financial crimes

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2016
Watch out, IRS Tax Fraud activities on the rise

Security experts and government agencies confirm that IRS Tax Fraud And Phishing campaigns are increasing thanks to new techniques and tools. Internal Revenue Service tax fraud has reached a peak in the last year, crooks are intensifying their activity adopting new techniques to monetize their efforts. According to security experts that are monitoring the phenomena, Tax-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2014
Treasury Dept report confirms Tor network abuse in financial crimes

A non-public report realized by the US Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers exploits the anonymizing the Tor network. A report from the U.S. Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers by cyber criminals, affected organizations over the past decade, exploited the anonymizing Tor network. The news is shared by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2014
FBI and NYPD joint effort in a new cybercrime task force

The FBI has formed a new cybercrime task force with the NYPD and the Metropolitan Transit Authority to investigate on cyber crimes. Cybercrime is considered by governments an emergency to mitigate urgently, criminal activities are causing large losses to the global economy as reported in the recent report published by McAfee. The FBI created a […]