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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

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As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019.

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International Organizations Take Down Criminal Servers

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Attorney’s Office and the FBI issued a joint statement today (Dec. For anyone who is still a bit shaken given the recent international media attention to and coverage of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, here is some good news. Department of Justice, the U.S. 1) that detailed their ongoing combined efforts with other U.S.

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Hackers Take Crimeware-As-A-Service To New Heights

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Attorney’s Office and the FBI issued a joint statement that detailed their ongoing joint efforts with other U.S. “And since Avalanche was a platform used to spread malware, we can expect to see cybercriminals migrating to another system to continue to spread their malicious programs.”. Just last week, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S.