Criminals exploiting flood of leaked personal data 

Criminals exploiting flood of leaked personal data

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 5 February 2010 10:39 AM
'Card not necessary' fraud set to rise.
Adobe to become top hacker target for 2010 

Adobe to become top hacker target for 2010

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 30 December 2009 12:02 PM
McAfee expects Adobe threats to top Microsoft's.
Web sites in their thousands selling on customer data 

Web sites in their thousands selling on customer data

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 30 December 2009 7:56 AM
Subscribers conned by smallprint conditions.
Harry Potter movie targeted by criminals 

Harry Potter movie targeted by criminals

In Web/client - 16 July 2009 3:23 PM
Anti-virus vendor PC Tools said cybercriminals are targeting those looking to download the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie.
Business-aware cyber criminals causing havoc 

Business-aware cyber criminals causing havoc

In Hackers - 15 July 2009 9:30 AM
Enterprises at risk from increasingly sophisticated attacks, warns Cisco.
Harry Potter next up for hackers 

Harry Potter next up for hackers

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 29 June 2009 10:27 AM
Criminals use black hat SEO to snare Potter fans.
Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites 

Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 7 October 2008 9:54 AM
Criminal gangs have acquired login details for more than 200,000 websites.
Study: Cyber criminals favour drive-by download attacks 

Study: Cyber criminals favour drive-by download attacks

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 3 August 2007 9:54 AM
Hackers continue to favour drive-by downloads to launch cyber attacks, new research shows.
Criminals hold key to AV future 

Criminals hold key to AV future

By René Millman, 15 June 2006 4:49 PM
Criminals and software giant Microsoft hold the key to the future of the anti-virus industry, according to an anti-virus expert.
Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs  

Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs

By William Eazel, 5 April 2006 9:52 AM
Security experts yesterday warned that a growing number of maliciously coded web pages are downloading spyware programs onto computers without the consent of the sites' visitors.
Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan 

Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan

By William Eazel, 17 March 2006 10:10 AM
Security experts have identified a tojan that encrypts victims' computer files, and then attempts to extort a ransom of $300 to restore the hijacked data.
Cyber criminals attempt to dodge phishing site shutdowns 

Cyber criminals attempt to dodge phishing site shutdowns

By William Eazel, 8 March 2006 9:39 AM
Online fraudsters have developed a new phishing technique in response to increasingly aggressive moves to identify and shut-down traditional phishing sites. Dubbed "smart ...
Professional criminals taking over malware creation 

Professional criminals taking over malware creation

By William Eazel, 7 March 2006 9:56 AM
Malware attacks directed against individuals or enterprises are increasingly motivated by financial gain, which has led to a higher number of increasingly dangerous attacks, ...
Organized cyber criminals dominate malware creation  

Organized cyber criminals dominate malware creation

By William Eazel, 21 February 2006 10:53 AM
Over the last year, malware creation and distribution has been increasingly taken over by gangs of organized cyber criminals, undertaking highly targeted attacks for financial ...
Organized cyber criminals target Valentine’s Day surfers 

Organized cyber criminals target Valentine’s Day surfers

By William Eazel, 13 February 2006 10:15 AM
In the run-up to Valentine’s Day, security experts have warned that a recent jump in the number of online dating sites across the world can be at least partly attributed to the ...
Industry groups create united front against cyber criminals  

Industry groups create united front against cyber criminals

By William Eazel, 15 December 2005 11:21 AM
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) have come together for the first time to jointly outline preliminary best practices ...
Spammers and criminals working hard to trick Christmas shoppers  

Spammers and criminals working hard to trick Christmas shoppers

By William Eazel, 14 December 2005 9:47 AM
Security fears have made 69 percent of shoppers more cautious about purchasing goods online, a newly published survey has claimed.
Cyber criminals fuel 2005 malware explosion 

Cyber criminals fuel 2005 malware explosion

By William Eazel, 7 December 2005 9:13 AM
This year has seen the number of new malware threats rise by a staggering 48 percent, according to new research.
Attacks rocket as organized cyber criminals target IM 

Attacks rocket as organized cyber criminals target IM

By William Eazel, 5 December 2005 2:39 PM
IT security watchers today reported that the number of recorded attacks using instant messaging (IM) to propagate is rocketing as organized cyber criminals begin to target IM ...
Criminals will take $2.8B out of ecommerce in 2005  

Criminals will take $2.8B out of ecommerce in 2005

By William Eazel, 15 November 2005 11:12 AM
Dollar losses from ecommerce fraud are rising, with newly published research predicting that cyber fraudsters will steal more than $2.8 billion during 2005, an 8-percent ...
Organized cyber criminals can 'bring down firms at will'  

Organized cyber criminals can 'bring down firms at will'

By William Eazel, 15 November 2005 10:46 AM
Executives and corporate boards need to be vigilant about the threats posed by a global organized crime industry that has the capacity to "bring down firms at will," according ...
Criminals cash in on London bomb terror 

Criminals cash in on London bomb terror

By René Millman, 12 July 2005 3:51 PM
Sick virus writers are exploiting the bombing in London last week in order to propagate malicious code.
Criminals encrypt files in extortion attempt 

Criminals encrypt files in extortion attempt

By Marcia Savage, 24 May 2005 9:22 PM
Security companies have tracked a new type of internet attack that encrypts files on a user's machine and then demands payment for a decoder tool.
Online criminals rewrite the script on phishing 

Online criminals rewrite the script on phishing

By René Millman, 15 March 2005 2:40 PM
Phishing criminals are increasingly turning to cross-site scripting in order to cheat internet users out of money, according to Netcraft.
Quova teams with Forensics Explorers to track internet criminals 

Quova teams with Forensics Explorers to track internet criminals

By Marcia Savage, 21 June 2004 8:02 PM
Quova, a provider of web geolocation services, on Monday announced a partnership with network forensics tool supplier Forensics Explorers to offer a service aimed at helping ...
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