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Most consumers prefer to bank digitally rather than in person but are worried about the risk of fraud, according to new research by payments and data security company, Entrust. A survey of 1350 consumers who made or received digital payments in the past 12 months found that 88% of respondents prefer to do their banking online in some form. Nearly all respondents (90%) reported being concerned about becoming a victim of banking or credit fraud. Responses were gathered…

A lengthy investigation into the online trade of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has led to the arrest of dozens of individuals based in New Zealand. Led by New Zealand’s Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), the two-year international operation identified more than 90,000 online accounts that possessed or traded CSAM.  DIA’s Digital Child Exploitation Team launched Operation H in October 2019 following a tip-off from an electronic service provider who discovered that tens of…

A Romanian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges relating to the sale of stolen financial data on the dark web.  Sorin Becheru is suspected of conspiring with others to sell stolen credit card numbers obtained using malware.  Romanian authorities arrested the 34-year-old resident of Bucharest on January 1 2022 at the request of the United States and in accordance with the bilateral extradition treaty between Romania and the US. The indictment alleges…

The China-aligned group tracked as TA416 (aka Mustang Panda) has been consistently targeting European diplomats since August 2020, with the most recent activity involving refreshed lures to coincide with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to a new report by Proofpoint, TA416 spearheads cyber-espionage operations against the EU, consistently focusing on this long-term role without reaping opportunistic gains. By keeping their tools and tactics essentially unchanged since 2020 and only refreshing their phishing themes and…

It’s been widely reported that most AI projects fail, and there have been many explanations offered as to why.  One of the most important factors of a project’s success is simply assembling the right mix of people. You may not realize all of the players that need to be included.  So who do you need on your team? Let’s first outline the rules of the game. AI is a discipline of computer science that develops…