cybercriminals have not abandoned this attack vector. In addition, the number of attempts in 2022 increased compared to the year before. In total, Kaspersky security solutions detected more than 7 million attacks from January 2022 and December 2022. In 2021, cybercriminals attempted 4.5 million att...
Awareness of the techniques used by cybercriminals will therefore lead to increased attention to suspicious transactions. However, the intersection between cybercrime and money laundering has not yet been sufficiently explored in the literature. Therefore, there is asignificant research gap. For this ...
But the world of gaming isn’t quite as buddy-buddy as might seem at first glance, so here toocybersecurityis a must. Sure, the games themselves are (mostly) fine — the problem is the parasite scammers and cybercriminals they attract. Kaspersky experts have dug deep to find out which ...
Credit cards are a common target for cybercriminals, and that will not change anytime soon, if ever. Awareness of themethods they use to steal personal information-- credit card data, in particular, but other details that can lead to fraudulent transactions, identity theft and more -- is th...
In 2021, it experienced an extensive cybersecurity incident unlike anything before. The cyberattack revealed gaps in OSU’s security operations. “The types of threats that we’re seeing, the types of events that are occurring in higher education, are much more aggressive by cyber ad...
The costs can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands, payable to cybercriminals in Bitcoin. Do this to avoid ransomware attacks: Ensure you have systems to protect all your devices from ransomware. This includes keeping your operating system patched and up-to-date to ensure you have ...
Cybercriminals scare us into thinking that our computers or smartphones have become infected to convince victims to purchase a fake application. In a typical scareware scam, you might see an alarming message while browsing the Web that says “Warning: Your computer is infected!” or “You have...
The links sent by the cybercriminals are usually created using a URL shortener service. Such tools are often used when the sender doesn’t want the real address of a site to be seen. What’s more, anti-phishing tools find it harder to spot such links. ...
The combination of the newfound abilities to increase both the quantity and the quality of their phishing attempts is a large enough boon to make cybercriminals ignore the drawbacks associated with the imperfection of the technology. Protecting Against These Threats Due to the nature of phishing, ...
Cybercriminals exploit theemotion of impulseby utilizing tactics like setting unrealistic timelines or deadlines for action. For instance, the phishing email I received ended with the statement, “Your account will be deleted within 72 hours.” Additionally, cybercriminals plan their phishing emails to...