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BEC: How and where cyber gangsters make the most money
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Most of the media is always talking about ransomware and the sums that are being extorted from companies with it. But those totals are small change compared to the $2022 billion BEC - Business Email Compromise losses reported to the FBI in 2,8. In its 2022 Internet Crime Report, the FBI listed all the financial damages caused by cyber attacks. This adds up to $10,3 billion - and that's just the reported damage. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has a crucial role in combating the cyber threat. The IC3 serves as…

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Cybercrime: The end goal is always clear – money!
Cybercrime: The end goal is always clear: money!

Cybercrime is a money-making business. It is subject to trends, picks up on current developments and is constantly changing. So the insight and outlook is always just a snapshot or a trend, such as the adoption of vulnerable signed drivers and tactics of state groups. The reuse of existing attack techniques and the emergence of new attacks are common in the threat landscape. Cyber ​​criminals often continue to use successful tools and techniques and will continue to do so until they no longer work. Says John Shier, Field CTO Commercial at Sophos. Cyber ​​criminals are extremely…

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Plus 8 percent: More money for IT security in companies
Plus 8 percent: More money for IT security in companies

Small, medium-sized and large companies in Germany have decided to allocate a larger part of their IT budgets to cyber security over the next three years, as Kaspersky's current IT Security Economics Report shows. With increased investments of up to eight percent, companies want to take account of the increasingly complex IT infrastructure, improve the expertise of security specialists and prepare for geopolitical and economic uncertainties. More spending on IT security While the increasing use of digital technologies and the ever-changing threat landscape has increased interest in cybersecurity and led to improvements in the…

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