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Mar 30, 2011 3:38:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercrime: Ventura County, CA Credit Card Tax Payment System Hacked

Ventura County, California, is a small small county (population: 802,983 according to 2009 numbers from the US Census Bureau) north of the greater Los Angeles area. According to a March ...

Mar 28, 2011 9:36:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Successful certificate cybercrime obtains legit Web certificates

In a recent 3/23/2011 article entitled " Hack Obtains 9 Bogus Certificates for Prominent Websites; Traced to Iran," Wired Threat Level reports on a spectacular cyberheist of credentials ...

Mar 25, 2011 5:27:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercrime: Fascinating 3-Part Series on Russian Cyber-Mafia in NetworkWorld

Talk about turning classwork into pure gold and professional kudos: Norwich University undergraduate student and ROTC cadet Bradley Guinen has teamed up with his instructor and ...

Mar 23, 2011 11:53:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Rustock Botnet Cybercrime Takedown, Thanks to MS-Led Multi-Party Effort

The infamous Rustock botnet, estimated by some parties to be responsible for between 30 and 50 percent of all the spam in the world—up to 30 BILLION items per day—has been taken down. ...

Mar 21, 2011 12:47:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Symantec's Latest 'State of Spam & Phishing' Report

Report #51 from Symantec, the "State of Spam & Phishing" for March 2011 is out. From the phishing side, the news is grim but not unexpected. Phishing is up 38.56% for the month, ...

Mar 11, 2011 5:44:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercrime: M86 Security Creates Security Suite for SMBs

Internet threat management company M86 Security recently announced a brand-new small business security suite that promises to help small businesses get a workable handle on their security ...

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