Where is cybercrime really comming from?

From TED:

Cybercrime netted a whopping $450 billion in profits last year, with 2 billion records lost or stolen worldwide. Security expert Caleb Barlow calls out the insufficiency of our current strategies to protect our data. His solution? We need to respond to cybercrime with the same collective effort as we apply to a health care crisis, sharing timely information on who is infected and how the disease is spreading. If we're not sharing, he says, then we're part of the problem.
 

What does Brexit mean for data privacy and cyber-security?

From Continuity Central.com –

“The result of the UK referendum was clear, more than a million people tipped the scales in favour of Leave. There will be at least a two-year period (some say five) before the UK decouples from the EU. It will be a time of profound uncertainty and many are concerned about its effects on cyber-security and data privacy.”

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Cyber security involves everyone

Cyber security is important for everyone

From Finextra -

“Nicholas Witchell, Chair of Payments UK Cyber Security and Fraud Seminar, explains how important the topic of cyber security is to everyone and the value in bringing together the thinkers in this area to exchange information”.

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US prosecutors lay out charges connected to huge JPMorgan hack

From Finextra –

“US prosecutors have unveiled charges against three men accused of hacking into a host of major financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, and stealing the data of millions of people.

In an indictment unsealed today, Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein face 23 charges, including computer hacking, wire fraud and securities fraud.”

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