The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday announced that it will expand and rebrand its Cyber Unit to fight against cyber-related threats and protect investors in cryptocurrency markets. To that end, the SEC is renaming the Cyber Unit within the Division of Enforcement to Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and plans to infuse 20 additional positions with the goal … [Read more...] about SEC Plans to Hire More Staff in Crypto Enforcement Unit to Fight Frauds
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How to Fight Business Email Compromise (BEC) with Email Authentication?
An ever-evolving and rampant form of cybercrime that targets emails as the potential medium to conduct fraud is known as Business Email Compromise. Targeting commercial, government as well as non-profit organizations, BEC can lead to huge amounts of data loss, security breach, and compromised financial assets. It is a common misconception that cybercriminals usually lay their … [Read more...] about How to Fight Business Email Compromise (BEC) with Email Authentication?
Why backups aren’t enough in the fight against ransomware
Even newborn babies seem to know the word ransomware these days — it appears in newspapers, magazines, infosec reports, and pretty much everywhere else with alarming regularity. And we may have dubbed 2016 the Year of Ransomware, but it turned out to be nothing in comparison with 2017. After a relatively quiet 2018 and 2019, 2020 saw ransomware again making headlines. Our … [Read more...] about Why backups aren’t enough in the fight against ransomware