The 2018 Internet Crime Report from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) summarizes internet crime complaints received in 2018. It reports that IC3 received over 351,936 complaints involving losses over $2.7 billion. The top crime types reported were non-payment/non-delivery, extortion, and personal data breach. In 2018, IC3 established a Recovery Asset Team to help recover funds from business email compromise schemes and created new Victim Specialist positions to provide support to victims of internet crimes.
The document discusses threats to manufacturing environments in the era of Industry 4.0. It finds that networks in the manufacturing industry are exposed to similar external threats as other industries due to factors like the prevalent use of outdated operating systems like Windows XP, as equipment in manufacturing has much longer replacement cycles. It also finds that network worms are more pervasive in manufacturing networks compared to others. The convergence of IT, OT, and IP networks under Industry 4.0 introduces new challenges to secure these systems from cyber threats.
This document summarizes the Android security landscape in 2018. It discusses improvements to protections on the Android platform, Google Play, and Google Play Protect that helped reduce the presence of potentially harmful applications (PHAs) on devices. Some key accomplishments include 84% more devices receiving security updates, Google Play Protect scanning over 50 billion apps daily, and preventing 242 builds containing PHAs from being released.
1. The number of users encountering ransomware fell by almost 30% from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018, while the proportion of users encountering ransomware out of all malware also declined.
2. Cryptocurrency mining is rising as cybercriminals turn away from ransomware towards more sustainable profits from mining.
3. The main ransomware actors shifted in 2017-2018, with WannaCry responsible for 50% of attacks compared to a more diverse landscape in 2016-2017.
4. Countries with the highest rates of ransomware attacks changed over the period, with Thailand, UAE, and Iran topping the list in 2017-2018 while attacks declined in countries like Turkey.
The 2018 Internet Crime Report from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) summarizes internet crime complaints received in 2018. It reports that IC3 received over 351,936 complaints involving losses over $2.7 billion. The top crime types reported were non-payment/non-delivery, extortion, and personal data breach. In 2018, IC3 established a Recovery Asset Team to help recover funds from business email compromise schemes and created new Victim Specialist positions to provide support to victims of internet crimes.
The document discusses threats to manufacturing environments in the era of Industry 4.0. It finds that networks in the manufacturing industry are exposed to similar external threats as other industries due to factors like the prevalent use of outdated operating systems like Windows XP, as equipment in manufacturing has much longer replacement cycles. It also finds that network worms are more pervasive in manufacturing networks compared to others. The convergence of IT, OT, and IP networks under Industry 4.0 introduces new challenges to secure these systems from cyber threats.
This document summarizes the Android security landscape in 2018. It discusses improvements to protections on the Android platform, Google Play, and Google Play Protect that helped reduce the presence of potentially harmful applications (PHAs) on devices. Some key accomplishments include 84% more devices receiving security updates, Google Play Protect scanning over 50 billion apps daily, and preventing 242 builds containing PHAs from being released.
1. The number of users encountering ransomware fell by almost 30% from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018, while the proportion of users encountering ransomware out of all malware also declined.
2. Cryptocurrency mining is rising as cybercriminals turn away from ransomware towards more sustainable profits from mining.
3. The main ransomware actors shifted in 2017-2018, with WannaCry responsible for 50% of attacks compared to a more diverse landscape in 2016-2017.
4. Countries with the highest rates of ransomware attacks changed over the period, with Thailand, UAE, and Iran topping the list in 2017-2018 while attacks declined in countries like Turkey.