“Sextortion” attacks are on the rise globally, with hackers using victims’ addresses and photos of their homes to personalise the attacks and increase the pressure to pay, according to new research by Barracuda.
Security specialist Bitdefender warns of a rapid increase in YouTube stream-jacking attacks that involve either re-directing followers of a popular channel or taking full control of it.
GUEST RESEARCH: Extortion attacks, which are an increasingly common form of email scams, threaten the victim with compromising information, such as an embarrassing photo, and request payment in a cryptocurrency to prevent the information from being released. Attackers often purchase victims’ login credentials or find them through data breaches to “prove” that their threat is legitimate.
GUEST OPINION: A year after 2022’s “crypto bowl” extravaganza of Super Bowl advertisements, which featured rising star FTX, FTX is out of business, all players are suffering, and US market leader Coinbase is seeing its share of web traffic erode.
GUEST RESEARCH: Flashpoint, the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence, today released a new report on the role of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Ransomware is a booming business judging by the claim made by a founding member of the Lockbit group that he owns three restaurants in China and two in New York.
GUEST RESEARCH: According to a new report from Sysdig, the unified container and cloud security leader, it costs $430,000 ($661,000) in cloud bills for an attacker to generate US$8,100 ($12,465) in cryptocurrency revenue.
Social media platform Twitter has revealed the biggest trends and conversations in Australia.
GUEST INTERVIEW: With anti money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) management a vital part of any financial organisation, and especially so for crypto and digital assets companies, Cabital has appointed Melbourne-based Luke Raven as Senior Money Laundering Reporting Officer to not only work globally, but to work towards Cabital opening officially in Australia.
GUEST INTERVIEW: With anti money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) management a vital part of any financial organisation, and especially so for crypto and digital assets companies, Cabital has appointed Melbourne-based Luke Raven as Senior Money Laundering Reporting Officer to not only work globally, but to work towards Cabital opening officially in Australia.
The Australian consumer watchdog has taken Facebook parent Meta to the Federal Court, accusing the company of placing false, misleading or deceptive ads for cryptocurrencies featuring Australian celebrities.
Aid for Ukraine - an initiative between the Government of Ukraine, Everstake (a Ukraine-based Web3 company), Solana (a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality and whose native cryptocurrency is SOL) and the crypto community around the world, has already collected $1.4M in $SOL to date.
Australian billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest AO has launched criminal action against Facebook over scam cryptocurrency advertisements that used his image, claiming Facebook has breached anti-money laundering laws.
GUEST OPINION: Cybercrime flourished in 2021, and there are no signs of a slowdown in 2022. There are several factors behind this high-confidence prediction.
The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly taken over on the weekend and a message about bitcoin being distributed to the entire country posted on it.
GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, hasannounced its 2022 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.
GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, hasannounced its 2022 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.
Digital asset exchange Binance Australia has announced a tie-up with money management app WeMoney to provide information on investment literacy.
The Commonwealth Bank has joined with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and blockchain analysis firm Chainanalysis to offer customers the ability to buy, sell and and hold cryptocurrency assets.
GUEST OPINION by Luke Smith, Regional Account Director, Barracuda MSP: Ransomware is rife but organisations that do the work may be able to avoid paying out, should the worst occur.
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