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You’re not the only one looking forward to the big holiday sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Hackers are too. As people flock to retailers big and small in search of the best deals online, hackers have their shopping scams ready.  One aspect of cybercrime that deserves a fair share of attention is the human element. Crooks have always played on our feelings, fears, and misplaced senses of trust. It’s no different online, particularly…

You’re not the only one looking forward to the big holiday sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Hackers are too. As people flock to retailers big and small in search of the best deals online, hackers have their shopping scams ready. Remember, McAfee frees you to live your connected life safe from threats like viruses, malware, phishing, and more. Download award-winning antivirus that protects your data and devices today. One aspect of cybercrime that deserves a fair…

The UK’s cyber skills shortage has surged by more than a third in the past 12 months, according to a new report by global recruitment firm Harvey Nash. The study, which analyzed the current state of the digital jobs shortage, found that cybersecurity is the most sought-after tech skill in the UK. Nearly half (43%) of the 823 UK digital leaders surveyed admitted they had a shortage in this area. The report was published six months after…

Cyber-insurance companies appear to be benefitting from a continued surge in prices, even as the frequency of claims falls due to corrective steps they’re taking with clients, it has emerged. Global insurer Beazley, listed with Lloyd’s of London, said on Friday that premium rates on renewal businesses increased 23% year-on-year in the third quarter, driving gross premium revenue to over $3.7bn. A large chunk of these price rises come from the firm’s Cyber & Executive…

A Chinese intelligence officer has been convicted of cyber-espionage by a US federal jury, in the first ever case of its kind. Xu Janun, deputy division director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security, was found guilty of conspiring to and attempting to commit economic espionage and theft of trade secrets, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ). From at least 2013, Xu is said to have targeted experts working…

INTERPOL is still on the hunt for two suspected members of the Clop ransomware gang after making multiple arrests in the summer following a 30-month operation, it has revealed. In an update on Operation Cyclone, the law enforcement agency said that the two Red Notices had been circulated to all 194 member countries around the world following a request from Korean investigators. The operation was launched after Clop attacks on Korean companies and US academic institutions, although…

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye recently released its 2022 Threat Predictions. In this blog, we take a deeper dive into a Game of Thrones power struggle among Ransomware-as-a-Service bad actors in 2022. Prediction: Self-reliant cybercrime groups will shift the balance of power within the RaaS eco-kingdom.  For several years, ransomware attacks have dominated the headlines as arguably the most impactful cyber threats. The Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model at the time opened the cybercrime career path to lesser skilled criminals which eventually led…