The video here is directed primarily at companies, which are being targeted more and more by highly sophisticated criminal groups. But the message has important implications for individual computer users as well, for we are major targets of cyber criminals, and the most vulnerable.
Archive for June, 2008
Would you like to know how cyber crime works? How likely you are to become a victim? USA Today reporters Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz have been investigating this phenomenon for years. “Since 2003, the pair has produced a series of award winning investigative stories about how cyber crime works and why the problem continues [...]
Google “Kraken” and you’ll learn that the name refers to a legendary giant sea monster capable of swallowing up whole ships. It’s also the name of a new bot worm that swallows up personal computers by the hundreds of thousands, according to a story from Dark Reading. The article, published in April 2008, claims 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 [...]