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Nigeria, Romania Ranked Among Top Cybercrime Havens

An academic research project to gain insight into which nations produce the most cybercrime has ranked the usual suspects of Russia, Ukraine, China, and...

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Rescoms rides waves of AceCryptor spam

Last year ESET published a blogpost about AceCryptor – one of the most popular and prevalent cryptors-as-a-service (CaaS) operating since 2016. For H1 2023...

FBI cybercrime report reveals crypto investment fraud in the US rose 53% YoY

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2023 report, revealing a significant rise in crypto-related fraud and the use of digital...

Nigerian National Pleads Guilty of Conspiracy in BEC Operation

Henry Onyedikachi Echefu, one of the three Nigerian men who were involved in an elaborate business email compromise (BEC) scheme, has pleaded guilty to...

The Rise of Social Engineering Fraud in Business Email Compromise

Social engineering is present in 90% of phishing attacks today. However, business email compromise (BEC) attacks stand apart in the cybercrime industry for their emphasis on social...

Infrastructure Cyberattacks, AI-Powered Threats Pummel Africa

Most major economies in Africa experienced fewer overall cyber threats in 2023, but there were some dramatic exceptions: Kenya suffered a 68% rise in...

Building a Real-Time Cyber Security Response to Real-Time Payment Fraud

The real-time payments industry is evolving and expanding. Today, real-time payments reach 65% of demand deposit accounts, and they are increasingly faster and more...

CSC Partners With NetDiligence to Help Mitigate Cyber Risks

PRESS RELEASEWILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CSC, an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating domain security, domain name system (DNS), and digital brand threats,...

Help Wanted From Convicted Cybercriminals

The most recent ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study found a shortfall of 111,000 professionals in the Middle East and Africa region. While that number pales...

Assessing and mitigating cybersecurity risks lurking in your supply chain

Business Security Blindly trusting your partners and suppliers on their security posture is not sustainable – it’s time to take control through effective...

Virtual kidnapping: How to see through this terrifying scam

Scams Phone fraud takes a frightening twist as fraudsters can tap into AI to cause serious emotional and financial damage to the victims...

BEC Gang Conspirator Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

A man in the US who assisted a Nigeria-based criminal organization has been sentenced to a decade in prison and ordered to pay more...

TitanHQ Launches PhishTitan to Combat Advanced Phishing Attacks

PRESS RELEASEGALWAY, Ireland & SHELTON, Conn., Jan. 09, 2024 (NEWSWIRE) —TitanHQ, the leading cloud-based email security solutions provider for over 20 years, has launched...

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