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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
...Cybercrooks have become extremely deft at learning the nuances of the local regions and creating malware specific to each country. They're not just skilled at computer programming they're skilled at psychology and linguistics, too With all due respect, but I would have agreed with this simple logic only if I wasn't aware of translation...
 
Tags: future, future malware trend, trend, malware, malware authors, demand, russian malware, services, demand translation services
 
 
 
 
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Who guards the guard and evolution of the hackers?

2007-11-20 14:46:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...cybercrooks are becoming more organized, more sophisticated, and much harder to detect with traditional security measures. Rich says Mike Rothman is more on target, when he says that its not about the level of penalty, its simply about the matter of getting caughtwhich, says Mike, most hackers obviously dont want to happen Rich argues for...
 
Tags: hackers, guards, paypal account information, rich argues, million, mike, lesser hackers, traditional security measures, schiefer
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Open New Front in Card Data Thefts

2008-04-14 06:19:15 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Recent thefts of credit and debit card data while it's in transit between systems are raising questions about whether the PCI security standards are fully equipping companies to fend off cybercrooks
 
Tags: debit card data, pci security standards, recent thefts, cybercrooks, credit, companies, questions, systems, transit
 
 
 
 
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Hackers open new front in payment card data thefts

2008-04-17 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3b378 in Network World on Security
 
Security managers often describe their efforts to protect corporate data from being compromised as a full-fledged battle of wits against cybercrooks who are continually arming themselves with innovative tools and methods of attack
 
Tags: security managers, data, innovative tools, cybercrooks, battle, attack, protect, describe, efforts
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: Schneier says cybercrime problem 'might not be fixable'

2008-04-22 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Bruce Schneier, CTO at managed security services vendor BT Counterpane, said in an interview that making things harder on cybercrooks may require actions that financial services firms won't like
 
Tags: security services vendor, financial services firms, require actions, bruce schneier, counterpane, cybercrooks, harder, interview, cto
 
 
 
 
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New attack trend pushes POS encryption to the fore

2008-05-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x84731a4 in Network World on Security
 
The relatively scant attention that retailers have paid to securing their point-of-sale systems over the past few years is making the POS setups increasingly attractive targets for cybercrooks who are looking to steal payment card data
 
Tags: payment card data, point-of-sale systems, scant attention, retailers, cybercrooks, past
 
 
 
 
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The best ways to protect your identity online

2008-06-09 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Here's how to protect yourself on social networking sites and other places where cybercrooks are searching for victims who may provide too much information
 
Tags: protect, victims, cybercrooks, sites, provide, information, social
 
 
 
 
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Symantec warns of new Word attack

2008-07-08 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Cybercrooks are actively taking advantage of what appears to be a previously undisclosed security flaw in Microsoft Word, according to an advisory issued by Symantec
 
Tags: symantec, security flaw, microsoft word, cybercrooks, advantage, actively, previously, appears, advisory
 
 
 
 
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DOJ Fingers Global Ring in Alleged Data Thefts

2008-08-11 07:30:39 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The cybercrooks who allegedly stole millions of credit and debit numbers from retailers belonged to a multinational group that used programming skills and wardriving techniques to break into corporate networks
 
Tags: retailers, cybercrooks, skills, credit, networks, techniques, millions, debit, multinational