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New legal provisions to fight off electronic attacks on EU and member states 25.07.13
The European Union’s Council of Ministers has adopted new rules on the defence against cyber-crime, including large-scale attacks on information systems. A new directive on attacks against information systems was approved by the Foreign Affairs Council yesterday (23 July), following its endorsement by the European Parliament in plenary on 4 July. The directive defines what […]
‘Bigger than phone hacking’ – Soca sat on blue-chip dirty tricks evidence for years
Banks and pharmaceutical companies are on a secret list of blue-chip firms that hired private investigators who break the law, The Independent has learned. The revelation that firms from two of this country’s biggest industries may have commissioned corrupt PIs – without facing prosecution – will fuel concerns that corporations potentially involved in the unlawful […]
Annual U.S. Cybercrime Costs Estimated at $100 Billion 23.07.13
WASHINGTON—The cost of cyberespionage and cybercrime to the U.S. is as much as $100 billion each year, according to a study released Monday that is casting doubt on earlier estimates of as much as 10 times higher. The latest estimate is supported by some U.S. intelligence analysts, said a former U.S. official familiar with the […]
Cybercriminals leveraging superheroes; Aquaman found most toxic 22.07.13
A recent study by McAfee has revealed that cybercriminals are using superheroes like Superman and Aquaman to unleash malware on your computer. According to a recent study by security solutions provider, McAfee, cybercriminals are now using superhero searches to steal personal data. McAfee did a recent study based on superhero searches on the web that […]
Fighting the Industrialization Of Cyber Crime 18.07.13
Five years is a very long time in cybercrime. In this period, we have witnessed the maturity of the digital underground economy, the emergence of hacktivism and the rise of botnets. When we talk about the digital underground economy, what we mean is a collection of self-sufficient global networks that operate mostly in closed Internet […]
Who is winning the war on cybercrime? 15.07.13
At first, Shawn Ballesty thought the delay in his rent payment arriving in the landlord’s account was normal. Then the landlord rang again: “Hey mate, your rent wasn’t paid,” Ballesty recalls his landlord saying, knowing he made the online transfer himself. “So I thought, I’ll send it again, just in case, then sort it out […]

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