gangs
RSS gangsRevealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is a growing problem - according to the Anti Phising Working Group, the amount of rogue antivirus software has increased six-fold in the first half of this year and 200 gangs are using it to make money. [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. The number of scam emails offering fake tax refunds hit an all-time high last month. According to HM Revenue &... [16 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up It warns that "criminal gangs" are running phishing scams that promise recipients a tax refund. HMRC said it has received more than 15,000 reports of suspicious emails over the last 12 months and it is now working on... [24 Jul 2009]
Getting a tax refund? Don't be too sure
News According to HMRC, "criminal gangs" are behind a phishing scam currently doing the rounds which promises recipients they are due a tax refund. Messages from the taxman can often end up costing you money - but the HM... [23 Jul 2009]
Pushdo / Cutwail: A Study of the Pushdo / Cutwail Botnet
White Paper Not only is Pushdo responsible for a huge amount of spam activity, it also is one of the primary conduits for other criminal gangs to spread their malware creations. The Pushdo botnet has been with it since January 2007. [30 Jun 2009]
IP infringement fines to rise
News What this shows is that there is a very real need to separate out domestic individuals who may be infringing copyright, but not making a profit, from criminal gangs engaged in industrial-scale intellectual-property... [07 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.02.09
Round-Up Monday between 7am and 8.30am saw a massive spike in texts and calls as commuters rang work with sob stories about being trapped behind gigantic snow drifts of nearly three inches, or pinned down by marauding gangs of... [06 Feb 2009]
Are you talking to the real taxman?
News The details are then used to steal from the account and are often sold on to other criminal gangs on the online black market, the HMRC warned. The UK is being targeted by thousands of phishing emails trying to reel in... [08 Jan 2009]
Photos: How computing cracks terrorist networks
Photo Here is a rare glimpse at how UK law enforcers are picking apart terrorist gangs and criminal networks using the brute power of computing. Mountains of news, intelligence and crime reports are being moulded into detailed... [23 Sep 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN terminals to steal customer card transaction and PIN details. Detective chief inspector John Folan, who heads up the DCPU, said in a statement: "These arrests are a significant... [14 Aug 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News He said: "Spamming is now done by organised crime using local gangs who know how to target customers and how to make their spam look legitimate. Field said: "It tends to go in cycles who they target with... [12 Aug 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News She said: "It is not in the banks interest to not have these frauds investigated, these are organised gangs behind these crimes and it is in our interest to stop them doing it. Banks are failing to pass on information... [08 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a... [06 Jun 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Security experts are having to admit that traditional antivirus scanning approaches are no longer able to keep pace with the growth in malware products, increasingly purpose-designed by sophisticated criminal gangs, with... [29 Apr 2008]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News Fredrik Sjostedt, one of Symantec's European product marketing managers, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that Symantec suspects gangs are taking advantage of the increasing European broadband market. [07 Feb 2008]
