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  • Time lapse photo of a crowded mall floor | Photo by Dieter de Vroomen on Unsplash

    Why Is Organized Retail Crime On The Rise?

    June 16th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Is Organized Retail Crime (ORC) really a cause for concern? Isn't it a victimless crime, as many perceive? The answer to the first question is an emphatic yes, while the answer to the second is an equally clear...

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    Are You Unknowingly Helping A Criminal Launder Money?

    January 18th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer An overwhelming majority (over 90%) of all money mule transactions identified through the European Money Mule Actions are linked to cybercrime, the Europol says. What does that mean? It means a large number of law-abiding citizens in the...

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  • Global Conference Calls For More Protection From Cryptocurrency Crime

    December 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A two-day global online virtual assets conference — co-organized by INTERPOL, Europol, and the Basel Institute on Governance — concluded with a call to action on better protecting the world’s financial systems by increasing multi-sector cooperation to strengthen...

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    Scam Alert: Don’t Be A Mule, A Money Mule That Is

    December 3rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Only yesterday, Dec. 2, Europol announced the results of a massive international law enforcement operation that targeted money mules. The operation, codenamed EMMA 7 (i.e. the European Money Mule Action), involved 26 countries including the U.S., and led...

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    Cyber Provisions In The New $1 Trillion Infrastructure Package

    November 29th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this month, Congress officially passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (colloquially known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal”), which allocated over $1 trillion to physical infrastructure, as well as aspects like access to clean drinking water and...

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  • Joint Global Sodinokibi/REvil Ransomware Operation Leads To Key Arrests

    November 9th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Deepti Govind The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday, Nov. 8 recent actions taken against two foreign nationals charged with deploying Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to attack businesses and government entities in the United States. On the same day, investing app Robinhood...

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  • From Shootings To Vandalism And Cyber Threats: A Round-Up Of Crimes On Casino Property Over The Weekend

    November 8th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Casino news from the weekend includes reports of shootings and other crimes on properties, and a cyber crime warning. On Saturday, Nov. 6, a shooter fatally wounded two people before turning the gun on himself at Stateline Casino...

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    How To Protect Yourself From Cybercrimes: An Introduction

    November 5th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometric staffer Only yesterday, Nov. 4., we wrote about how the Justice Department had said in an interview with the Associated Press that they are stepping up firepower in the battle against ransomware attacks and cybercrime. The number of cybercrime...

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  • Justice Department Stepping Up Firepower To Combat Cyber Crime

    November 4th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The Department of Justice (DOJ) is stepping up its firepower in the fight against the rapidly growing threat of ransomware attacks and cybercrime. This news comes as President Joe Biden's administration escalates its response to what it considers...

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  • The United States Is At An Inflection Point In Terms Of Cyber Threats

    October 21st, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The United States has repeatedly faced various kinds of cyberattacks in recent times, with targets ranging from infrastructure to education, and mostly due to criminals wielding ransomware. At the Justice Department Criminal Division’s fifth Cybersecurity Roundtable, Assistant Attorney...

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  • DOJ, DHS Raise Cyberattack Reporting Requirements For Critical Infrastructure Sectors

    October 7th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The federal government is systematically clamping down on lax cyberattack reporting by critical infrastructure companies in the private sector by tightening the standards that govern when they have to report to federal authorities that they have been the...

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  • Dangers Of Conti Ransomware Brought To The Fore By CISA, FBI’s Advisory

    September 23rd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have observed the increased use of Conti ransomware in more than 400 attacks on U.S. and international organizations. In Conti attacks, malicious cyber actors...

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  • ‘London Interior Commitments’ From G7 And EU Leaders Call For Increased Global Cooperation On Security

    September 13th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Sept. 8–9, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco met remotely with G7 and EU Security Ministers, along with the Secretary General of INTERPOL, to discuss responding to the rapidly evolving...

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    The Shifting Landscape Of Terrorism: From The Skies To The Cloud

    September 8th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind In the last two decades since 9/11, terror groups, mostly acting through either lone actors or small groups of around 2-3 people, have staged attacks just about anywhere and everywhere in the United States. Aviation, of course, is the...

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  • President Biden Urges Industry CEOs To ‘Raise The Bar’ On Cybersecurity

    August 26th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer President Joe Biden met with chief executive officers (CEOs) from several companies including Apple, Google, and JP Morgan Chase at the White House on Wednesday, Aug. 25, and urged them to play their part in stepping up cybersecurity...

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    2020 Was Critical In The Evolution Of Islamic State And Al Qaeda, Particularly Online: Europol

    August 25th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Two weeks ago, Europol published its third annual report on Online Jihadist Propaganda. One of the key findings of that report was that 2020 was a critical moment in the evolution of Islamic State and Al Qaeda and...

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  • Healthcare Systems Across Nation Continue To Be Disrupted By Ransomware Attacks

    August 19th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Nearly half of all hospital executives said their systems were either forced or proactively shutdown in the last six months due to ransomware attacks, a study by IPSOS, sponsored by Philips and CyberMDX, published last week found. Of...

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    Why ‘Double Brokering’ In The Freight World Is Risky, Regardless Of Confusions Over Its Perceived Legality

    August 4th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Towards the end of June, as part of an investigative series, FreightWaves asked many transportation professionals whether "double brokering" is legal. The most common answer? It's complicated. Double brokering, which we will explain further through this piece, has been...

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  • Healthcare — The Latest Critical Infrastructure Sector In The Crosshairs Of Cybercriminals

    July 30th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer It seems like every day brings a new cyber incident that compromises the personal data of thousands, if not millions, of Americans. Last week, we wrote about how K–12 schools became the favored target for malicious cyber actors...

