We’re not dramatising, but the Internet is full of invisible traps. It feels like there’s a hacker around every corner, waiting to make a profit at your expense. Think about it, the year 2020 broke all records in the number of cybercrimes. For the fifth year in a row, the FBI recorded an increase. In […]
On the Dark Web, you can find various manuals on “how-to commit” cybercrime. Endless lists of logins, passwords, account numbers, and even phone support lines for victims to call – all this can be easily bought online. However, one should not think that Dark Web is absolutely anonymous. The FBI has been using proven methods […]
We encounter Application Programming Interface (API) every day, and we don’t even realize it. Often when creating their web page, companies use ready-made solutions that are already on the market. Most modern sites implement at least a few third-party APIs. How does this work for the average user? For example, purchasing on the Internet, as […]
The world shifted to a remote work model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic last year. At first, that was more necessity than preference, but today some employers are not going to return to their former office mode. However, one less obvious but nevertheless critical challenge relates to cybersecurity risks due to distributed work […]
Cyberattacks have skyrocketed for years now and this trend is not slowing down so far. To rub salt into the wound, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 just kicked the issue off. Those who were expecting relief from the increasing threats of cybercrimes in 2021 are to be frustrated as the number of attacks is on […]
Is your phone really listening to you? Revisiting the truth behind this concerning issue with Edward Snowden In a recent interview by Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) Clips, Edward Snowden, an ex-CIA employee discussed whether smartphones are listening to our conversations. For instance, have you noticed that shortly after talking about going on a […]
Major hacks of social media platforms or a tale of 3 data ‘leaks’: Clubhouse, LinkedIn, Facebook. Following is a list of three major security breaches to have impacted social media platforms over the past week. You’ve likely seen reports of new data hacks on Facebook and LinkedIn, which have exposed the personal information of […]
Financial companies and wealthy people used to be the target for scammers and criminals. The capitalization of cryptocurrency market of hundreds of billions of dollars has become the spotlight for cybercriminals of all hues. The same stays for ICO. The main driver of cybercrime in the cryptocurrency market is that transactions are irreversible. Even […]
The coronavirus topic has not lost its actuality, and the introduction of new regulations only fuels the imagination of cybercriminals. Experts from Check Point Research have discovered that fake vaccination certificates and negative COVID-19 tests are being actively sold on Darknet. In the past three months, the number of such ads has increased by more […]
2020 broke all records for cybercrime. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual report, there were nearly 800,000 complaints about various cyber incidents last year, a 69 percent increase over 2019. For the fifth year in a row, the FBI recorded an increase in crimes and increasing monetary losses. In 2020, victims reported more […]