As businesses establish themselves in the metaverse, the amount of financial transactions there will increase. This will come with previously unknown risks.
Suleman Lazarus, London School of Economics and Political Science et Mark Button, University of Portsmouth
Twitter users’ responses suggest that southern Yahoo boys are more criminalised by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission than their northern counterparts. We explain why.
The use of deepfakes by criminals is on the rise, costing individuals and organizations billions of dollars in losses annually.
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To combat the rise in deepfakes used in fraud, employees and investigators need to be aware of the threats involved.
Organizations have significantly increased their use of data and the internet because of the pandemic, leading to new cyberattack and cybersecurity risks.
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Camélia Radu, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) et Nadia Smaili, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
Cybercriminals exploited COVID-19 induced interventions in Nigeria.
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A cybersecurity research group has been tracking a significant rise in the number of stolen checks being sold on sites like WhatsApp and Telegram, which often results in stolen identities.
Attackers gain the trust of vulnerable individuals to obtain sexually explicit photos or videos via the internet, and then use these materials to blackmail victims.
Start 2022 by improving your password hygiene. Ideally you can use a password manager, but at the very least make sure your financial, social and work accounts each has their own strong, unique login.
Chances are some of your data has already been stolen, but that doesn’t mean you should shrug data breaches off.
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Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.