Cybercrime

A shocking report this month revealed that 99% of all cybercriminals escaped justice in the UK. This is a staggering figure and paints a gloomy picture for those victims falling foul of online scams.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-do-99-cybercrime-fraudsters-escape-justice-uk-1665631

As Facebook scrambles to contain the damage from the Cambridge Analytica data exploitation scandal, a survey reveals that a majority of IT decision-makers have lost trust in the social networking firm

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438146/IT-decision-makers-trust-Facebook-less-and-are-changing-policies

Cyber attackers switched focus to ransomware attacks in 2017 putting pressure on incident response, while human error was responsible for two-thirds of compromised records

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438171/Ransomware-puts-pressure-on-incident-response

Facebook was warned by security researchers that attackers could abuse its phone number and email search facility to harvest people's data.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43656746

The time taken by firms to detect breaches increased by 40% from 2016 to 175 days on average in 2017, according to the latest M-Trends report by security firm FireEye.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252438158/Average-attacker-dwell-time-nearly-six-months-for-EMEA-study-shows

Just one in 100 crimes on the web ends with a conviction and 99% of crooks escape justice as police commissioner says systems 'couldn't cope' if all reports were passed on

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5570959/Just-one-100-crimes-web-ends-conviction.html

Due to several high profile attacks over the past year, ransomware is now well known across organisations, but there are other threats to be aware of, say cyber security experts

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437553/Ransomware-publicity-heightened-awareness-but-other-threats-remain-experts-say

A recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request sent to the Student Loan Company (SLC) has revealed that phishing scams have taken over £100,000 from students across the UK in the past few years.

https://theboar.org/2018/03/phishing-scams-take-money-students/

Many businesses, especially board members, do not understand the scale of the cyber threat, but international efforts to combat cybercrime are being hampered by political barriers

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437822/Business-unaware-of-scale-of-cyber-threat

The chairman of the Israel Airports Authority paints a dismal picture of the state of cyber security in aviation, and offers advice on what can be done to avert the next disaster

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437816/Most-airports-not-protected-from-cyber-threats