Disruption is the best way of tackling botnet-based cybercrime, according to Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). Taking down the Waledac botnet of hijacked computers in February 2010 was a proof-of-concept strategy that Microsoft and ...
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The ‘Shamoon’ malware that nixed the hard drives of 30,000 Saudi oil industry PCs in August was more of a ‘quick and dirty’ job by talented amateurs than a skilfully crafted professional cyberweapon, an analysis has ...
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Security researchers have presented proof-of-concept code capable of accessing the database driving a Microsoft ERP system and then diverting funds while avoiding immediate detection. Tom Eston and Brett Kimmel of vendor SecureState ...
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Security researchers have presented proof-of-concept code capable of accessing the database driving a Microsoft ERP system and then diverting funds while avoiding immediate detection. Tom Eston and Brett Kimmel of vendor SecureState ...
The lack of an international agreement on cybercrime and terrorism is thwarting efforts to bring terrorists to justice,said a report released this week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC). Nations should consider a ...
Bank employees, not customers, are now the main target of financial cyber attacks, according to the FBI. In a warning issued earlier this week, it said the latest trend by cybercriminals is to get employee login credentials, using spam ...
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A service discovered in the criminal underground is renting access to thousands of corporate servers that have been hacked through Windows software that lets people control computers remotely over the Internet. Dedicatedexpress.com is ...
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A cyber gang thought to be based in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is recruiting dozens of people to participate in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from 30 major U.S. banks, according to RSA. The organisers are thought ...
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Cyber criminals are increasingly using .eu domain names in their attack campaigns, according to data from multiple security companies. “Numerous malicious .eu domains have been registered during November which are being used to ...
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According to a survey of 56 corporate and governmental organisations conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the average amount paid for all the costs associated with cyber attacks was $8.9 million during the past year. That’s up 6% from ...
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Cyber attackers who disrupted the websites of U.S. banks over the last two weeks used a highly sophisticated toolkit — a finding that points to a well-funded operation, a security vendor has said. Prolexic Technologies said the ...
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Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission increased its planned cyber security budget by just 14 percent through 2020, an amount one security expert referred to as “paltry.” For the ...
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Researchers from Israel-based IT security firm Seculert have uncovered a custom-made piece of malware that infected hundreds of point-of-sale (PoS) systems from businesses in 40 countries in the past few months and stole the data of tens of ...
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In a Q&A with press at the RSA European conference today,RSA executive chairman Art Coviello revealed how criminals and nation states are working together to launch cyber attacks. Further reading RSA:No successful attacks on customers ...
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Dozens of US banks face a "credible" threat from hackers based in Eastern Europe who are planning large-scale attacks next year, a security firm said in a report. The report released by McAfee Labs supports the conclusions of ...
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