Web 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 [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Cybergangs Mimic Mafia
Published by July 16th, 2008 in CyberCrime, Identity Theft and Internet Security. 0 CommentsIran War Report a Hoax to Invade Your PC
Published by July 14th, 2008 in CyberCrime and Worms & Trojans. 0 CommentsHackers are using a phony news report to trick people into going to a malicious web page that displays what appears to be a video player showing the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion. The text under the picture reads, “Just now US Army’s Delta Force and US Air Force have invaded Iran. Approximately 20000 [...]
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 [...]
Happy birthday, America
Published by July 4th, 2008 in Botnets, CyberCrime and Worms & Trojans. 0 CommentsToday, we Americans celebrate Independence Day…our 232nd birthday. It’s a day of parades, family get-togethers, barbecues, and fireworks. A day for relaxing and fun. A day for reflecting on the wonder of the American experiment. Cyber-crooks will be launching some fireworks of their own, flooding cyberspace with millions of booby-trapped e-greeting cards. Experts are expecting [...]
Good question. There’s really nothing wrong with credit monitoring. In fact, you should monitor activity on your credit records. You can do that fairly easily for free. Or you can pay one of those companies that tell you that you can prevent having your identity stolen by putting yourself in their hands. That cute guy [...]
Why you can’t prevent identity theft
Published by July 1st, 2008 in Data Theft and Identity Theft. 0 CommentsYou can’t prevent identity theft because there are simply too many ways for thieves to get your personal information. The easiest way is to just buy a file of names with social security numbers on the Internet. You can buy a million names for about a hundred bucks. Some files include dates of birth, home [...]