Cyber crime ringleader sentenced to five years in prison 

Cyber crime ringleader sentenced to five years in prison

In Networks - By Marcos Colon, 21 May 2012 12:41 PM
One of the masterminds behind the infamous "Operation Phish Phry" was sentenced to five years in prison.
Scammers pool talent to bolster malware, profits  

Scammers pool talent to bolster malware, profits

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 26 April 2012 12:37 PM
Affiliate networks combine cracking talents.
Tablets to be a bitter pill for infosec 

Tablets to be a bitter pill for infosec

In Applications - By Jennifer Scott, 26 April 2012 11:25 AM
Deloitte says fraudsters will set sights on tablet devices.
Mafia muscle in on Russian cyber crime 

Mafia muscle in on Russian cyber crime

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 26 April 2012 10:53 AM
Mob rule brings profits and professionalism.
Hacker charged after million dollar heist 

Hacker charged after million dollar heist

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 19 April 2012 6:49 AM
Scammers made nine-fold profit in minutes.
Monster Kelihos botnet slain 

Monster Kelihos botnet slain

In Networks - By Marcos Colon, 29 March 2012 9:26 AM
Security organisations have teamed up and killed an embodiment of the Kelihos botnet.
Financial services biggest cyber crime victim 

Financial services biggest cyber crime victim

In Risk - By SC Staff, 28 March 2012 2:00 PM
Almost one in two financial services organisations were defrauded last year, according to research.
Microsoft bests bank-busting botnet  

Microsoft bests bank-busting botnet

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 March 2012 2:25 PM
Zeus command and control knocked out.
Carberp Trojan netted crims $2m 

Carberp Trojan netted crims $2m

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 22 March 2012 9:08 AM
Eight Russians arrested on suspicion of fleecing 90 bank accounts.
McDonald's staffer skimmed payment cards for Nintendo 3DS  

McDonald's staffer skimmed payment cards for Nintendo 3DS

In Hackers - By SC Staff, 14 March 2012 7:55 AM
Fraudsters bought iPads and laptops.
Incident response and e-voting discussed at Security on the Move 

Incident response and e-voting discussed at Security on the Move

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 13 March 2012 3:47 PM
Breaches, cloud computing contracts, and fraud go under the spotlight.
Massive ATM skimming ring cracked 

Massive ATM skimming ring cracked

In Risk - By Danny Bradbury, 13 March 2012 7:06 AM
Skimmers netted $800,000.
Feds arrest LulzSec leaders in international sting 

Feds arrest LulzSec leaders in international sting

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 March 2012 9:38 AM
LulzSec brought down amid allegations leader talked to feds.
Duo arrested over $148,000 Android malware scam 

Duo arrested over $148,000 Android malware scam

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 29 February 2012 5:15 AM
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of developing mobile malware that ended up on more than 2000 Android devices.
US Govt seeks temporary DNS extension 

US Govt seeks temporary DNS extension

In Web/client - 23 February 2012 12:42 PM
Remnants of Operation Ghost Click prove hard to purge.
AFP officers seek protection in cyber crime cases 

AFP officers seek protection in cyber crime cases

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 22 February 2012 4:01 PM
Officers in danger as they skirt slow treaties.
Student jailed for hacking Facebook 

Student jailed for hacking Facebook

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 20 February 2012 8:44 AM
Not just 'harmless experimentation'.
Crims make $3 million a year off Android botnet 

Crims make $3 million a year off Android botnet

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 February 2012 10:03 PM
Uni researcher finds world's biggest Android botnet.
Symantec source code posted to BitTorrent 

Symantec source code posted to BitTorrent

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 9 February 2012 9:15 AM
Symantec warns of pending breaches.
Symantec dobbed in hacker during extortion attempt 

Symantec dobbed in hacker during extortion attempt

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 February 2012 2:55 PM
Police investigation continues.
Pentagon, NASA hacker TinKode arrested 

Pentagon, NASA hacker TinKode arrested

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 2 February 2012 11:23 PM
Romanian hacker accused of breaching government systems.
Accused Kelihos botmaster denies allegations 

Accused Kelihos botmaster denies allegations

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 31 January 2012 2:26 PM
Returns to Russia.
Iframe shop spins hijacked traffic 

Iframe shop spins hijacked traffic

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 30 January 2012 9:15 AM
Buy, not build, site traffic.
US Court forces user to decrypt device 

