Law enforcement in Russian and Ukraine have dealt a major blow to a prolific banking malware operation.
Fraudsters pretending to be from collections companies are seeking to recover non-existent loans. If victims don't pay up, their administrative call centers are hit by telephone denial-of-service attacks. 9-1-1 lines weren't targeted.
Eric Rosol, 37, of Wisconsin was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury.
A new do-it-yourself botnet generating tool has leaked in the wild, but miscreants believe it's not worth its $10,000 price tag.
A Romanian citizen was sentenced in a New Haven, Conn. U.S. District Court.
Matthew Weaver used a keylogger to steal student passwords and cast 480 votes for himself as student council president.
Matthew Keys denies he gave "anyone" login information that could enable them to make changes to a Los Angeles Times article.
Matthew Keys, 26, was indicted in California on charges that he helped Anonymous members deface the website of the Los Angeles Times.
A Manhattan man will serve anywhere from four-and-a-half to 13-and-a-half years in prison for organizing a card-skimming ring that led to the fraudulent purchase of luxury goods.
Two men have been indicted in Manhattan on charges they operated a nationwide ATM skimming ring that defrauded bank customers out of more than $3 million, the U.S. attorney's office has announced.
Valeri Aleksejev, an Estonian, pleaded guilty for his role in "Operation Ghost Click," where DNSChanger malware infected four million computers worldwide.
Cezar Butu received the penalty after admitting that he helped infiltrate the credit card processing systems of more than 150 Subway restaurants in 2011.
The namesake of security company McAfee, who returned to the U.S. less than a month ago, now claims he used cyber espionage tactics to uncover corruption among the power players of Belize.
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, fraudsters have jumped at the opportunity to capitalize on a national tragedy.
Gary McKinnon has received a Christmas present from the U.K. government: He will not face prosecution for his alleged role in hacking into NASA, Pentagon and military computers.
Christopher Chaney, who pleaded guilty in March to nine felony counts tied to his cyber stalking and harassment of dozens of individuals inside and outside of the entertainment industry, is set to be sentenced Monday.
The anti-virus pioneer returned to the U.S. on Wednesday following deportation from Guatemala.
Researchers have spotted a fake installer trojan, targeting the Mac OS X platform, which attempts to hit victims with fraudulent charges on their cell phone bills.
Banking malware Yahos, capable of stealing personal information, spread on Facebook for two years prior to the arrests. The social networking site helped authorities capture the suspects.
Danielle Walker, reporter for SC Magazine, discusses the human factor in terms of security with Dr. Hugh Thompson, senior vice president and chief security strategist at Blue Coat Systems.
A federal investigation launched seven years ago into a phishing campaign targeting customers of the People's United Bank in Connecticut has netted a 10th conviction, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The new charges against Barrett Brown, one of the public faces of the online collective Anonymous, raise questions about the legality of simply sharing or posting a link that references stolen information.
Anti-virus company founder John McAfee reportedly suffered two mild heart attacks Thursday, while being detained in Guatemala.
December 03, 2012
From stealthy to blatant tactics, 2012 has seen them all.
This month's news briefs include the massive South Carolina breach, the detection of MiniFlame, and the debacle Barnes & Noble faced after scammers tampered with its devices.
December 03, 2012
Our threat of the month for December are natural disasters, which result in the loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information.
December 03, 2012
The threats to enterprise networks continued to grow this year, but the tech grab bag is also getting more potent, reports Alan Earls.
With the holidays just around the corner, Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos, predicts that there will be an increase in spam targeting consumers interested in Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
November 20, 2012
As the threat landscape continues to evolve, enterprises must focus on employee training now more than ever.
The Russian fraudster who was openly recruiting for a coordinated online raid of some 30 banks in the United States has scrapped the plan because he believes the authorities may have caught up to him.
