I found this article from the Security Watch newsletter from PC Magazine to be interesting, and thought I would share it. The top ten reported internet crimes are lisited below. The source is the Internet Crime and Complain Center (IC3), for the year 2006. As I tell people in my Computer Security class, its about the money these days. The list follows.
|
Category |
% of complaints |
|
Auction Fraud |
44.9% |
|
Non-Delivery |
19% |
|
Check Fraud |
4.9% |
|
Credit/Debit Card Fraud |
4.8% |
|
Computer Fraud |
2.8% |
|
Confidence Fraud |
2.2% |
|
Financial Instiitutions Fraud |
1.6% |
|
Identity Theft |
1.6% |
|
Investment Fraud |
1.3% |
|
Child Pornography |
1.0% |
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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com