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In Pictures: 7 steps to protect your business from cybercrime

As cybercriminals employ increasingly sophisticated tactics to steal identities and data, and the costs and consequences of data breaches skyrocket, here are seven steps that your small business should be taking to insulate themselves from cyberattacks.

In Pictures: 7 steps to protect your business from cybercrime

AFP investigation lands alleged phishing scam mastermind

The phishing threat impacted 11 countries
Kaspersky partners with Interpol to fight cybercrime

Interpol to strengthen organisation’s cyberthreat hunting capabilities
Darknet market bundling card details with device fingerprints to beat fraud detection

Genesis Store lets the bad guys 'be you' with easy search and browser plugin
‘Revolutionary’ cybercrime reporting site ACORN a flop finds internal report

Service 'created some confusion' and had little effect on victim reporting rates
Hackers stole $2.3 billion from Australians last year

Each person lost an average of $195
National security contractor hacked, government reveals

Accessed private servers and took significant amounts of data

To shine a light on cybercrime, go Dark

Hang out where the bad guys do on the Dark Web
Why Israel could be the next cybersecurity world power

There are plenty of cities in the U.S. that want to lay claim to becoming the "next" Silicon Valley, but a dusty desert town in ...
Hack victims urged to share the gory details

"The good guys, each of them had a piece of the puzzle, but nobody was seeing the whole puzzle"
13 IT security myths debunked

These myths simply aren't true
The RSA Hack FAQ

Here are some key questions and answers about the situation
Security group converges to fight Internet abuse

The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group brought industry experts together this week to fight scams and botnets