cyber crime

Cyber criminals earning £750m with insecure passwords

As most of the high street banks are showing a blind eye while providing online security to their customers, consumer watchdog ‘Which?’ states that it is paving a way for the hackers to earn £750 million each year. Also, the privacy advocating firm stated that its analysis has discovered major flaws in a few of […]

Over $27billion worth Cyber Crime prevented during COVID-19 Pandemic

According to a study made by security firm Bugcrowd, ethical hackers have prevented over $27 billion worth of cyber crime during the spread of Corona virus 2019. Bugcrowd’s Inside the Mind of a Hacker report compiled from the data collected in between May 1st, 2020 to August 31st, 2021 states that security vulnerabilities have increased […]

Report confirms that Australia is loosing billions of dollars to Cyber Crime

A report released by Australian Institute of Criminology(AIC) says that the populace of Australia is loosing billions of dollars every year to cyber-crime. When figures are taken into consideration, the report says that the total loss incurred through cyber crime was recorded as $3.5 AUD or $2 billion in USD. And the highlight is that […]

Woman arrested for sending phishing emails to US Politicians

A 21-year old woman named Diana Lebeau was arrested from Rhode Island for sending phishing emails to over 43 politicians and staff from the United States in January 2020- just 8 months ahead of the US Polls 2020. Her intention was clear, to steal credentials and then infiltrate into the computer network of those politicians […]

Tens of Thousands of government accounts hacked in Canada

Tens of 1000s of online government accounts belonging to Canada’s GCKey services were hacked in July this year. And that includes those belonging to Canada’s Revenue Services, The Treasury Board of Canada and 30 other federal departments. Reports are in that a joint investigation taken up by Canadian government along with the law enforcement agencies […]

McAfee says Cyber Criminals are exploiting Corona fears

As most companies are asking their employees to work from home to keep their business operations alive during the Corona Virus pandemic crisis, a research conducted by Cybersecurity Firm McAfee says that the trend is being exploited by hackers who are making money by launching malicious apps, phishing campaigns, malware and harmful websites. McAfee COVID […]

UK Populace lose £ 5.3 million to Corona Virus related Cyber Crime

Scammers seem to be using COVID 19 situation to loot populace of Britain as the GCHQ Cyber Crime center ‘NCSC’ claims that over 2,386 people have fallen victim to Cybercriminals in the past two months and the number is said to surge up more in coming days. According to UK Report Service ‘Action Fraud’ hackers […]

Interpol and Kaspersky join hands to fight Cyber Crime

Russian Cybersecurity Firm Kaspersky is reported to have inked a 5-year deal with Interpol to jointly fight against cybercrime on a global note. Honestly speaking the latest agreement is just a renewal of the past accord on the same lines made by the two parties back in 2014. As a part of the deal, Kaspersky […]

Tips to protect you from Cyber Crime

Are you concerned about the ongoing news on cybercrime which is daily popping out on the news feed? Are you interested in saving yourself and your company from the embarrassing repercussions of a cyber attack? Then you should follow the steps suggested by the Queensland police which are as follows- Hackers work out on ways […]

How to Make $5 Million a Day in Cybercrime

This post isn’t exactly a “how to” but if your current employment isn’t bringing in the bacon, I’m sure your criminal mind can figure it out. In the biggest digital advertising fraud in the history of the U.S., it was recently found that a group of hackers is bringing in from $3 million to $5 […]

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