cybercrime
Microsoft releases privacy and security guide for policy makers
Microsoft released the third volume of its popular policymaker booklet, Building Global Trust Online, which includes considerations and guidance for a number of new …
Global credit card fraud network dismantled
44 members of a global credit card fraud network have been arrested in a joint operation coordinated by the Romanian Cybercrime Unit in Romania, in close cooperation with …
Researcher sets up honeypot to counterattack, identifies attackers
I believe that most infosec professionals have, at one time or other, wished they could fight back when some of the resources they are tasked with protecting came under attack …
Five cuffed for stealing 2M euros via e-banking hacks
Five people were arrested last week when the Slovenian police conducted a series of house searches following an investigation into an gang that was emptying business bank …
Unraveling the South Korean cyberattacks
Wednesday’s news that the networks of several South Korean broadcasting organizations and banks have been partially or entirely crippled by coordinated attacks has …
Chinese military hacker unit cleaning up its tracks
When the computer forensic and incident response firm Mandiant publicly released their report on the Chinese military hacking unit dubbed APT1, they predicted that the group …
Xbox Live accounts hack performed by attackers that hit Krebs and Honan?
Microsoft has confirmed that a number of Xbox Live accounts of their current and former employees have been compromised by attackers using “several stringed social …
South Korean organizations under cyber attack
A suspected cyber attack has paralyzed computer networks at three broadcasting organisations and two banks in South Korea. The organizations’ networks had been …
Client-Side Attacks and Defense
Whether it's security vulnerabilities in software used by millions of home users and employees, or the natural human tendency to trust what comes at us, but even the most …
Massive Chameleon botnet steals $6M per month from advertisers
Web traffic analytics firm spider.io has discovered a massive botnet that emulates human visitors in order to earn its master(s) over $6 million per month from online …
3,600 organized crime groups active in the EU
In the most detailed study ever undertaken of its kind in the European law enforcement community Europol has identified an estimated 3,600 organized crime groups currently …
Data breaches in higher education
TeamSHATTER reports on data breaches in the higher education vertical throughout the United States. The past year has seen a substantial uptick in the amount of total records …
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