loss criminal botnets

Cabinet minister's laptop stolen

News B is for Botnets It is important to remember that this incident relates to the criminal theft of a security-protected PC from a locked and alarmed office. The incident is the latest in a long line of government data breaches, including the loss of... [18 Jun 2008]

FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat

Comment It will be botnets. The marketing of cyber crime in general and botnets in particular is a growing threat. We are concerned we do see that because botnets are by nature a force multiplier. Computer intrusion mainly focuses on criminal hacking and... [15 Apr 2008]

Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life

Photo This is the Storm virus which has formed one of the largest ever botnets with around two million computers compromised by it. The information gathered can then be used for criminal purposes. This is the code for the Russian3 spam which uses images... [06 Mar 2008]

Why no united front on cyber crime?

Comment Companies have been developing their security counter-measures to deal with the more common, asymmetric mass attacks launched through spam, phishing, botnets, denial of service and all manner of other exploits. [27 Feb 2008]

ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence

News B is for Botnets The document said: "The Commissioner is proposing the introduction of a new penalty, limited to breaches that are avoidable, that give rise to a serious data-protection risk and where a criminal state of mind exists. [31 Jan 2008]

Gov't fails to keep court data locked up

News B is for Botnets HM Inspectorate of Court Administration (HMICA) said chief inspector Eddie Bloomfield was looking into the loss but refused to confirm or deny that the missing data included the names and addresses of alleged victims and witnesses... [23 Jan 2008]

Criminals posing as police burgle Verizon data centre

News B is for Botnets There have been no arrests yet but the investigation into the incident has been transferred from Camden Criminal Investigation Department to the Serious and Organised Crime Command (SCD7), which has "a greater capacity for... [10 Dec 2007]

Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'

News B is for Botnets He said: "We are therefore considering a stock of criminal value of around £1.5bn, which makes the Brinks Mat robbery the equivalent of stealing the church collection. But Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said: "The... [29 Nov 2007]

Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch

News B is for Botnets The growth of 'Trojan supermarkets' is also predicted by MessageLabs - in the form of online stores offering everything the modern cyber criminal should ever require at just a few hundred dollars. [04 Jan 2007]

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