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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 […]
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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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Two men arrested in Spring Garden theft, credit-card fraud 10.07.13
Spring Garden Township Police have arrested two York-area men for allegedly stealing a credit card and using it to go on a shopping spree. Michael S. Eisenhart, 34, and Ronald Weaver, 22, remain in county prison, charged with access device fraud, theft from a vehicle, receiving stolen property and conspiracy. Eisenhart is being held on […]
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Man wanted for credit card fraud found 08.07.13
HANOVER, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Silver Creek man was arrested Friday night in the Town of Hanover. When deputies noticed a vehicle parked on the side of a maintenance building belonging to the Angell Rd. Trailer Park, they found the driver. Sammy D. Avilas, 34 was found to be operating the vehicle. Following an investigation, […]
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Combat cyber crime with least privilege methodology 04.07.13
In today’s information age, it seems the more sensitive data that companies produce, the more vulnerable they become to malicious probing. The rise in cyber-attacks emanating from foreign nations are underlining a new threat from external hackers and online organized crime. Complicating the security landscape even more are companies’ own employees, who are causing crippling […]
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CCID chief: Amount lost through cyber crimes staggering 02.07.13
GEORGE TOWN: The number of cyber crime cases reported in the country may have declined but the losses are still a staggering RM47.5mil, says Federal Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Wira Syed Ismail Syed Azizan. “There were 2,397 cyber crime cases in 2009. Last year, the number dropped to 942. “Between 2008 and […]