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CyberheistNews #3

CyberheistNews Vol 1, #27 Editor's Corner [caption id="attachment_1367" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Stu"][/caption] My New Book Is Out! Hi All, I'm very excited to announce my ...

CyberheistNews #2

CyberheistNews VOL 1, #2 Editor's Corner

CyberheistNews #1

Cybercrime: Getting Robbed Is Not What It Used To Be…

[caption id="attachment_1378" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Old Fashioned Robber"][/caption] Way back in your grand-pappy’s day (before cybercrime), a bank-robber or garden ...

Two Hackers Give Up The Cybercrime Life

[caption id="attachment_1372" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Chinese Hackers"][/caption] A pair of notorious Chinese hackers who left the dark side are now urging other hackers in ...

White House Takes On the New “Cybercrime” Mob

[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="White House - Cybercrime"][/caption] The White House has decided that it's time to take hacking seriously, asking for ...

Cybercrime Theft Topples $388 Billion Annually

[caption id="attachment_1357" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Losses"][/caption] U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cybercrime with ...

Cybercrime: An Act of War

[caption id="attachment_1352" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyber act of war"][/caption] Efforts to chip away at the U.S. budget deficit are making life tougher for companies ...

The War on Cybercrime Goes Beyond Your IT Department

[caption id="attachment_1340" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyber war"][/caption] Although the threat from cyber criminals has existed for decades, the sheer volume of successful ...

$13 Million Florida Cyberheist

News that a Florida-based bank has been left holding the baby in a $13 million ATM fraud highlights the increasingly complex world of cybercrime and the multi-faceted layers of security ...

Survey Says: “Cybercrime is on the Rise…”

[caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="online thief"][/caption] Symantec's “State of the Security” report highlights how many organizations are responding to ...

Cybercrime Defense – Lacking in Most Organizations

[caption id="attachment_1314" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Defense"][/caption] Your protection against cybercrime is not as effective as you might think based on the ...

The Cloud and Cybercrime Risk Factor

[caption id="attachment_1308" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cloud Security"] [/caption] New applications such as cloud computing and virtualization are becoming increasingly ...

Law enforcers have linked up with businesses in the US to tackle Cybercrime

[caption id="attachment_1295" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Fighters"][/caption] An attractive brunette in a business suit is making her online pitch. "Are you tired ...

New White Paper Reveals Bigger Cybercrime Challenges than Previously Thought

[caption id="attachment_1290" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Banks"][/caption] Fundtech Ltd., a market leader in global transaction banking solutions, today released a new white ...

If a Cybersecurity Firm can Get Hacked, Then Who Can’t?

For years, few people knew about HBGary Inc., a Sacramento tech firm working on the esoteric frontiers of cybersecurity. Then a bizarre episode turned the 30-employee firm into a ...

Banks Believe Cybercrime Cannot Be Controlled

[caption id="attachment_1271" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fight Cybercrime"][/caption] In a poll of 100 banking executives from 50 US financial institutions attending a ...

Cybercrime Report: Hackers are getting smarter

[caption id="attachment_1266" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Cyber Hacker"][/caption] What keeps bank executive Mark Brown up at night is the threat of intruders — not the ...

Corporate Cybercrime Continues to Impact Global Business

[caption id="attachment_1261" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Corporate Cybercrime"][/caption] High profile corporate cybercrime is putting information security on boardroom ...

The Cybercrime Fight Continues

Over the years we have seen an escalating number of spear-phishing attacks. Part of the increase may actually be due to increased reporting, however, I suspect that even in the criminal ...