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Which U.S. Cities Have the Highest Property Crime Rate?

Property crimes can include burglary, motor vehicle theft, vandalism, and arson. This type of crime can have devastating financial and psychological consequences for victims, and it can leave a negative mark on communities. The team at Surveillance Video shone a light on this issue by using crime statistics to determine which U.S. cities have the highest rates of property crime.

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Cybercrime Likely To Go Up in Coming Years


The Cyber Crime Magazine defines Cybercrime as the “damage and destruction of data, stolen money, lost productivity, theft of intellectual property, theft of personal and financial data, embezzlement, fraud, and post-attack disruption to the normal course of business, forensic investigation, restoration and deletion of hacked data and systems, and reputational harm.”


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How to stay safe on the internet

Prior to the pandemic, we used the internet for several purposes. However, after the outbreak of the global pandemic, almost the entire world has shifted to the internet everything. Whether it is getting your online lecture, working from home for your office, communicating with your loved ones, or doing grocery, people have relied on the internet for even the easiest tasks.

But, don’t forget the threat of online crimes that can happen to literally anyone on social media. However, with the increase in internet traffic and usage, these online crime threats are a bigger risk than ever.

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The Most Chilling Cold Cases in the United States

According to the National Institute of Justice, a cold case is "any case whose probative investigative leads have been exhausted. In essence, this means a case that is only a few months old may be defined as being 'cold.'" Unfortunately, the number of cold cases each year continues to rise. Currently, there are more than 250,000 unsolved murders in America, and that number increases by roughly 6,000 new cases annually.

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E-commerce is prone to cybercrime and here is why

The e-commerce world is on the rise, and why should it not? More than half of the businesses are run by e-commerce websites because this method not only gives an instant boost to the business but also allows people to access the product in just a few clicks. Apart from its benefits, e-commerce is also prone to damage, and by damage, we mean serious potential threats. It is common among websites to fall into the hands of cybercriminals because of poor security.

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Steps involved in crime scene examination

Investigating a crime scene is complex. A team of experts has to keep various factors in mind during the investigation because even the smallest and slightest hint can help chase the criminal. Investigating a crime scene needs big brains who can analyze the data and shreds of evidence collected, predict theories of how everything seems to happen and provide reasonable grounds to look and believe. During the entire examination, everyone needs to stay extremely attentive and keep their eyes around the whole time so that they don’t miss out on anything. The aspects considered various from a crime scene to crime scene, for example, the process of examining a scene of burglary will differ from that of a murder.

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The Ponzi scheme Completes a Century


The Ponzi scheme is a type of fraudulent tactic or scam, named after Charles Ponzi. It first started off by Ponzi who was born in 1882 in Italy. Looking forward to a better and more fortunate life, he had moved to America in 1903. However, his desire to seek fortune led him down to the path of crime and fraudulent tactics rather than gaining with integrity and honesty.


How did he make the scams work exactly? He would take money from new investors and pay dividends to older investors, keeping a lot of profit to himself. Out of all the scams, he was able to make a total of 193 million US dollars, which is just an estimate.


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The Various Ways of Authentication in Cybersecurity

When we talk about the Internet or technology in general, we can think about identification as well. This is because it is now more than ever, that we have online accounts for everything. In cases where it is not online, we have a sort of identification set up for our devices. 

But mostly, when talks about cybersecurity and its importance pop up, it has to do with the online world. A lot of us have accounts on various platforms, from e-mails to social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and so on. And as you may have noticed, many security considerations go into it all. In fact, there's an option for privacy and security on every service that you may have used in these modern times.

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Types of SMS Scams and How to Avoid Them

We have many advanced forms of technology now. But along with these technological solutions, scams and cybercrime shave been equally rising as well. And people who fall prey to such cybercrime are victims who are not aware of the various methods that criminals have adopted. And even if they are, new methods to fool people always keep coming up. 

