researcher in the industry, according to Tenable researchers

Following months of warnings from law enforcement and the infosec community, the first BlueKeep exploit campaign was discovered in the wild and experts say it won't be the last.

The truth about the dark web fraud trade

https://www.fraud-magazine.com/cover-article.aspx?id=4295009061&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpBNVlXVTVabUkzT1RZMyIsInQiOiJpc1cwYUJqZkw5aFdib2ljNlR4YzI1bmRQZWZkMVc4RUoydEpMMDVUTWFPYjNXUnFOVmM5Q2xnd1MxWCtldkFaVUlERDJqNll5TmRuUzBUc1Z0ckl1N0E1YlNvTk9pUDNvQ1Z5MWZ3QjdLTWhFM1pkS0FKREVvcDU1ekFMTXg3ZjZST0pldmVtdXJsZ0hTTjlcL0lYRFBnPT0ifQ%3D%3D#.XcMZDUeSoyc.twitter#.XcMZDUeSoyc.twitter

Security concerns are preventing many businesses from adopting IoT-based technologies, but with a bit of planning, the business benefits can be realised by mitigating the risk