British consumers lost nearly £80m ($109m) to so-called “clone firm” scams last year, as pandemic-related money woes persuaded many to make ill-judged investments, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The financial regulator reported consumers losing an average of £45,242 each when interacting with fraudsters masquerading as legitimate investment companies. Reports surged 29% between March, when the country went into its first lockdown, and April 2020. As the name suggests, clone firms are fake entities set…

Emotet is one of the world’s biggest cybercriminal organizations with affiliates around the world including in Ukraine. Law enforcement shut down Emotet’s “botnet,” a network of infected computers used by criminals to scale up their hacking operations, by knocking out all its servers at once, isolating the infections. Computers were then redirected toward “law enforcement-controlled infrastructure.”   “This is a unique and new approach to effectively disrupt the activities of the facilitators of cybercrime,” Europol said…

CW/TW: This article mentions the implications that privacy and data can have on domestic abuse and violence. Zoe Rose is a cybersecurity consultant and recognized as one of the 50 most influential women in cybersecurity. In this episode Zoe explains why it is important for the average person to be aware of privacy and shares tips for staying safe. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nLwLKkLJqx0CE8fdFSMTm?si=G9vDitx3Qf28diTxz-Du3QStitcher:https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-tripwire-cybersecurity-podcastRSS:https://tripwire.libsyn.com/rssYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgTfY3TXF9YKE9pUKp57pGSTaapTLpvC3 Tim Erlin: Welcome everyone to the Tripwire Cybersecurity Podcast. I’m Tim Erlin, vice president…

Data Privacy Day (DPD) is January 28. Sounds exciting, right? I’m sure you’ve got the pinata stuffed and the presents on the way. What is DPD about? It’s all about me! We generally don’t like to use this phrase. It’s considered selfish and arrogant, leading others to dislike us. But in the case of data privacy, it’s acceptable. Personally, I’m not very interested in being compared to what statistics might say about what data is…

Implementing Kubernetes within an IT environment has an impact on every role that has a responsibility of delivering IT to the business. This blog post outlines the perspective of those different roles and how Kubernetes impacts the way of work for those roles.   As already discussed in the previous blog there are different people that are responsible for running a Kubernetes platform. This blog post it to illustrate who what different roles are involved…

The infamous botnet has been disrupted thanks to an international effort across the US, Canada, and several European nations. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto One of the most pervasive, dangerous, and disruptive malicious botnets is out of business, at least for now. SEE: 10 ways to minimize fileless malware infections (free PDF) (TechRepublic) The takedown On Tuesday, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) announced that the Emotet botnet has been disrupted as a result of…