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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

Additional Resources

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Time to change advertising?I hate to say this - but maybe it's time to change how we advertise?We need to add somebody somewhere to screen ads, one-by-one, for this stuff.Doesn't have to be the people hosting the website, but it *should* be somebody independent of the advertising firm.Or take a...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Dancho, ClamAV, advertisement, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Russia kinda-sorta owns up to Estonia cyberwar

Russia kinda-sorta owns up to Estonia cyberwarTwo things...1. Anything that has military, economic or administrative significance becomes fair game in shooting wars, therefore, it doesn't surprize me that countries would be prepared to wage cyber-warfare.2. The alleged admission to the DDoS attacks covered in the story is probably designed to...

Tags: SECURITY, Estonia

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

USAID.gov compromised, malware and exploits served

The Azerbaijan section at the United States Agency for International Development (azerbaijan.usaid.gov) has been compromised and is embedded with malware and exploits serving scripts approximately around the 1st of March. The malicious script is taking advantage of a series of redirects which are dynamically loading live exploits, or rogue security...

Tags: Malware, Cybercriminal, USAID.gov, Cn, Cn/check/check.php, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit

Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kitAre hackers just a little evil or---do they use bazookas too---RE: Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kitHow about telling us WHICH 6 of the 37 AVs could identify this junk? And the "product marketing materials" indicate that they can exploit even...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Chrismas, Christmas-themed web malware exploitation kit, Christmas-themed, exploitation kit, web malware exploitation kit, cybercriminal, computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levelsWhose side are you on? ntnt = no textWhose side are you on? ntOn the objective one.Objective?I dunno, it sounds to me like you're:a) Giving them advice on what to do nextandb) Telling the rest of us how useless it is to fight them"objective"?Re: Objective?a)...

Tags: Atrivo/Intercage, spam level

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare

As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country. The question is, who's responsible? The Russian government appears to have managed to keep its...

Tags: Georgia, Attack, Russian Government, VNUnet, Government, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress

In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting...

Tags: Web, Russia, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Alania TV, RIA Novosti, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...

Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-16

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

"Electrical Calculator" for Palm OS 5 1.0 (Mobile)

Use this Electrical Calculator to complete all your electrical calculations with ease. We provide you with the following vital calculators:Ohm's Law calculator to calculate Resistance, Current, VoltageCalculator for Star to Delta conversion (Rab, Rbc, Rca) and Delta to Star conversion (Ran, Rbn, Rcn)Calculator for Inductive Reactance Calculator for Capacitive Reactance...

Tags: Combination, Palm OS 5, Mobile, Palm Inc., Emcon Emsys Technologies, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Productivity, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2003-06-11

"emElectrical Calculator V 2.0" for Pocket PC 2002/2003 2.0 (Mobile)

Version 2.0 of this emElectrical Calculator includes in addition 'DC Power Calculator', 'Single Phase Horse Power Calculator' and 'DC current HP Calculator'. Use this emElectrical Calculator to complete all your electrical calculations with ease. We provide you with the following vital calculators:Ohm's Law Calculations - Calculate Power, Voltage, Current, ResistanceCalculator...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, PC, Calculation, Emcon Emsys Technologies, Pocket PC, Productivity, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2003-04-21

"emElectrical Calculator V 2.0" 2.0 (Mobile)

Version 2.0 of this emElectrical Calculator includes in addition 'DC Power Calculator', 'Single Phase Horse Power Calculator' and 'DC current HP Calculator'. Use this emElectrical Calculator to complete all your electrical calculations with ease. We provide you with the following vital calculators:Ohm's Law Calculations - Calculate Power, Voltage, Current, ResistanceCalculator...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Calculation, Emcon Emsys Technologies, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2003-04-19

Electrical Calculator for TREO v 1.2 1.2 (Mobile)

New New !!! TREO Version Of This Popular ProductVersion 1.1 of this Electrical Calculator includes Ohm's law calculator, Inductive / Capacitive Reactance and Light Calculation. Version 1.2 of this Electrical Calculator includes in addition 'Calculator to calculate Total Inductance of series combination of Inductors', 'DC Power Calculator', 'Single Phase Horse...

Tags: Combination, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Palm Treo, Calculation, Emcon Emsys Technologies, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2003-02-06

Electrical Calculator for TREO 1.1 (Mobile)

This Popular Product Now Available For TREO!Version 1.1 of this Electrical Calculator is included with Ohm's law calculator, Inductive / Capacitive Reactance and Light Calculation. Make use of this Electrical Calculator and complete all your electrical calculations with ease. We provide you with the following vital calculators :Ohm's Law calculator...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Treo, Calculation, Emcon Emsys Technologies, Smart Phones, Productivity, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2003-02-06

"Electrical Calculator" for Palm v 1.2 1.2 (Mobile)

Version 1.1 of this Electrical Calculator includes Ohm's law calculator, Inductive / Capacitive Reactance and Light Calculation. Version 1.2 of this Electrical Calculator includes in addition 'Calculator to calculate Total Inductance of series combination of Inductors', 'DC Power Calculator', 'Single Phase Horse Power Calculator' and 'DC current HP Calculator' Use...

Tags: Combination, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Palm Inc., Palm V, Calculation, Emcon Emsys Technologies, Law Calculator, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Productivity, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2002-09-22