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- Phishers increasingly scamming other phishers
- A new study conducted by Marco Cova, Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna, provides factual evidence of a well known practice by experienced phishers, namely, backdooring phishing pages that they would later on distribute for free across the IT underground, in order to build a covert network where other phishers would...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- 300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers
- 300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackersSuggestionThe Lithuanian government should force their telcos to block all IP blocks that are allocated to Russia.If there is such animosity, blocking the Russian chunk of the internet would be a good start.Then at the very least, the hackers would have to use western...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Live Webcast: Security and Threat Trends in 2008: How to Protect Your Organization's Network
- Fast flux, drive-by-downloads, reputation hijacking, and social engineering - these are just a few methods today's cybercriminals are using to infiltrate business networks. In the last two years threats to business information and continuity have changed substantially, and so has the structure of corporate network environments....
- Webcasts 2008-04-24
- Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?
- Microsoft unveiled its "End to End Trust" security vision and now the real work begins: Will anyone buy into it? At RSA, Microsoft rolled out a whitepaper that at the very least is quite the conversation piece. Reading through the whitepaper--something I encourage everyone...
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
- View Available Dates and LocationsIdeally suited for intermediate-level students who want a high-level understanding of the concepts of Forensic Investigation, this course is taught in an open-ended, experimental atmosphere where you will have the opportunity to work with fellow students and the instructor to gain an appreciation for this exciting...
- Training 2008-01-01
- How cybercrime pays
- How cybercrime paysWowI wonder how much he earnedHardly a criminal... more like a misled kidLook at the story this way:This 20 year old kid works at a Internet cafe, simple job with lots of time. Surfs the web until he finds this hacker site with some trojans he can easily...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
- Detroit Center of Cybercrime Ring
- Thanks to JD in Michigan I learned of this crazy scheme. Evidently the bad guys use stolen credit cards to order merchandise online then go to the store to pick it up using counterfeit IDs and credit cards. According to this story in the Muskegon Chronicle the police pulled...
- Blog posts 2005-12-08
- Terrorism threat to Net 'overstated'
- Terrorism threat to Net 'overstated'haJust as the threat from physical terrorism is tremendously overstated, so is web terror. Americans are crazy, we have had an allergic reaction of sorts to terrorists. We get scratched and overract terribly and ruin our own lives, we don't even need them to attack...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-28
- Net pirates will face stiffer punishment
- Net pirates will face stiffer punishmentObviouslyWell it's kind of like getting caught with hand in the cookie jar. If the movie hasn't been released yet then there can be non argument of fair use what so ever as you can't already own said film. So you obviously committed copyright infringement.FranklyThe...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-20
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