[ad_1] A new INTERPOL report has sounded the alarm over a dramatic increase in cybercrime across Africa, with digital crime now accounting for a significant proportional of all criminal activity across the continent. The report, published this week, paints a sobering picture with two-thirds of surveyed African countries reporting that cybercrime represents a medium-to-high proportion...Read More

[ad_1] 03 Jun The World Will Store 200 Zettabytes Of Data By 2025 Posted at 16:46h in Blogs by Cybercrime Magazine 50 percent of all data to be stored in the cloud Sponsored by Cyera – Steve Morgan, Editor-in-Chief Sausalito, Calif. – Feb. 1, 2024 / Press Release The 2024 Data Attack Surface Report predicts...Read More

[ad_1] Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an $8.5 billion public school funding bill to enhance teacher pay, special and early education programs, and school safety initiatives. “Now is the time to make Texas No. 1 in educating our children,” Abbott said during Wednesday’s signing ceremony. “House Bill 2 ensures that our schools are funded better...Read More

[ad_1] The Middle East is once again teetering on the edge of crisis. Recent U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, retaliatory missile attacks, and Tehran’s threats to block the Strait of Hormuz have reignited fears of prolonged regional instability. For investors, this is no time for neutrality. The region’s militarization is creating a golden opportunity...Read More

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Struggling Gatekeepers: In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates, U.S. banks have failed to prevent mass scale money laundering. Black...Read More

[ad_1] A British national known online as “IntelBroker” has been charged by the U.S. for stealing and selling sensitive data from victims worldwide, causing an estimated $25 million in damages. The indictment, revealed today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, accuses Kai West, a 25-year-old British man, of using the...Read More

[ad_1] A growing number of economic sectors have long been highly digitalized and part of a complex international system in which infrastructures, services, and public and private actors are heavily interdependent. Within this scenario, any potential technological vulnerability can be exploited to carry out cyberattacks. However, the consequences of these events no longer stop at...Read More

[ad_1] While most tech investors are focused on artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity remains an important and growing market. These companies are using AI to help boost protection, while also trying to prevent the added risk that comes with AI. Let’s look at five cybersecurity stocks investors can buy for the long haul. Image source: Getty...Read More

[ad_1] ASHEVILLE, NC. (WLOS) — As we enter into a week with unusually hot temperatures in the mountains, there are steps to take to keep yourself and children safe. Doctor Heather Edgley works in the Pediatric ER at Mission Hospital. She said with the heat temperature and the humidity both being high, everyone is at...Read More

[ad_1] Cybercrime now accounts for more than 30% of all reported crime in Western and Eastern Africa, and is increasing sharply elsewhere on the continent, Interpol has warned. The policing group revealed this week that two-thirds of African member countries claim cyber-related offenses now account for a “medium-to-high” (i.e. 10-30% or 30%+) share of all...Read More