Welcome to the Law Enforcement Cyber Center
The Law Enforcement Cyber Center (LECC) is designed to assist police chiefs, sheriffs, commanders, patrol officers, digital forensic investigators, detectives, and prosecutors who are investigating and preventing crimes that involve technology.
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Paranoia around Coronavirus is Fueling Cyber Crime
Cyber criminals are capitalizing on the fear people have about the Coronavirus epidemic and are resorting to phishing emails, malware, key-loggers, and fake online charities to dupe people of their personal information and money. Cyber criminals are also targeting industries such as travel, shipping, manufacturing, healthcare, and retail to either create panic and bring businesses to a standstill or hold businesses to ransom unless they pay off the demanded ransom.
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Why aren’t presidential candidates talking about cybercrime?
As of the last debate, all eight events have been held without any substantive discussion about a national security threat that arguably impacts more Americans than any other. If candidates want to connect with more voters about the issues that are actually affecting their daily lives, they should talk about their plans for grappling with cyber threats—particularly cybercrime.
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California Leads U.S. in Cyber-Crime Complaints: FBI
The annual FBI Internet Crime Report was released Tuesday and listed more than 50,000 online crime complaints in California for 2019. More than 50,000 Californians reported being victims of online crime last year, new Federal Bureau of Investigation data show. Their combined losses totaled more than half-a-billion dollars, the FBI said.
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Why DevOps Is An Attractive Target For Cybercrime Syndicates
Such attacks are on the rise since it is an easy way for cybercrime syndicates and nation-states to infiltrate millions of systems by compromising one software that is commonly used. These attacks, known as supply chain attacks, are not new, and this category of attack has been on the rise.
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Three Sneaky Cybercrime Tactics to Watch Out For
Being savvy about cybersecurity doesn’t mean just knowing the big trends. You also need to stay on top of new tricks and tactics that hackers are using to target people and organizations. Study up on these three emerging threats so you can stay ahead of attempted cyberattacks.
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