by thsquared2 | Feb 9, 2018 | Cyber crime, Cyber Security
Two senators have announced plans for new cybersecurity laws that will give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the power to penalize organizations handling consumer credit data that fail to properly safeguard against cybercriminals. The legislation, entitled the Data...
by thsquared2 | Jan 26, 2018 | Cyber Security
There’s no denying that 2017 was a bad year for cybersecurity. A report from Malwarebytes revealed that the overall volume of attacks had increased by 96 percent from the previous year, with a number of high-profile cyberattacks – such as May’s WannaCry...
by thsquared2 | Jan 19, 2018 | Cyber crime, Cyber Security
A new report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes reveals not only an increase in cybercrime in 2017, but also an increasing shift toward gang-driven hacking and cyber attacks. The report, The New Mafia: Gangs and Vigilantes, explains that organized gangs of...
by thsquared2 | Dec 29, 2017 | Cyber Security, cyber-criminal
The past year has seen an unprecedented growth in cyber crime in terms of scale, global impact and rate of spread; May’s WannaCry ransomware attack alone is believed to have affected almost a quarter of a million computers across 150 countries, with victims...
by thsquared2 | Dec 15, 2017 | Cyber Security, cyber-criminal
From worldwide ransomware attacks to data breaches such as that suffered by credit-reporting giant Equifax, 2017 has shown us that cybersecurity threats continue to be a very real danger to businesses of all sizes. With cybercriminals becoming increasingly more...
by thsquared2 | Oct 18, 2017 | Cyber Security, cyber-criminal
Cyber-criminals are seeing more and more media attention lately as they are targeting global companies casing fear throughout the business world. Many of the cyber-criminals are harmless and just showing off their skills, but there are some cyber-criminal groups that...
