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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."
 

Spam is down, but malware is as hot as ever, Symantec finds

April 30, 2012

Security firm Symantec's latest "Internet Security Threat Report" found that malicious attacks and malware variants are more prevalent than ever, and are being delivered to their victims in mass and targeted ways.
 

Russian cyber crime market more organized, lucrative

April 24, 2012

Traditional mafia groups are entering the cyber crime scene in Russia, which is leading to more centralization and professionalization -- and bigger profits.
 

Twitter sues five over spamming, providing automated tools

April 06, 2012

Twitter on Thursday filed a lawsuit against five entities that allegedly provide tools so spammers can tweet unwanted links to legitimate users.
 

New version of Kelihos botnet, with 110K nodes, cut down

March 28, 2012

A collaborative effort of security organizations announced Wednesday that they knocked offline an embodiment of the Kelihos botnet, which was believed dead, but since emerged with new capabilities.
 

IBM X-Force reports that mobile threats are increasing

March 22, 2012

While progress against security threats has been made, attackers are targeting new vulnerabilities, such as those found in mobile devices, according to the annual IBM X-Force study.
 

Pinterest's popularity attracts cyber scammers

March 14, 2012

And so it begins. The all-the-rage virtual pinboard Pinterest is the latest social networking darling to draw the fancy of cyber swindlers.
 

Do you need to worry about the advanced persistent threat?

Wolfgang Kandek, CTO, Qualys February 26, 2012

Yes, advanced persistent threats are stealthy and difficult to stop, but organizations should remember that the most common attack type facing them is mass malware.
 

Accused Kelihos spam botmaster: It wasn't me, Microsoft

January 30, 2012

A Russian computer programmer has denied allegations by Microsoft that he was responsible for manning a prolific spam botnet.
 

Facebook sues Adscend Media for malware and spam

January 30, 2012

Facebook and the state of Washington have filed separate lawsuits against Adscend Media, alleging the company was responsible for spreading malware and for stealing personal information from Facebook users.
 

Spam with QR code targets mobile users

January 11, 2012

Researchers have revealed a new type of spam campaign that appears to be a test run to find out how mobile users will respond to social engineering attempts on their smartphones and tablets.
 

US-CERT warns about spoofed US-CERT phishes

January 10, 2012

Phishers are spoofing email addresses belonging to US-CERT, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security that coordinates information sharing related to cyber threats, to trick users into installing malware.
 

Stratfor subscribers receive phony emails

January 06, 2012

Some Stratfor subscribers received an email on Friday that claimed to come from the breached company's CEO, but actually was designed to publicize the hack and have some fun at the expense of the recipients.
 

Email from The New York Times meant for 300, sent to 8M

December 28, 2011

An email, originally believed to be spam, that asked people to reconsider their decision to cancel home delivery of The New York Times, was intended to reach roughly eight million fewer people than it actually did.
 

Spam drop, but targeted attack rise, is key 2011 takeaway

December 20, 2011

Spam volume dropped dramatically from 379 billion messages daily in August 2010 to 124 billion this November, according to Cisco, as crooks opted for more pinpointed attacks that could fly under the radar.
 

Amazon users targeted with new phishing attack

December 05, 2011

Attackers have been widely spamming messages - purportedly sent from Amazon - claiming users' accounts are about to be deactivated.
 

Crooks using Zeus in new Facebook attacks

November 30, 2011

Variants of the Zeus trojan are being used in new Facebook and banking heists, security researchers and law enforcement are warning.
 

Cyber Monday scam emails hit inboxes

November 28, 2011

Spammers have begun trying to capitalize on the Cyber Monday buying frenzy.
 

Most spam subject lines contain fake order, ticket numbers

November 21, 2011

Most spam messages sent in recent days have been delivered with subject lines containing fake order or ticket numbers, delivery invoices, payment notices or tax information, according to researchers from security firm Websense.
 

Facebook identifies porn spam perpetrators

November 18, 2011

The social media giant is "pursuing the appropriate action" against those behind a wave of pornographic content that showed up on users' news feeds this week.
 

Phishing, the Slim Jim of cybercrime

Stephen Cobb, security evangelist at ESET • November 03, 2011

Phishing is all grown up and operated on a large-scale by well-funded cybercriminals who use botnets to harvest personal data and sell it on the black market.
 

U.S, Asian nations dominate spam-sender list

November 02, 2011

The United States has maintained the dubious distinction of being the world's No. 1 relayer of spam, but Asian countries are catching up quickly.
 

Phishers aiming for Apple IDs, passwords

October 31, 2011

Spam that seemingly emanates from Apple is making the rounds with the aim of tricking users into handing over their IDs and passwords, researchers at anti-virus firm Trend Micro said in a blog post Monday.
 

Industry remembers security heavyweight Schultz

October 04, 2011

Gene Schultz, who died on Sunday at the age of 65, is remembered as one of the most accomplished and respected professionals in the field of cybersecurity.
 

FTC settles with SMS marketer over spam allegations

September 29, 2011

A California man is barred from delivering unsolicited text messages after he sent "a mind-boggling" amount for many months, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
 

Spam's new intent: Zombies

September 01, 2011

Spam levels dropped last year by nearly a third, but owing to new strategies spammers are making more money than ever before.
 

Affiliate programs: legitimate business or fueling cybercrime?

Bradley Anstis, VP technical strategy, M86 Security August 30, 2011

Going after the financial middlemen, known as affiliate programs, may be the most effective way to eradicate spam. But one must not forget: Some of these services are legitimate.
 

Rogue AV masquerading as SC Awards 2011 finalist

July 25, 2011

A new, "significant" malicious spam campaign making the rounds is distributing a rogue anti-virus (AV) program touting itself as a 2011 SC Magazine Awards finalist.
 

Microsoft offers $250K reward to find Rustock masterminds

July 18, 2011

Redmond remains steadfast in its effort to imprison those responsible for one of history's largest botnets.
 

Google+ users spammed due to disk space overload

July 11, 2011

Some users of the new social media service Google+ were inadvertently spammed with email notifications this weekend following a technical malfunction on the site. The error occurred during an 80-minute period when Google+, currently in beta, ran out of disk space on a system that keeps track of notifications, Vic Gundotra, a Google senior vice president of engineering, wrote in a Saturday post. "We didn't expect to hit these high thresholds so quickly, but we should have," Gundotra said.
 
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