In a recent study, one-third of customers that were notified of a vendor breach said they would no longer do business with that company. With cybersecurity, the best medicine is preventative – companies need to protect against cybercrime and data breaches before they happen.
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Rhode Island launches cyber crime hotline
Rhode Island has launched the first statewide cybercrime support and recovery service. Residents who call 211 can now report cybercrimes like identity theft, financial scams and cyberstalking and get connected to resources to help them recover.
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Teenagers might not report online abuse because they often don’t see it as a problem
The UK government has set out plans to make social media companies legally responsible for protecting users, and MPs have criticised social media platforms for relying on users to report abuse.
The Cybersecurity 202: New Android app aims to tackle cyber insecurity in the developing world
A new free Android app is seeking to dramatically improve security for smartphone users in the developing world — and make the world’s cybersecurity ecosystem safer in the process.
FBI Reports Cybercrime Losses Nearly Doubled in 2018
The amount of reported losses from cyber crime nearly doubled in 2018 to $2.7 billion, with almost half of that from business email schemes that targeted wire transfer payments, according the FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report.
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The Role of Cyber Forensics in Criminal Offences
The evidence collected from the crime scene is carefully examined to understand the “who, what, where, and why” of the incident. Cyber forensic investigators make detailed reports of the incident to solve all queries and to use the collected information to prevent similar attacks from occurring in the future.
Critical National Infrastructure Cyber Security Market -Top key players are Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Cyber security is a term often used in computer networks and applications to defend the system from external cyber-attacks such as hacking, unauthorized access, injection of codes such as computer Trojans, malware, virus and other security threats.
Web portal for cybercrime reports to be ready by month-end
Once completed, the portal will make it easier to report cyber incidents as well as increase the number of reports received.
University wifi security leads to arrest of former student
An investigation of Kocagil was launched on Sept. 6 after the University informed the authorities of suspicious activity which set off a security alert on the University’s wireless internet service.
In Albany ransomware attackofficials say information was not compromised
Officials in Albany, New York, said Wednesday that no city information was compromised in the ransomware attack that struck its municipal government late last month.
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