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Cybercrime

Book Review: The Gomorrah Gambit by Tom Chatfield

By Emma Cazabonne

July 31, 2019

In Tom Chatfield’s breakneck speed techno-thriller, The Gomorrah Gambit, an elite hacker enters the belly of the beast and is caught in the middle of an international conspiracy. If you have no idea what’s going on in the dark underworld of hacking, this is the book to read. There’s the internet you use to read…

Chloe Sunstone, Ginger Snapped

“We Need to Throw Out Our Computers” — The Thrills of Researching Cybercrime

By Chloe Sunstone

January 11, 2019

After over twenty years in Human Resources, I certainly witnessed my share of bad workplace behavior — lying, bullying, manipulation, drug abuse, physical altercations, and equipment theft, to name a few. But that horrific conduct pales in comparison to my findings as I researched cybercrime for my latest thriller, Ginger Snapped, a story of identity…

Review: Price of Duty by Dale Brown

By Dirk Robertson

May 16, 2017

Price of Duty by Dale Brown is the 21st book in the Patrick McLanahan series, where the U.S. and its Western allies come under a diabolical Russian cyber warfare attack in this action-packed military techno-thriller. The New York Times-bestselling author of Iron Wolf has come out with a scorcher in Price of Duty. The President…

Internet Trolls Could Face Charges

By Crime HQ

March 3, 2016

Who would cross the bridge of death must answer me these answers three, ‘ere the other side he see: What is your name? What is your quest? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? No, no, no—not that kind of troll.

Number 1 of the Scams of Christmas: Santa Letter Scams

By Terry Ambrose

December 19, 2014

The Santa Letter scam takes the No. 1 spot on this list for several reasons. First, it victimizes parents just trying to do something special for their kids for Christmas, as well as the kids, who'll get bupkus from the Big Guy in the Furry Suit. Not only are people paying for a service the…

Number 3 of the Scams of Christmas: Season’s Breachings

By Terry Ambrose

December 17, 2014

Nobody's merry about this year's data breaches… nobody. If you have a credit card—and who doesn’t?—you’ve probably been affected by at least one of the infamous data breaches at Home Depot, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, or Target—need I go on? What many people might not realize is that the stolen credit card information is eventually sold…

Number 5 of the Scams of Christmas: Grumpy Greeting Cards

By Terry Ambrose

December 15, 2014

Remember the good old days when the holidays were approaching, we went to our mailboxes everyday, checked for greeting cards, then rushed inside to see what our friends had written to us in the card? Maybe you even snuck a peek at the back of the card to see which brand your friends had chosen.…

Number 7 of the Scams of Christmas: Santa’s Spyware

By Terry Ambrose

December 13, 2014

A few years ago, online security firm McAfee began compiling their 12 holiday cyberscams, including “not-so-merry-mobile apps.” Call these little collections of computer code apps and they don’t sound so bad. Use the names surveillanceware, ransomware, or adware, and they start to sound more grinch-like than helpful. Surveillanceware? According to an Assistan Attorney General, via…

Protect Yourself from Holiday Hackers with Software Updates/ 12 Scams of Christmas: Soggy Security

Number 12 of the Scams of Christmas: Soggy Security

By Terry Ambrose

December 8, 2014

Criminal Element's counting down 12 scams of Christmas, beginning with an issue that can open every electronic device to hackers: soggy security. 'Tis the season for good little hackers and scammers everywhere to infect your computer with presents worse than coal in your stocking. Think of software updates as being like wool socks. Maybe you…

The Murder Man by Tony Parsons

Fresh Meat: The Murder Man by Tony Parsons

By Jenny Maloney

October 7, 2014

The Murder Man by Tony Parsons is a debut thriller, introducing newly-minted homicide detective Max Wolfe, whose first case will involve murdered members of London society, all connected to an exclusive boarding school (available October 7, 2014). After a heroic turn on the street, Max Wolfe is promoted to Detective in the Homicide division of…

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