ThreatFabric recently announced it has extended its Fraud Risk Suite with advanced behavioural analytics , to safeguard customers ’ online experience against social engineering attacks such as voice scams .

Behavioral analytics is an approach that enables us to distinguish between cybercriminals and genuine customers , by understanding a customer ' s interaction with their digital devices ( i . e swipe / touch gestures on a smartphone ), that directly relate to their cognitive behavior such as doubt represented by for example their typing rhythm ( speed ).

In 2021 , more than £ 1.3bn was stolen by scammers through authorised push payment fraud ( APP ), however this problem is solvable with the proper fraud detection / protection tools .

� NAVAL INFORMATION WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND ( NAVWAR ) NAVWAR is celebrating 25 years in San Diego , serving as one of the Navy ’ s major acquisition commands with an expertise in cyber and information technology , providing a substantial positive impact to the region ’ s economy year after year . NAVWAR brings US $ 3.2bn in revenue to the area and employs more than 5,200 federal employees while supporting more than 29,000 jobs .

� UBER UK Police have arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of hacking . The department said the arrest was made as part of an investigation in partnership with the U . K . National Crime Agency ’ s cybercrime unit .

� LOS ANGELES UNIFIED

SCHOOL DISTRICT The Vice Society Ransomware gang published data and documents that were stolen from the Los Angeles Unified School District during a cyberattack . District said that they would not be giving in to the ransom demands and that they could better use the money for students and their education .

� CHINA New research has revealed that China is the top country most affected by online crime in the world - losing US $ 118.4bn to cybercrime each year . The research , undertaken by SEON , looked at the cost of online crime in the top victim countries .

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