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Cyber crime gangs are learning to work together

Cyber crime gangs are learning to work togetherHonor among thieves?I doubt it. It may work this time, but sooner or later, somebody's going to cheat, unless, of course, the rules are enforced with firearms, which is traditionally how organized crime works.Linux utilityQuoting:Roger also talks about how they used a...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Cellular phones, High Technology Crime Investigation Association, forensics, Cyber-crime gang, IP, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-10-11

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Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?

With all the "spooky" cybercrime trends taking place on a monthly basis, such as the death of CAPTCHA, the suspicious idleness of the Conficker botnet, the clear presence of government-tolerated and upcoming government-sponsored botnets, the inevitable migration from using malicious infrastructure to entirely relying on legitimate one, followed by the...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Campaign, Cybercriminal, Search, Marketing Research, Strategy, Security, Marketing, Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-29

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

China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers

The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...

Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes

Infamous Russian malware gang vanishesHunt Them Down And Terminate ThemThe English had the right idea in how they dealt with pirates. Hunt them down, terminate them and hang their bodies where everyone can see them. In this case, Internet Web Video is a good choice!Any government that sanctions...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, malware gang, malware, cyberterrorism

Discussion threads 2007-11-10

Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive

The spammers behind last year's destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the 'Storm Worm' malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services.The ongoing attacks, which use botnets of hijacked Windows computers, successfully shut down the Web servers that power...

Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-06-11

The feds weigh in on Windows security

The feds weigh in on Windows securityWant security? Go with Apple...Since Mac OS X is built on FreeBSD UNIX which runs on more mainframes for financial institutions than any other variant of UNIX, the logical choice for a truly secure system would be Macintosh based systems. If it's good enough...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, UNIX, agency, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

Australian state bans YouTube after attack on girl is posted

The Victorian State government in Australia has banned YouTube in all schools after an assault on a 17-year-old girl was posted on the popular site, reports the Associated Press The effort to thwart cyber-bullying has resulted in banning the site from all schools in Victoria, Australias most populous state,...

Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, Social networking

Blog posts 2007-03-02

I won on more than points, it's what real 'community" is all about

Despite what those who profess to define and uphold the notion of community would like you to believe -- you know those smarmy "blogs are what will save the world" types -- theres sometimes a corrupting profit motive that seems only slightly beneath the surface, if you care to scratch.Thats...

Tags: blogosphere

Blog posts 2006-10-20

Leaves and Sumitomo

Brian Krebs over at the Washington Post did a little investigative journalism to try and uncover what happened to the author of the Leaves worm from five years ago. Brian points out that Leaves was an early harbinger of malware being used to generate click...

Tags: bank, Leaves, Sumitomo Corp.

Blog posts 2006-06-22

Microsoft announces Office 2007 delay

Microsoft announces Office 2007 delayOk, so...I hope that this is all so that the products (Vista + Office) are the best they can be for a first release, and not an attempt to move the sate of Christmas ;)MICROSUCKS takes lessons from IntelOver-promise and under-deliver the Intel way - now...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

When 'digital bullying' goes too far

When 'digital bullying' goes too farDigital bullying, now the TalkBack itself has a part to playin a themed article. As for the rest, the more tech, the easier to reach out a smack someone, . . now ppl don't have to leave their homes to be as wonderful as...

Tags: Games, cyber-bullying, Now IT, uptick, date rape, teenage pregnancy, lyric, pregnancy

Discussion threads 2005-06-22