Of all the digital communication channels available to us, SMS is the most common. Every person has incoming SMSs, even if they are not paying attention to them, or even if they use other social media platforms to stay in touch with their friends, relatives and close ones. You may be surprised to know that more than 90% of messages via SMS are fraudulent.

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The Deadliest Wars and Crimes Against Humanity in History
Crimes against humanity, which include war and terrorism, are undoubtedly stains that leave scars on our collective history. From Parker Waichman, this infographic covers the 15th century through the 21st century, and it takes a look at the deadliest wars and crimes against humanity that our world has ever seen. It includes the deadliest conquests, wars, terrorist attacks, genocides, and more, and even offers details on the political leaders that had the most victims. World War II is one of the deadliest events in human history. From 1939 through 1945, approximately 84,269,920 people around the world lost their lives, which was 3% of the world's total population.

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The Metropolitan Areas Where Murder Rates Have Increased (And Decreased) The Most in the U.S.
How much have murder rates changed in the United States over the past decade? And where can the highest murder rates be found? Using information from the FBI’s annual report, Crime in the United States, the answer to these questions were sought out by the insights team at TruePeopleSearch.

They compared the murder and non-negligent manslaughter rates from 2010 and 2018 to see which 25 metropolitan statistical areas’ murder rates had increased the most, as well as the 25 metro areas with the largest decrease in the rate of murder and non-negligent manslaughter. One small area in Illinois was the clear front runner when it came to the largest increase in this rate. The metro area of Danville saw a 19.5 increase in their rate of murders for every 100,000 residents. This rate was just 1.3 back in 2010 but had skyrocketed to 20.8 by 2018. Were you surprised at any of the other metro areas that found themselves high up on this list?

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The Positive Impact of COVID-19 on Crime in the UK

The coronavirus has caused chaos and put a halt to activities of all kind. Be it personal or financial, or even — crime. It's really tough to think that a global pandemic could result in something positive. But it has happened nonetheless. While there has been a reduction in air pollution, another positive thing to come out of the crisis has been low crime rates. This has been the case for many countries, including the United Kingdom. 

This downfall in crime rates can be credited to lockdown measures. Not all sorts of crimes have gone down. For instance, drug offences become greater than before. This can make sense as drugs won't really involve moving around much, for many people out there. The crimes that have been limited to a very high extent are robberies and sexual harassment since they involve social interaction and moving around.

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Hackers: Who They Are and What They Want

 The Internet is now at a stage where it has become inherent in our lives. We are dependent on it for almost all our daily tasks and even entertainment and education. This has proved to be true even more in the wake of the global pandemic this year. Whether you are just someone who loves surfing the Internet or you work in a cybersecurity department somewhere, with the rapid increase in hacking cases, it is important to get to know the types of hackers.

 Hackers can be classified according to their intention of hacking. Some hackers just do it for the sake of fun and thrill, while others have a huge motive behind their act of cybercrime. Not all hackers are criminals though. There are ethical hackers- those who are not the 'bad guys'. An example of ethical hacking can be a scenario in which you say, report a social media account that is posing as you when in reality it is not. This is where the job of an ethical hacker may come in as they hack the fake account and take it down.

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Protecting Consumer Data in the Era of Big Data

 Living in an age of overwhelming data and information, it is pretty obvious that one needs to go out of their way to protect the privacy of others. With so many incidents of cyberattacks going on, it only makes sense that cybersecurity measures are being taken drastically. People fall prey to cyberattacks on a daily basis and it is not just big organisations that are being targeted by cybercriminals but small businesses and organisations make for easy targets as well.

 Let's first make sense of what big data actually is. Big data is more about data that is crucial to an organisation on a daily basis, and it does not always necessarily have a huge volume. Such data is under threat when appropriate cybersecurity measures aren't taken. Examples may include infrequent change of passwords by employees, carelessly sharing personal details internally or externally, and so on. Many products and services operate online, therefore they have a lot of consumer data to handle.

