Recession is in the minds of people all over the globe, as market values tumble and panic sets in. But there is one group that won’t be participating in this recession: online criminals. Organized crime now controls more computing power than any government on earth, through vast armies of zombie computers, all programmed by and [...]
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Markets Dive, Crooks Thrive
Published by October 10th, 2008 in CyberCrime and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsI took some time today to watch episode one of The Security Show: Cybercrime, hosted by Microsoft’s Kai Axford. Axford interviews an FBI spokesman, who remains off camera. It’s an interesting discussion, and one of the things you’ll learn if you watch it is that the feds are pretty worried about cyber crime. They lack [...]
October, I learned this morning, is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. So cyber criminals now have their own month. And why not. Criminal gangs now own a huge chunk of the Internet, simply by silently taking control of millions of PCs owned by individuals and small businesses. So they deserve a little special recognition. Never [...]