Two Hackers Give Up The Cybercrime Life

Sep 23, 2011 2:40:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 19, 2011 1:27:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 16, 2011 1:16:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 14, 2011 2:47:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 12, 2011 2:45:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 9, 2011 12:55:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Sep 6, 2011 4:06:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 5, 2011 3:38:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Sep 1, 2011 12:47:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Aug 29, 2011 3:09:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Aug 25, 2011 4:25:38 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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 Cant?

Aug 24, 2011 1:20:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Aug 22, 2011 2:42:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Aug 19, 2011 12:52:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Aug 17, 2011 5:39:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[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

Aug 15, 2011 11:16:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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 ...

China Claims Its a Cybercrime Victim Too!

Aug 12, 2011 8:14:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1250" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="cybercrime victims"][/caption] You know cybercrime is getting worse when the Chinese claim to be victims! Boohoo, ...

If The Cops Can Get Hacked, Then So Can Your Organization

Aug 10, 2011 1:02:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1242" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cops Get Hacked"][/caption] Anonymous continued its cyber-attacks against law enforcement agencies to protest recent ...

We Need Some Real Cybercrime Fighters!

Aug 9, 2011 1:21:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1234" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cybercrime fighters"][/caption] The international community has failed to address the real nature and extent of the ...

Cybercrime and Espionage

Aug 5, 2011 7:58:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1225" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Shadowy Espionage"][/caption] The world's most extensive case of cybercrime-espionage, including attacks on U.S. ...

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