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Russian company is hub for all manner of cybercrime: Russian company is hub for all manner of cybercrimeSo why can't...Time Warner Cable, Yahoo High Speed, Verizon High Speed, all the various mom and pop DSL companies, or, ghasp the ones that assign domain names in the first place simply blacklist em.Let's take a proactive approach, blacklist the whole domain...; Tags: Russian Company, TripleII; Discussion threads 2007-10-15
Russian company is hub for all manner of cybercrime: Where is the world's hub for phishing, spam, child porn and identity theft? That would be the Russian Business Network in St. Petersburg, say computer security experts. The Washington Post reports that groups operating through the company's computers are thought to be responsible for about half of last year's incidents...; Tags: Cybercrime, RBN, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Identity Theft, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-10-15

Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threats: Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsSecuring Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsThe good thing about this is that Microsoft recognizes that there is potential for a security threat and is taking all measures to close that threat. Recognition of resolution of the problem is what Microsoft...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, security threat, Securing; Discussion threads 2007-12-05
Attack of the PDFs: Less than 24 hours after Adobe shipped a fix for a gaping hole affecting its Reader and Acrobat software, PDF files rigged with malware are beginning to land in e-mail spam filters. The discovery of the active attacks have underlined the need for Windows users to immediately...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Attack, DeepSight Team, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Cyber crime is *not* bigger than illegal drug trade: Cyber crime is *not* bigger than illegal drug tradeOne quibbleThose people not using Windows are immune to malware because Free Software and Apple and whatever Unixes survive see no value in coding in needed hooks and of course malware authors see no market to exploit.Depends upon your definition of...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Identity theft, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Russian Business Network, malware, Cyber-Crime; Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Bank of India site hijacked, launching exploits: The Bank of India Web site has been hijacked by online criminals and is being used to serve up rootkits and backdoor Trojans on unpatched Windows machines. Malware hunters at Sunbelt Software are warning that a snippet of code has been planted into the Bank of India...; Tags: Bank, Malware, Attack, Bank Of India Web Site, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-31