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Credit card fraud gangs going global
News Recent arrest in Thailand has put police on guard against professional outfits that have global network and use sophisticated technology to escape detection.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, ATM, Mobile, Arrest, Thailand, Cell Phone, Gang
International cooperation key in cybercrime fight
Insight newsmaker Prosecution is hard as the laws are national but such crimes are international, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of F-Secure.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Web sites, Malware, F-Secure Corp., Attack, Gang, Malaysia, virus writer, Russia
Spam to reach all-time high
News Fueled by the Storm Worm epidemic, spam looks set to reach the record high of 90 percent of all mail as seen last year, says Secure Computing.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering
A click farm in the Philippines?
Blogs Like most people I know, I had no idea what a click farm was. So when someone from the BBC sent an e-mail to me a few da...
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9M infected computers
News Huge botnet hosted in the Ukraine is being used to send spam, record keystrokes, and copy files of infected computers running Windows XP, researchers say.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Finjan Software Inc., Bot, bot network, Ukraine, computer, RSA Security Inc., director of marketing, chief technology officer
Soca socking it to cybercriminals
News The United Kingdom's Serious Organized Crime Agency has published its annual report, detailing a year of fighting e-crime.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Hacking, FBI, London, records management, U.K., marketing, bank, information technology, banking
Botnet expert suggests hitting cybercriminals in pocket book
News Cutting off the money flow to cybercriminals could be the best way to stop them, a top botnet researcher says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Firewalls, Security, Hosting Company, Law Enforcement Effort, Attack, Joe Stewart, computer, RSA Security Inc., CERT
Downadup worm infects 3.5M PCs
News Security company F-Secure has warned of a potential "big badass botnet", as the Microsoft-flaw-exploiting Downadup worm swiftly spreads.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam, Firewalls, Hacking, Security, F-Secure Corp., Worm, Domain, IP, USB
Stealth keylogger used in French bank heist
News Russians have reportedly used a keylogging virus to steal over US$1.2 million from French bank accounts.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Storm worm resurfaces, tries love angle again
News The malware is being spammed out in e-mail messages that try to trick users by playing on their curiosity about a possible love interest, experts have warned.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Worm, Sophos Plc., IP, Europe, Symantec Corp., security company, researcher
Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes
News Trend Micro claims the Russian Business Network has suddenly dropped off the Internet, but the group may have resurfaced in Asia.
Tags: Security
Spammers use YouTube to spread Storm worm
News In yet another twist to the Storm worm menace, spammers are using a fake YouTube site to trick users into downloading the malicious code.
Tags: Viruses and worms, SMB
Multi-million dollar IT heist in the U.K. foiled
News Seven men were arrested for attempting to steal high-value Cisco Systems equipment from a warehouse in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Legal
DrinkorDie pair convicted of software piracy
News British men convicted for providing software that pirates cracked and distributed for free.
Tags: Piracy
Internet fraudsters sentenced to 15 years
News A British court today sentenced six ID fraudsters to a total of 15 years in jail for using false identities to con banks out of US$589,500.
