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Cybercrime Corner Blog Posts

AMTSO turns pro

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow May 21, 2012

The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization contemplates a make-over into a more professionally-run organization.
 

Cyber crime as a Market

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET May 09, 2012

Information security experts often talk about the costs of cybercrime to businesses, but a new report from Russia quantifies how much criminals make in the "cybercrime market."
 

Play nicely with your Facebook friends

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow May 04, 2012

Perhaps Facebook users are beginning to expect more consideration from their friends on social networks.
 

CeCOS VI: The Counter eCrime Operations Summit

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow April 17, 2012

CeCOS VI: The Counter eCrime Operations Summit: A cybercrime conference I can't get to, but heartily recommend
 

Facebook, trust and security

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow April 04, 2012

Trusting the good intentions of an agency shouldn't carry an automatic assumption that what they do or say, or where they say it, is always good for you.
 

Can you stop terrorism by policing the websites people visit?

Cameron Camp, security researcher, ESET March 30, 2012

Is jail time for the crime of visiting the wrong websites the answer to terrorism?
 

The "caught red-handed" league

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow • March 28, 2012

There's a certain amount of tension between testers and vendors from time to time, even in the rarified atmosphere of an AMTSO workshop.
 

Malicious software meets BYOD

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET * March 26, 2012

Bringing together two separate pieces of security research reveals vulnerability to cybercrime on an alarming scale.
 

AMTSO at a crossroads (again)

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow March 12, 2012

Sometimes it's security vendors versus testers, but it's the customer who gets confused.
 

Malware Incorporated: Turning your data into their dreams

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET March 08, 2012

Who is behind the production, distribution and exploitation of malicious software today? Knowing the answer is a vital tool in the fight against cyber crime.
 

Contributors

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow

David Harley has been researching and writing about security since 1989, and has worked with ESET North America, where he has held the position of senior research fellow, since 2006. He is also a director of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, chief operations officer at AVIEN, and CEO of the Small Blue-Green World security consultancy.

Cameron Camp, researcher for ESET

Cameron Camp has been building critical technology infrastructures for more than 20 years, beginning as an assembly language programmer in 1987 and eventually becoming an evangelist for Linux and Open Source technologies with an emphasis on the security sector. Camp is an accredited speaker and frequently contributes instructional technology articles and blog entries.

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET

Stephen Cobb has been a CISSP since 1996 and has helped companies large and small to manage their information security, with a focus on emerging threats and data privacy issues. The author of several books and hundreds of articles on information assurance, Cobb is part of the research team at ESET North America, based in San Diego.

 
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