cybercriminals
Researchers explore how cyber attackers think
In a unique collaboration, an engineer and a criminologist are applying criminological concepts and research methods in the study of cybercrime, leading to recommendations for …
Cybercriminals offer complex infection services
Services for fraudsters utilizing malware are not new – AV checkers, malware encryption and malware infection services have existed in the criminal underground market …
Significant drop in FakeAV
The trend in malicious software and attempted cyber crime is up but some of the most popular and visible malware is trending down. According to lab results from Norman, a …
DHS says water pump destruction was not due to SCADA hack
“After detailed analysis, DHS and the FBI have found no evidence of a cyber intrusion into the SCADA system of the Curran-Gardner Public Water District in Springfield, …
Fake FBI email threatens recipients with jail
An email purportedly coming from the FBI Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division has been hitting inboxes and threatening recipients with jail time if they don’t …
WineLibrary.com breached, credit card info compromised
Popular e-commerce site Wine Library has started notifying its customers of a breach that resulted in the compromise of their credit card information, TechCrunch reports. …
Fake e-ticket confirmation spam campaign
As the holiday season approaches, a lot of people are bound to travel in order to visit their loved ones, so fake e-ticket confirmation spam campaigns are to be expected. …
Cybercrime statistics in Ireland
The Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT) released statistics on cybercrime incidents it has dealt with so far in 2011. The statistics are based on all …
Another U.S. SCADA system compromised thanks to lousy security
After the news about a water utility company in Springfield, Illinois suffering a hack attack that ended in the destruction of a water pump broke on Friday, the U.S. …
Facebook and Twitter users targeted with same scam
A Starbucks-themed scam has been spotted targeting users of both Facebook and Twitter users and it does so not via messages sent from compromised accounts, but through spam …
Yet another Trojan based on Spitmo source code surfaces
Even though nearly all new mobile malware in Q3 was aimed at Android phones, users with mobile devices running other mobile platforms are far from safe. F-Secure researchers …
Changing nature of DDoS attacks
The volume of packets-per-second (PPS) has almost quadrupled compared to Q3 2010, illustrating a significant increase in the size and diversity of DDoS attacks over the past …