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Explosions in Iran: Planned Acts or Accidents?

 The Western region of Tehran recently witnessed a power outage due to a string of explosions. These explosions took place at various places, namely a blast in a medical clinic, another one causing floods in an important area of shipping hubs, and a missile-production facility was targeted as well. Initially, Tehran had labelled these chain of explosions as a series of accidents. There links to each other seem highly likely due to the misfortunate events taking place in the vicinities of industrial, nuclear and military locations.

 However, the blast on Natanz nuclear research on July 2, 2020, in Isfahan, Iran led to Iran admitting that they were being targeted and all these acts were indeed the part of a big sabotage plan by its enemies. With Iran being vocal about being targeted, other explosions have also fallen into suspicious activity and part of a bigger conspiracy. Now the main challenge for Iran is finding out the entity behind these attacks, as well as their response.

 According to the senior adviser on science and nonproliferation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Olli Heinonen, the sole incident of Natanz nuclear research is enough for Iran to understand the involvement of foul-play. He also clarified that an attack of this level could only be possible with the attackers having complete details on the workshop designs and operations at Natanz, he clearly stated that Iran's nuclear and missile programs and their operations are not secretive and are likely exposed. He also stated that this was act was just a small warning and things could only escalate in the near future.

Explosions in Iran: Planned Acts or Accidents?

Which Police Departments Lead the Nation in Police Homicides?
With police brutality at the forefront of many American’s minds, some may be wondering which police departments are guilty of injuring or even killing the most citizens.

This infographic analyzed information on the 100 largest police departments across the United States to answer this question and find out which of these 100 departments are responsible for the most police homicides. The information analyzed even delves into further detail by comparing the race of the police homicide victims to see which of these departments have killed the most black citizens, as well as the most Hispanic citizens.

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Shocking Acts of Theft by Employee

 Your employees can make your company, but they can break it as well. Many companies suffer because of employee theft acts, the severity and type of which can vary. By employee theft, we do not necessarily mean the stealing of an actual tangible object. It is actually defined by the mishandling of the employer's assets. So it does not always have to be cash or say any valuable device.

 According to the National Retail Security Survey (2017), internal employee theft was around 30 %. External retail crime and loss came out to be around 36.5%. The difference between these two isn't much, and while you can try your best to limit external crimes by gangs and shoplifters, it is likely that you'll be able to completely eliminate the risk. Employee theft, however, can be minimized to a pretty good extent and it's possible for you to even get rid of it entirely.

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An impressive decline in the U.S. property crime rate

The insecurity of getting your house robbed is there in every U.S. citizen. Back in 2018, property crimes in the United States were at its peak. Every 2.2 seconds, a property crime was committed, which left every single citizen scared immensely. Most of the robberies occurred in the daytime; however, night time robberies were lesser in percentage.

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35 inhumane Medical Serial Killers

Medical professionals are believed to be the most helpful being as they work day and night to save the lives of endangered people. When a person enters an operation theatre, he puts all his faith in the doctors treating him as they have his life in their hands. But, little does the person know, some of these doctors decently dressed in their scrubs are actually human predators.

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Can AI stop crime before it happens?
To many, the thought of Artificial Intelligence combating crimes – even before it occurs may seem like a scene from a sci-fi movie. However, many countries around the world including the UK, China, Denmark, Germany, India and the Netherlands have integrated facial recognition protocols and predictive tools to control criminal acts.

And the advancements in technology seems to be working!

In fact, several countries around the world are reporting lower rates of crime. Experts also say that technology can be very useful in detecting crime before it happens – and afterward to catch the culprits.

Of course, we should remember, that just like any form of technology – there may be some mishaps with the use of artificial intelligence tools. For example, accuracy always remains to be a concern as facial recognition algorithms often misidentify the subject. Especially those of color are many times misunderstood by the software.

Can AI stop crime before it happens? #Infographic

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