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Identity Theft Thriving Among Russian Online Gangs

Are you wondering how someone could have gained access to your email, bank accounts, or social media profiles? There are endless ways to do it, and online criminals use them! According to Russia PI’s investigation team, online criminals in Russia have been working primarily to obtain significant loads of personal information that can used later […]

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Online Dating Scams Lead to Bigger Financial Fraud Losses

In 2014, online dating scams were responsible for gigantic financial losses. Only in the United States, the FBI reported losses of $82 million dollars in the last six months of the year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reported the same amount, $82 million in losses for Australians, for the whole year 2014.  Experts say […]

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Russian Hackers: A Profitable Industry Targeting Your Data

It´s likely that in today´s circumstances most people think it twice before letting someone swipe their credit cards at any store, and even worse when it comes to entering the card data in a website.  Given that during 2014 some of the biggest retailers in the United States went through a data breach, many people […]

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Whatsapp’s New Feature Generates Serious Risks

Would you like the people you talk to through WhatsApp not to receive the alert that you have read their messages? Many people wish this was a possibility again. The recently added double blue tick feature leaves the question of whether someone did read your message or not with no space for doubts. The messaging […]

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Don’t Click On It! 3 Links You Should Never Click On

We have written in the past about the importance of making a good use of the internet and protecting your online privacy, especially with the rising cases of cybercrime originating in Russia and the Ukraine. But what does staying safe really mean?  Well, essentially being safe depends a lot on what you click on, and […]

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New Perspective on Cybercrime in Russia and Ukraine

A few years ago, science fiction stories and movies predicted the future as a digitally managed world, where virtual reality was immersed into the physical world and where the most powerful organizations were directed by hackers and IT geniuses. We haven´t reached that point yet – or at least it´s not publicly known – but […]

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