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Young Russian cybercriminal makes off with $3.2M via SpyEye and Zeus
A Russian cybercriminal made off with an estimated $3.2 million over a six month period, according to researchers from security vendor Trend Micro. Believed to be a young man in his early 20s, the
FBI busts two scareware gangs as part of global operation
An international effort, coordinated by the FBI, has successfully nabbed two scareware cyber-crime organizations. The groups are believed to be responsible for infecting hundreds of thousands of
McAfee: Malware at all-time high
Malware is at an all-time high, says security vendor McAfee in its recently released its McAfee Threat Report for the third quarter of 2010, even as spam has fallen to a two-year low. The dip in spam
Microsoft tool now scans for the Zeus Trojan
Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has finally decided to help root out the Zeus malware by scanning for this notorious Trojan via its free Microsoft Software Removal Tool (MSRT). Zeus is a well-known bot that
Data breach statistics reveal same old problems
Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) Business' annual report on data breach investigations, which it released July 28, tells more or less the same old story about online crime, but with a couple interesting twists.
Report: Enterprises are a growing target for cybercrime
Enterprises were a growing target for cyber-criminals last year, in part because attackers stand to gain considerable sums from corporate intellectual property, according to a report put out by
Report: Trojan attacks up, phishing down in '09
There's a lot of bad news out there on the cyberattack front, but here's a bit of good news: Phishing attacks dropped in the first half of the year. In its semi-annual security threat report, IBM
Hackers use Opera as defense against other cybercriminals
Atlanta-based Purewire has come forward with the somewhat startling revelation that 26 percent of hackers use the Opera web browser as a means to protect themselves from other cyber criminals. This
Heartland plans aggressive encryption system
Heartland Payment Systems revealed last week that a security breach has cost it more than $12 million so far. And, so this doesn't happen again, the company which processes credit cards, debit cards
Cybercrime payoff greater than drug dealing
Crime, or at least cybercrime, pays. Business is so good, in fact, that even in the midst of an economic downturn, cybercrime is growing. The FBI reports that, for the first time ever, revenues from
