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The Cybercrime Arms Race

2008-02-19 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...cybercrime, creating viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms and other malware. These groups now even provide complementary criminal services to their clients helping them to outsmart Internet security providers and users. With little or no investment, there's plenty of payback for cybercrime perpetrators at every level of this ecosystem. Download...
 
Tags: cybercrime, cybercrime perpetrators, underworld efforts, kaspersky labs, plenty, source, spyware, users, whitepaper
 
 
 
 
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Marcus Ranum on Cybercrime

2008-04-03 13:12:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Fun treatise on cybercrime from MJR it's an incredibly attractive enterprise The final point I'd like to make on cybercrime is that the current set of problems show us nothing about how bad it can possibly get About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: cybercrime, incredibly attractive enterprise, current set, fun treatise, org, possibly, bad, final, mjr
 
 
 
 
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An old/new kind of cybercrime/cybercriminal

2008-04-23 10:13:09 by HASH0x8b4a8bc in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...cybercrime were around. However, this is a great example of some things not going out of style. Obtaining your competitors information is a great motive, computers are just the container where the information is kept. Sort of like cracking a safe. It is always easier getting into a safe if you are given the combination, than if you have to...
 
Tags: financial gain type, financial gain, gain, information breach, information, gain access, access, competitors information, cybercrime
 
 
 
 
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An old/new kind of cybercrime/cybercriminal

2008-04-23 11:13:09 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...cybercrime were around. However, this is a great example of some things not going out of style. Obtaining your competitors information is a great motive, computers are just the container where the information is kept. Sort of like cracking a safe. It is always easier getting into a safe if you are given the combination, than if you have to...
 
Tags: financial gain type, financial gain, gain, information breach, information, gain access, access, competitors information, cybercrime
 
 
 
 
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Russia's FSB vs Cybercrime

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2007-12-20 15:44:16 by HASH0x89b8758 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...cybercrime isn't a priority for the FSB, and perhaps even worse, they're prioritizing in a awkward manner. I once pointed out , and got quoted on the same idea in a related research , that, Pandora's box in the form of open source malware and DIY malware builders is being opened by malware authors to let the script kiddies generate enough...
 
Tags: pinch, pinch authors, diy malware pinch, authors, malware authors, malware, notorious pinch trojan, source malware, pinch-ing
 
 
 
 
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Localizing Cybercrime - Cultural Diversity on Demand

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2008-02-21 17:06:11 by HASH0x8b1e62c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...cybercrime , in between the high level of liquidity achieved of course
 
Tags: future, future malware trend, trend, malware, malware authors, demand, russian malware, services, demand translation services
 
 
 
 
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Cybercrime Book Excerpt: 'Zero Day Threat'

2008-04-01 03:30:00 by Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz in Wired Security
 
Cybercrime has very quickly become a booming industry worth an estimated $100 billion a year. In this extract from Zero Day Threat , a new book about the complicity of big corporations in online crime, USA Today reporters Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz explain the mechanisms of a notorious online scam
 
Tags: day threat, notorious online scam, reporters byron acohido, jon swartz explain, online crime, cybercrime, book, industry worth, billion
 
 
 
 
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Cybercrime treaty gains more interest, momentum

2008-04-01 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472c44 in Network World on Security
 
The number of countries that will have ratified the only international treaty addressing cybercrime is expected to nearly double this year, a sign that momentum is building behind efforts to police the Internet
 
Tags: momentum, cybercrime, international treaty, internet, police, double, efforts, countries, sign
 
 
 
 
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Council of Europe, ISPs draft anti-cybercrime tactics

2008-04-01 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472f5c in Network World on Security
 
A set of guidelines to help European ISPs and law enforcement agencies cooperate on cybercrime investigations are close to being complete
 
Tags: law enforcement agencies, european isps, cybercrime investigations, guidelines, close, complete, set