Cybercrime report from HP Wolf Security

This is an interesting report from HP’s cyber security division: The Evolution of Cybercrime: Why the Dark Web is Supercharging the Threat Landscape and How to Fight Back | HP Wolf Security Something to read over coffee. HP-Wolf-Security-Evolution-of-Cybercrime-Report.pdf

Another phishing gang broken up by international co-operation – but there will still be more phishing attacks…

Working together is one of the best ways to beat the threat actors. Europol has had another success in closing down a phishing gang, arresting suspects and seizing assets: Phishing gang behind several million euros worth of losses busted in Belgium and the Netherlands | Europol (europa.eu) Phishing and social …

I had to run this one at a weekend – a ransomware gang that demands good deeds not cryptocurrency – have a read

This is not a joke – it is not April 1. The GoodWill ransomware group, demands such good deeds as donating blankets to people on the street or taking disserving children to fast food restaurants as a treat! To prove the victims have carried out their good deeds they must …

UN Cybercrime treaty

Negotiations are underway, at the United Nations, for a comprehensive international treaty to combat cyber crime and increase the co-operation between nations when it comes to investigations. However there are starting to be concerns that the treaty may end up breaking hard earned privacy rights of the individual law abiding …