Cybercrime costs $114 billion a year: report
Cybercrime claimed 431 million adult victims last year and cost $114 billion, according to a report published Wednesday.
Internet
Sep 7, 2011
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News tagged with cybercrime
No wide data breaches at firms in cyberattack
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have provided new details on how an international cybercrime ring broken up this week accessed some customer accounts at more than a dozen leading financial institutions and payroll services.
Internet
Jun 13, 2013
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Cyber sleuths fight online crime in Singapore
If you've just become the victim of identity thieves or computer hackers, it's time to call in someone like Ali Fazeli.
Internet
Nov 4, 2010
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In the web's hidden darknet, criminal enterprise is thriving
Criminals have always done their best to use new technology to their advantage and the rapid development of new digital technologies and online markets has provided the criminal entrepreneur with as much opportunity for innovation ...
Internet
Oct 3, 2014
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Ransoms paid by two of every five victims of CryptoLocker
New research from the University of Kent has revealed that around 40% of people who fall victim to an advanced form of malware, known as CryptoLocker, have agreed to pay a ransom of around £300 to recover their files.
Security
Feb 28, 2014
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Online dating scammers looking for money, not love
Online romance scams, a new form of cybercrime, is under-reported and increasing, and has victimized an estimated 230,000 people in England, costing them nearly $60 billion a year, according to an article in Cyberpsychology, ...
Internet
Mar 28, 2012
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Cybercrime costs up to $500 bn: study
Cybercrime costs the global economy between $100 billion and $500 billion annually, according to a study released Monday which acknowledged more data is needed for precise estimates.
Internet
Jul 22, 2013
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Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist
Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
Internet
Nov 17, 2009
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How much does cybercrime cost?
(Phys.org) -- The first systematic study of the cost of cybercrime recommends that society should spend less on antivirus software and more on policing the internet.
Economics & Business
Jun 18, 2012
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In battle against cyberattacks, these hackers wear the 'white hats'
He's 26, likes industrial and electronic music, has a bleached-blond Mohawk haircut and sometimes, Mikhail Davidov said, he starts his day "at the crack of noon." The late hours are in front of a computer, working on reverse ...
Internet
May 2, 2013
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