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The Brampton Factor: Is there really a skills crisis?
Comment Scams are yielding good pickings for less personal risk than old-fashioned crimes like bank robbery. There is one interesting growth area that seems to have solid prospects - criminal IT. As a result, it seems that criminal groups are picking up... [09 Jul 2008]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News If Mac users fall for scams that PC users have faced for years, it won't be long before criminal gangs exploit them, say security experts. In the world of desktop security, there are two sides to the equation: criminal ambition versus the number of... [23 Jan 2008]
Security experts slam HMRC over data loss
News Armstrong predicted a likely outcome of this week's revelations will be a rash of phishing scams, where fraudsters will try to trick bank details out of people already worried about the data breach. Checkpoint technical manager Caroline Ikomi said... [22 Nov 2007]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News Oddly enough, Storm isn't doing much, so far, except gathering strength," he wrote, adding that: "Aside from continuing to infect other Windows machines and attacking particular sites that are attacking it Storm has only been implicated in some... [17 Oct 2007]
Stock spam slumps
News Separate research by security vendors McAfee and Marshal Software suggests that the industry is winning the war on spam, with two of the most common forms of spam-related scams on the decline. The scam, often linked to mafia criminal groups, has... [22 Jun 2007]
Phishing and Pharming: Understanding Phishing and Pharming
Because these scams are difficult to detect and the sums of money made by criminal organizations through these activities is huge, the complexity and frequency of attacks will continue to grow. Phishing and pharming, along with their associated... [16 May 2007]
Phishing and Pharming: Understanding Phishing and Pharming
White Paper Because these scams are difficult to detect and the sums of money made by criminal organizations through these activities is huge, the complexity and frequency of attacks will continue to grow. Phishing and pharming, along with their associated... [16 May 2007]
Phishing and Pharming: Understanding Phishing and Pharming
White Paper Because these scams are difficult to detect and the sums of money made by criminal organizations through these activities is huge, the complexity and frequency of attacks will continue to grow. Phishing and pharming, along with their associated... [16 Apr 2007]
Leader: Phishers raise their game
Leader It used to be the case that phishing scams were pretty random. The Financial Services Authority is currently investigating. As the news broke you could almost hear the criminals, somewhere in Eastern Europe, counting to 10, waiting to launch a... [14 Nov 2006]
Analysis: How to catch a cyber criminal? Do it yourself
Comment Private investigation companies have the advantage of working across national boundaries, which can be useful, for instance, when following money stolen in phishing scams. But with organised criminal gangs making greater use of the internet to... [24 Apr 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment The extent of the damage e-criminals are causing was revealed to me at a recent Westminster briefing, where I heard reported figures for one high street bank's losses to phishing scams in the last 12 months. [15 Mar 2006]
Leader: Is justice really being meted out to spammers?
Leader He was jailed last week for a total of six years for offences ranging from fraud, related to the scams within his emails, to blackmail and threatening to kill. But it's also possible to see that spammers are being recognised as criminals operating... [21 Nov 2005]
UK's 'worst' spammer banged up
News It has been estimated that Francis-Macrae received up to £1.6m through the scams. Peter Francis-Macrae of Cambridgeshire was found guilty of fraudulent trading, concealing criminal property, threatening to destroy or damage property, making threats... [17 Nov 2005]
Q&A: Kevin Mitnick, former hacker
Comment A: They are always coming up with new scams. A year ago it was Nigerian scams. Are the social engineers or the people who do such attacks becoming more criminal, like computer hackers are becoming more criminal? [07 Nov 2005]
Nigeria joins anti-spam union
News The scams were named '419ers' after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has teamed with Nigerian officials to warn internet users of fraudulent junk email, known as Nigerian 419 scams, that attempt... [04 Nov 2005]
