The "Digital Markets: Wildlife Trafficking Hidden in Plain Sight" report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare identified over 1,100 advertisements for illegal wildlife trade and analyzed trends in the demand for and online sale of endangered species.
The programming will provide information on multi-factor authentication, securing email and social media accounts and detecting spam risks for senior citizens.
Massachusetts' residents lost over $97 million to cybercrimes in 2020, according to the FBI's 2020 Internet Crime Report. In an effort to curb such crimes, the state has created a cyber committee.
There's a growing bot problem surrounding sporting events. The spikes in bot activity seen during some of the world’s largest sporting events in 2021 is evidence of an evolving security threat that continues to pervade daily life.
The 2020 Penetration Risk Report also says cloud environments are most vulnerable to two types of attacks and medium-sized enterprises are the slowest to improve network security.
The results of a global study examining the financial impact of data breaches reveals that the incidents cost companies $3.86 million per breach on average, and that compromised employee accounts were the most expensive root cause.
In recognition of the growing convergence of cyber and traditional financial crimes, the U.S. Secret Service is formally merging its Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) and Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTFs) into a single unified network, which will be known as the Cyber Fraud Task Forces (CFTFs).
