Two hackers who took part in a cyber attack on the National Lottery website have been jailed. A judge told Daniel Thompson, 28, and Idris Akinwunmi, 21, they were part…
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GDPR Fueling Rise of PII Theft, Cryptomining Plateauing
Phee Waterfield Scammers are increasingly targeting Personally Identifiable Information (PII), turning away from bitcoin scams and putting resource behind traditional technology support scams. According to Malwarebytes‘s Cybercrime tactics and techniques:…
Only 65% of organizations have a cybersecurity expert
Despite 95 percent of CIOs expecting cyberthreats to increase over the next three years, only 65 percent of their organizations currently have a cybersecurity expert, according to a survey from…
Government, Finance Will See Increased Attacks
Kacy Zurkus The number of cyber incidents saw a 32% jump in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, according to a new report from…
U.K. Calls on EU to Keep on Sharing Cyber Security and Data
By Nate Lanxon Sharing cyber-security intelligence between Britain and the European Union is a key post-Brexit concern for the U.K., as Theresa May seeks to avoid upheaval to business and…
Users Warned of New Sextortion Attack
Phil Muncaster Reports are emerging of a new sextortion campaign in which victims are asked to pay thousands of dollars in Bitcoin to keep quiet a supposed webcam video of…