I’d like to introduce Graham Cluley, one of the world’s leading experts in viruses and spam, and Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos Labs. Sophos is a leader in security technology, whose customer list includes many of the world’s largest corporations, financial institutions, universities, and government agencies. Cluley recently started a wonderful blog on security, written [...]
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Graham Cluley
Published by September 29th, 2008 in Internet Security, Spyware and Viruses. 0 CommentsCybergangs Mimic Mafia
Published by July 16th, 2008 in CyberCrime, Identity Theft and Internet Security. 0 CommentsWeb security company Finjan released a report today in which it shows how cybercrime has evolved into a “well-structured business model.” It even calls cybergangs “companies,” and makes convincing comparisons with La Cosa Nostra. Emil Protalinski at Ars Technica published a fascinating article today on the Finjan study titled Report: cybercrime groups starting to operate [...]
The Internet Dodges a Bullet
Published by July 8th, 2008 in CyberCrime, Internet Security and Phishing. 0 CommentsToday, thanks to the collaboration of a number of industry giants, the Internet dodged a bullet aimed right at its heart, DNS, the system that directs all Internet traffic. DNS (for Domain Naming System) is the foundation of the Internet, the system that routes your request to download websites to your computer, similar to the [...]
Michael Fiora’s Nightmare
Published by June 20th, 2008 in CyberCrime, Internet Security, Spyware, Viruses and Worms & Trojans. 0 CommentsFirst he was fired. Then he was arrested. When Michael Fiola’s laptop computer was stolen back in November 2006, his employer, the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, gave him a replacement. It was a ticking time bomb. A few months later, officials noted that his usage account was 4 times normal. On investigating, they found [...]