"cybercrime" news, interviews, and features

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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

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News about cybercrime

• Romanian cybercrime gang Diicot builds DDoS botnet with Mirai variant

  The main focus of Diicot’s attacks appears to support cryptojacking efforts but the group is also employing botnets and brute-force tactics for other purposes.

• 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

Features about cybercrime

• 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