WASHINGTON–Top U.S. national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber crime, President Joe Biden said on Friday. An online session hosted by the White House National Security Council will also be aimed at “improving law enforcement collaboration” on issues like…
Cybercrime Against Australians Rapidly Worsening
Cybercrime incidents up 13 percent in one year with a new attack reported every 8 minutes, according to a new report by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASCS). Operated by digital spy agency Australian Signals Directorate, the ACSC noted that a higher proportion of cyber security incidents were being categorised as “substantial” in their impact….
Cyberwar, Part Two: ‘Flipping Switches’
Commentary Discussing Russian hacking capabilities in a video discussion for the Heritage Foundation recently, Prof. Scott Jasper of the Naval Postgraduate School recalled a hack in 2018 in which the attackers succeeded in penetrating electrical power companies in the United States, as they did in Ukraine. “We had evidence from CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) that…
Cyberwar—Part One
Commentary Cybercrime often merges with cyberwarfare. The techniques of both are similar, even if their intentions are not. Yet, unlike their “real-world” counterparts, we cannot afford to treat the former as merely a law enforcement problem and the latter as a military problem. Today’s gnat is tomorrow’s nuclear-tipped missile. In a recent article, former U.S….
Ransomware Is the Most Significant Cyber Threat to Australians
June 15, 2021
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Assistance Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has launched a new cybersecurity campaign to focus on ransomware after it became one of the most significant cyber threats that Australians and Australian businesses face in the past year. Ransomware is where cybercriminals use malicious software to deny access to files and devices, then demand the victim to pay a…
India Arrests 2 Chinese Women for Circulating Infected App on WhatsApp
NEW DELHI—India arrested two Chinese women and ten others accused of operating a racket in New Delhi that duped 40,000 people through an infected app circulated on WhatsApp. This is the most recent incident of cybercrime involving Chinese apps, some of which may be linked to Chinese espionage. The infected app helped the accused capture…
UK Cybercrime Center Warns Public to Beware Vaccine Scams
The UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime has cautioned the public to be alert for fraudsters criminally exploiting the CCP virus crisis by pretending to be signing people up for vaccines. “If you receive an email, text message, or phone call purporting to be from the NHS and you are asked to provide…
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