cybercrime
Creating the Trusted, Dynamic Enterprise: An Enterprise Security Blueprint
White Paper Rapid advances in communications technology have been accompanied by an equally rapid multiplication in security threats, the growth of cybercrime, and the introduction of new security regulations. Securing... [02 Oct 2009]
Photos: Inside the RSA cybercrime war room
Photo At RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Centre (AFCC) in Herzelia, Israel, more than 100 staff work to detect, dissect and block phishing sites and Trojan attacks 24 hours per day. From the AFCC, the security firm sifts through more than 10 million... [18 Sep 2009]
Underground Economy Report
White Paper This survey of cybercrime activity in the underground economy includes a discussion of some of the more notable groups involved, as well as an examination of some of the major advertisers and the most popular goods and... [02 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet The strategy will set out plans to set up a public-private sector taskforce to increase information sharing on cybercrime and see the City of London Police begin offering training on tackling e-fraud to "key business... [20 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News The UK's cybercrime unit has helped achieve more than 20 criminal convictions since its creation three years ago, government figures have revealed. As well as fighting homegrown criminals, Soca also focuses on tackling... [15 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News Also on the cybercrime panel was San Jose police sergeant Edward Schroder, who talked about how he spends his time investigating fraud related to sites like eBay and Craigslist, Nigerian or lottery scams, and money mule... [13 Jul 2009]
SSAC Advisory on Fast Flux Hosting and DNS
White Paper Security professionals, the anti-cybercrime community, and law enforcement agencies have studied fast flux hosting for some time. "Fast flux" is an evasion technique that cyber-criminals and Internet miscreants use to... [01 Jul 2009]
2009 Threat Predictions: Slumping Economy Drives Malware Threats
White Paper The shift in threats from virus writing to a true cybercrime model cannot be understated. Malware is a business, and that business is thriving. Gone are the days of virus writing for notoriety. More than 90 percent of... [30 Jun 2009]
Anti-Spyware: How to Prevent Spyware With Finjan's Active Real-Time Code Inspection
White Paper Cybercrime is booming and money is the driving force behind the growth of targeted attacks against corporate networks that steal business data that can be sold on to other criminals. Spyware has evolved from an online... [30 Jun 2009]
A Safer Online Experience
White Paper As more and more people are depended on the web to learn, work, search, shop and keep in touch, it's becoming even more vulnerable to sophisticated forms of cybercrime. Cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated... [20 Jun 2009]
Zombie attacks on sale for a fiver
News The Golden Cash network, dubbed "Your money-making machine" on its homepage, sells access to botnets comprised of thousands of compromised PCs to cyber criminals for custom malware spreading jobs, according to issue two of the... [18 Jun 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international cybercrime ring believes that increasing transnational police co-operation is turning the tide against digital criminals. [23 Apr 2009]
Security Threats: A Guide for Small and Medium Businesses
White Paper In 2009, cybercrime is expected to increase as criminals attempt to exploit weaknesses in systems and in people. Security in small and medium-sized businesses is more than just preventing viruses and blocking spam. [22 Apr 2009]
Researchers uncover "vast" computer spy network
News The Chinese government is opposed to and strictly forbids any cybercrime. Canadian researchers have uncovered a vast electronic spying operation that infiltrated computers and stole documents from government and private... [30 Mar 2009]
Police launch £1bn-worth of e-crime investigations
News A tranche of specialist policing units, including the National Lead Police Force for Fraud, are now focusing on collating reports and co-ordinating investigations into cybercrime nationwide - among them, the National... [25 Mar 2009]