US Court forces user to decrypt device

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 25 January 2012 9:27 AM
Requirement can already be imposed on Australian citizens.
Ex-anti-virus tech flogged MacDefender malware 

Ex-anti-virus tech flogged MacDefender malware

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 25 January 2012 6:35 AM
Botnet bloodbath continues.
Megaupload shutdown, founder arrested 

Megaupload shutdown, founder arrested

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 20 January 2012 11:25 AM
New Zealand police swoop on Kim Dotcom.
Melbourne IT hit with DDoS legal threat 

Melbourne IT hit with DDoS legal threat

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 16 January 2012 12:58 PM
Web extortionists could be linked to ANZ E*trade attack.
Google profits from illegal Olympic ticket ads 

Google profits from illegal Olympic ticket ads

In Networks - By Tom Brewster, 13 January 2012 11:05 AM
Fraudsters trump legit retailers in AdWords.
Fined: Rewards company swiped unencrypted student data  

Fined: Rewards company swiped unencrypted student data

In Crypto - By Dan Kaplan, 11 January 2012 8:10 AM
Reports say credit card numbers were transmitted in clear text.
Secret service nabs Romanian ATM fraudster 

Secret service nabs Romanian ATM fraudster

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 10 January 2012 10:07 AM
Skimmed 40 ATMs in New York City.
Symantec's doubts dashed: Hackers stole code 

Symantec's doubts dashed: Hackers stole code

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 7 January 2012 1:04 PM
But code was defunct.
Symantec disputes claims hackers stole Norton source code 

Symantec disputes claims hackers stole Norton source code

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 6 January 2012 10:45 AM
Hackers' sneak peek lacks source.
Malware poses as police 

Malware poses as police

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 21 December 2011 7:27 AM
Victims held to ransom over porn, terrorism material.
ANZ takes eStatements offline 

ANZ takes eStatements offline

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 15 December 2011 2:56 PM
Privacy URL bug triggers take down.
ANZ Bank's sticky statements a prize for ID thieves 

ANZ Bank's sticky statements a prize for ID thieves

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 15 December 2011 6:30 AM
Bank statements stored in browser history.
80k Subway customers fleeced in credit card hack 

80k Subway customers fleeced in credit card hack

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 December 2011 10:35 AM
Payment terminals had guessable passwords.
Superannuation fraud on the rise 

Superannuation fraud on the rise

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 9 December 2011 10:40 AM
No recourse for victims, but improvements are underway.
ID thieves steal tax returns 

ID thieves steal tax returns

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 8 December 2011 7:31 AM
The Australian Tax Office pays fraudsters thousands in overblown tax claims.
Three indicted in ATM skimming bust 

Three indicted in ATM skimming bust

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 24 November 2011 9:58 AM
Two of the three accused are behind bars.
Romanian Iceman hacks NASA 

Romanian Iceman hacks NASA

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 18 November 2011 9:46 AM
Draws US heat.
How AFP smashed Bottle hackers 

How AFP smashed Bottle hackers

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 17 November 2011 4:51 PM
No honour among thieves.
Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches 

Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 31 October 2011 11:20 AM
But more resources needed.
US banks warn of over-phishing 

US banks warn of over-phishing

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 October 2011 8:23 AM
Tackle includes auto dialers, SMS and email.
Anonymous attacks massive child abuse site 

Anonymous attacks massive child abuse site

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 24 October 2011 10:45 AM
But attacks could damage police investigations.
Anonymous leaks more cop data 

Anonymous leaks more cop data

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 24 October 2011 8:41 AM
Personal information published online.
Security researcher threatened with vulnerability repair bill 

Security researcher threatened with vulnerability repair bill

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 14 October 2011 12:39 PM
Super fund demands access to researchers' computer after receiving a vulnerability tip off.
Countrywide fraudster gets eight months in prison 

Countrywide fraudster gets eight months in prison

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 29 September 2011 10:25 AM
Identity thief ordered to pay $1.2 million.
HideMyAss defends hacker sell-out 

HideMyAss defends hacker sell-out

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 27 September 2011 10:23 AM
Says it was 'naive' to use paid VPN for cracking.
Seattle men indicted on hacking, fraud charges 

Seattle men indicted on hacking, fraud charges

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 September 2011 10:51 AM
Men fleeced businesses by war driving and break-and-enter.
Microsoft partner dumped for malware call scams 

Microsoft partner dumped for malware call scams

In Messaging - By Nicole Kobie, 22 September 2011 11:57 AM
Tech support company accused of charging $300 for virus removal.
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