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  • White House Ramps Up Pressure On Critical Infrastructure Companies To Improve Resilience Against Cyberattacks

    July 29th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In another sign of how seriously President Joe Biden is taking a recent swell in the number of cyberattacks on American entities, on Wednesday, July 28 the White House released a national security memorandum on “improving cybersecurity for...

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    Trucking & Logistics And Cybersecurity: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

    July 26th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Transportation was one of four industries that suffered the highest percentage of malicious attacks last year, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020, along with the technology, retail, and financial sectors. As transportation becomes more...

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  • ‘The Next Pearl Harbor, The Next 9/11, Will Be Cyber’ — A Cybercrime News Round-Up

    July 23rd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Experts and lawmakers across the country are sounding the alarm over what seems to be a cyber free-for-all on American businesses, infrastructure systems, and industries. President Joe Biden brought the subject up with the Russian government, and various...

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  • K–12 Schools, The Number One Target For Ransomware Strikes Last Year, Are Still Dealing With Cyber Attacks

    July 22nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this month, the Morgan County school system in West Virginia was hit by a cyberattack, presumably from a Russia-based group, in which the files and data seized are being held for a $70 million ransom. Though all...

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  • Ransomware Giant REvil Disappears From Internet For Reasons Still Unknown

    July 14th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Multiple news sites began reporting on Tuesday, July 13, that REvil, the Russia-based group responsible for one of the largest ransomware attacks in history, had gone dark. There is no indication as of yet as to why the...

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  • Amid All The Ransomware Attacks, The Scope Of The Unnoticed Pulse Connect Hack Is Just Starting To Show

    June 15th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer It was in April that cybersecurity firm FireEye said on its Threat Research Blog that Chinese hackers suspected to be state-backed had exploited widely used networking devices for months to spy on dozens of high-value government, defense industry,...

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  • INTERPOL Takes Down Record Number Of Fake Online Pharmacies Looking To Cash In On Pandemic

    June 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer INTERPOL announced on June 8 that it had succeeded in taking down a “record number” of fraudulent online pharmacies and arresting 277 people worldwide with the help of law enforcement, customs and health regulatory authorities in 92 countries....

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    Real Estate Wire Frauds Are Still On The Rise: What You Need To Know To Protect Yourself

    June 4th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer There were 13,638 victims of real estate/rental fraud in 2020, amounting to a loss of over $213 million according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Internet Crime Report for the year. That's a 16.7% jump in victim...

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    Fraudsters Ride The Cryptocurrency Tsunami, Dangerous Tides Ahead

    May 18th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh On Monday, May 17, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released data about cryptocurrency investment scams, as reported by consumers in October 2020–March 2021. In that six-month period, the FTC received almost 7,000 complaints, amounting to a total of $80...

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  • President Biden Issues Directives On Securing Energy Supply Chains And Countering Ransomware Attacks

    May 13th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh The fallout of last week’s ransomware cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline continues. On Wednesday, May 12, the Biden–Harris administration announced that it was implementing an all-of-government plan to combat fuel shortages resulting from the attack, with the president also issuing...

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  • Colonial Pipeline storage tanks are seen in Woodbridge, N.J., Monday, May 10, 2021. Gasoline futures are ticking higher following a cyberextortion attempt on the Colonial Pipeline, a vital U.S. pipeline that carries fuel from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

    Critical Infrastructure Companies And Ransomware Wielding Cyber Criminals

    May 10th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Just last month, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said in a blog that over the last five years, ransomware has evolved from being "a threat to individual computers to posing a serious danger to corporate networks." Or, to put it...

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  • FBI Warns Of Five Vulnerabilities Being Exploited By Russian Hackers

    April 16th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned on April 16 that actors of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) were exploiting five known vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities listed by the FBI were: CVE-2018-13379 Fortinet FortiGate VPN CVE-2019-9670 Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite...

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  • Europol Recognizes Heightened Threat From Certain Criminal Activities in 2021: Report

    April 14th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu In their 2021 Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment, or SOCTA, Europol has identified the most serious threats posed by criminal organizations to individuals and businesses. The annual report, put together by Europol after analyzing data from law enforcement...

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  • New Major Interventions To Block Encrypted Communications Of Criminal Networks

    March 12th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Authorities in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands have enabled major interventions to block the use of encrypted communications by large-scale organized crime groups.  Judicial and law enforcement authorities from these countries worked closely with each other, supported by...

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  • North Korean Hacker Trio Charged In $1.3B Cyberattack Racket

    February 18th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu Three North Korean computer programmers were charged with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies.  Jon...

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  • Close up of old typewriter keyboard with scratched chrome keys that spell out "MEME". Lighting and focus are centered on "MEME".

    Can You Go to Prison for Posting a Meme?

    February 11th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer Yes, you can, and Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, recently found that out the hard way. Most people are aware of the fact that posting certain content online, such as child sexual abuse imagery, or “true threats” can get...

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  • Individual Attacks Down As Cyberattacks Focus On Holding Businesses Hostage

    January 29th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The chart shows data compromises in the U.S. for the past five years. There was a total of 7,398 publicly reported data breaches in this period. January 29th 2021 There’s been an interesting mix of information on 2020,...

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  • Man solicited murder, necrophilia, cannibalism of minor

    September 18th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Alexander Nathan Barter, a resident of Joaquin, Texas, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on Thursday for child exploitation violations after he solicited the murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism of a minor on the dark web. Undercover...

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  • US launches coordinated effort to deter malicious cyber activities

    September 17th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Four federal agencies launched a coordinated effort to disrupt and deter Iranian malicious cyber activities targeting the US and the broader international community, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a statement. The DoJ, the Federal Bureau of...

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