The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has posted a Public Service Announcement (PSA) noting that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has seen an increase in reports of online extortion scams during the current "stay-at-home" orders due to the COVID-19 crisis.
With COVID-19 lockdown measures in place throughout the globe, online shopping has soared and along with it, credit card skimming. According to Malwarebytes data, web skimming increased by 26 percent in March over the previous month.
The FBI Charlotte, N.C. office is warning social media users to pay close attention to the information they share online. A number of trending social media topics seem like fun games, but can reveal answers to very common password retrieval security questions, says the FBI, as fraudsters can leverage this personal information to reset account passwords and gain access to once-protected data and accounts.
A new report by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, Cybercrime Report covering July 2019 through December 2019, reveals how fraud has increasingly become borderless on a global scale.
Internet-enabled crimes and scams show no signs of letting up, according to data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in its 2019 Internet Crime Report.
A new report finds that major data breaches have left a vast majority of consumers worried about the online crimes that lead to identity theft and account takeovers.
As you advance your security career into senior and executive levels, occasions may arise where your personal values may conflict with those in the organization. How will you handle ethical challenges that may have career and life-long impacts?
