Cybercrime

The Bureau received over 28,000 reports of COVID-19-themed scams last year

Some perpetrators of online crime and fraud don’t use advanced methods to profit at the expense of unsuspecting victims and to avoid getting caught

While the incursion was thwarted in time, cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure are a major cause for concern

It’s hardly fun and games for top gaming companies and their customers as half a million employee credentials turn up for sale on the dark web

UK police also give some food for thought to those on the verge of breaking the law

The operation was carried out against fraudsters trying to monetize stolen credit card data on the internet’s seedy underbelly

The U.S. law enforcement agency shares a sampling of more than 90 spoofed FBI-related domains registered recently

The developer of popular video game franchises took swift action to prevent the attack from spreading further across its systems

Scammers even run their own dark-web “travel agencies”, misusing stolen loyalty points and credit card numbers