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- Universities join coalition to stop ID theft
- Coming on the heels of a flurry of breaches of sensitive databases, a coalition of high-tech companies and universities have created the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection at Utica NY College, Campus Technology reports.Sponsors said the Center will drive research into causes, detection, and prevention of identity...
- Tags: cyber criminal, identity fraud
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
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- FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday charged almost 100 people in Operation Phish Phry, the largest cyber fraud phishing case to date. The FBI said it uncovered a sophisticated phishing operation that was designed to swipe personal information and then use the data to defraud banks....
- Tags: Bank, FBI, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Financial Services, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- GENEVA -- The critical MS08-067 vulnerability used by the Conficker worm to build a powerful botnet continues to be a lucrative security hole for cyber criminals. During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, a trio of Microsoft researchers dissected the malware attacks linked to...
- Tags: Flaw, Malware, Conficker, MS08-067, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Alleged TJX hacker spun a wide web of cybercrime
- Just goes to show no one's doing their homeworkWe keep pushing computerized systems out further and further into important aspects of our lives, and yet the security portion isn't baked in and is really an afterthought. Put a national security slant on all of this, and the possibilities are...
- Tags: Hacking, PCI Standard, wide Web, hacker, cybercrime, Web, security
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Some important truths about pen-testing
- Guest editorial by Alberto Soliño Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or “hacks†of their own, or others’ technologies to test...
- Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned
- It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew last year on three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud. But on Thursday, the judge in the case tentatively threw out...
- Tags: Computer Fraud, Computer, MySpace, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very well
- A large part of me is worried about writing this post because in some way, I could be considered as promoting the idea or inciting people to commit cybercrime. Well, that's not my intention as such - instead I'm taking a more back seat approach to denounce why people commit...
- Tags: Cybercrime, Web Site, Hacker, Cybersecurity, Attack, Security Industry, Web Site Development, Government, Phishing, Web Technology, Security, Hacking, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Expose Fraud Rings and Stop Repeat Offenders With Device Reputation
- The convenience and excitement of gambling online has been the driving force behind the phenomenal growth of the online gambling industry. But as more people turn to online poker, roulette, blackjack, sports books and other casino games, cyber criminals are becoming more sophisticated in finding ways to defraud legitimate players...
- Tags: Industry, IOVATION, Internet, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-06-22
- Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council
- Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory CouncilCrooks hire CrooksWhere else can a crook get a Job.Crooks in D.C. hire crooks to help the crooked Gov't do crooked things to help the crooked Banks and crooked companies the politicians award contracts to while decent people get rolled because they follow the...
- Tags: Hacking, crook, hacker, Homeland Security Advisory Council, security, homeland security
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- From Fun to Profit: The Evolution of Malware
- Digital threats have evolved from a bizarre hobby for computer geeks into a huge source of profit for organized cyber-crime. From a technical point of view, malware has diversified to enable pursuit of a wide variety of criminal objectives and has increased its capabilities for penetration into victim systems. Recognizing...
- Tags: Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2009-04-16
- Bad, bad, cybercrime-friendly ISPs!
- Bad, bad, cybercrime-friendly ISPs!Why easy obvioussolution are never used.Cut the crooked ISPs from the net until they have cleaned they act. but since they are clearly criminal in nature a instant life time ban will doif an ISP host a malicious website/file and do not remove it right away after...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Peer to peer (P2P), Internet Service Provider, P2P, cybercrime-friendly ISP
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Prosecutor drops a charge in Pirate Bay case
- Prosecutor drops a charge in Pirate Bay caseNapster only "made available" copyrighted works, too......and they were found guilty.RE: Prosecutor drops a charge in Pirate Bay caseMy goodness. The number of charges is getting smaller each day this farce continues. I think the only reason they're continuing it on...
- Tags: Ineptitude, Pirate Bay, TPB
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Microsoft: 'Consistent exploit code likely' for IE vulnerabilities
- Microsoft today shipped four bulletins with patches for at least 8 documented security vulnerabilities affecting Windows users and warned that "consistent exploit code could be easily crafted" to launch attacks via the Internet Explorer browser. The Patch Tuesday batch includes fixes for a pair of code execution...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Exchange Server, Server, Exploit Code, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Web Browsers, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivel
- Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivelHere come the flames!Regardless of the accurracy/inaccuracy of your vision, I can see the flames coming already.I personally don't see anything overtly incorrect in what you state, but my interpretation differs slightly.In my opinion, until they can find a way to capitalize on the creation of...
- Tags: NETWORKING, New Network Architecture, network, monoculture
- Discussion threads 2009-01-29
- PIN Security and Key Management to Prevent Data Breaches
- The financial industry's task in recent months has been to focus on cleaning up from breach aftermaths and scripting customer service and media responses to consumers and reporters alike. Meanwhile, the criminal elements focus on identifying and exploiting additional weaknesses that range from compromising PCI compliant merchants to accessing authorization...
- Tags: Payment, Financial, Fair Isaac, Financial Industry, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Security, Viruses And Worms, Finance
- White papers 2009-01-01
- AlertPay hit by a large scale DDoS attack
- AlertPay hit by a large scale DDoS attackThey make devices that quickly mitigate DDOS attacksThe fact that they failed to impliment them, means they are not serious about protecting their business.If i ran a payment processing system, i would have every protection available running on my systems and network. ...
- Tags: SECURITY, distributed denial of service, denial of service, AlertPay
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Mom wants Drew to serve the max - three years and $300,000
- Mom wants Drew to serve the max - three years and $300,000It's not manslaughter!She did it on purpose. It's murder. Nothing less.agree with "bad precedent"I agree with you except for the last part. As you stated yourself, it is not absolutely clear that this charade really caused the suicide. So...
- Tags: Lori Drew, suicide, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-11-29
- A peek inside the bank malware epidemic
- My colleague at Kaspersky Lab Roel Schouwenberg see disclosure has written a very interesting piece on the banker malware landscape, warning that attacks against financial institutions will get much more targeted and sophisticated. Schouwenberg's Attacks on Banks paper takes a close look at how malicious programs targeting...
- Tags: Bank, Financial, Malware, Attack, Schouwenberg, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Financial Accounting, Security, Viruses And Worms, Finance, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- The technologies which will change our lives
- We are at a strange place in this world's history, where the Industrial Revolution is over, and we're in the new technological age. So many things have been discovered over the course of the last and this century, and we're still no closer to reaching a technological...
- Tags: Earth, Multi-touch, Computing, Technology, Microsoft Research, MSR, Rootkits, Internet, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Judge freezes assets of massive spam ring
- Judge freezes assets of massive spam ringDeath PenaltyCan't stand spammers.... I hope they get what they deserve....Frozen computersI hope that the Credit Card Holders will be informed of their silliness in disclosing their CC information...Its sad that people still fall for spamWhat astounds me is that there are still...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Asset management, SPAMer, SPAMERS, spammer, massive spam ring, spam ring, spam, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
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