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RSS criminalArrested: Suspected Zeus Trojan distributors
News The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested two people earlier this month for the suspected criminal distribution of the Zeus Trojan. A spokesman for the Met Police told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on... [20 Nov 2009]
Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
News The men were sentenced last Friday at Southwark Crown Court in London for their part in an international criminal network that stole the money from 138 account holders. The Trojan then used the information to create new... [17 Nov 2009]
Suspicious Activity Reporting: Maximizing Impact and Mitigating Risk
White Paper These can include increased costs, wasted productivity and, in the most severe cases, civil and/or criminal penalties, substantial regulatory fines, reputational damage and unintentional involvement in... [13 Nov 2009]
Data Protection Is What Matters
White Paper All it takes is a lost laptop or USB flash drive, a disgruntled or criminal employee, or a breach to some other part of security efforts, and critical data about business, partners, or customers is in the wrong hands. [13 Nov 2009]
EU Compliance and Regulations for the IT Security Professional
White Paper As well as protecting organisations from reputational risk and damaging losses, failure to protect this data can now result in both corporate and personal criminal prosecutions. The protection of data as it rests,... [13 Nov 2009]
Comprehensive Endpoint Security: New Endpoint Vulnerabilities Such as Web-Based Malware Are Increasing Information Security Risk in the Enterprise
White Paper Individual hackers have been replaced by well-organized and globally dispersed criminal enterprises, motivated by easy and difficult-to-trace illicit financial gains. Off late malicious activity on the Internet has... [13 Nov 2009]
Addressing the Top 5 Database Vulnerabilities Plaguing Federal Agencies
White Paper Agencies of the U.S.government such as The Pentagon, NASA, FAA, The Army, The Veterans Administration, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have suffered data losses - either through inadvertent human error, insider espionage,... [13 Nov 2009]
Expose Fraud Rings and Stop Repeat Offenders With Device Reputation
White Paper Despite efforts to thwart criminal activities such as fraudulent deposits, charge backs, cheating, collusion and money laundering, today's sophisticated fraud rings pose a greater threat to online gambling providers than... [13 Nov 2009]
Application Whitelisting: A New Security Paradigm
White Paper It shouldn't matter, but unfortunately, it still does because Endpoint Security v1.0 is about as useful as a restraining order - seemingly proactive and affording a false sense of security; all very nice until this essentially reactive... [13 Nov 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Deliberately reading personal emails should be avoided at all times, except the most exceptional cases, such as where a criminal investigation is taking place. Covert monitoring of staff communications is only allowed in... [22 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Apparently so, according to David Wall, professor of criminal justice and information society at the University of Leeds. If the scammers' structure sounds like a clever marketing operation than a... [19 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News HMRC has also warned that some fraudsters also sell their victims' details on to other criminal gangs. Last month's spike in scam emails may not entirely be due to an increase in criminal activity, however. [16 Oct 2009]
Business Success in a Dark Market: An Inside Look at How the Fraud Underground Operates
White Paper The business of online fraud has developed into a sophisticated underground criminal operation that continues to evolve everyday. Much like a real-world business, fraud "Entrepreneurs" offer products and services for a... [06 Oct 2009]
The Fraudster Economy Model: The Dynamics of Operating a Business in the Underground
White Paper Today, it has evolved into a far more menacing criminal enterprise, with bands of fraudsters working together to create schemes that dupe unsuspecting online users into divulging personal details - most often, their... [06 Oct 2009]
Protecting Electronic Documents - Closing the Most Common Gap in Information Security
White Paper Security cameras are increasingly digital, as is the bulk of evidence submitted in both civil and criminal cases. Off late business world almost every document or transaction is digital in its origination. [06 Oct 2009]
