Cybercrime
Spammers have turned to creating their own URL shortening services to better conceal links in their messages.Researchers at Symantec recently uncovered a spam gang...
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Cybercrime
US soldier Cameron John Wagenius was arrested and charged over his suspected connection to presidential phone records leaks.
Cybercrime
Japan Airlines was hit by a cyberattack, causing delays to more than 20 domestic flights, but there was no threat to flight safety.
Cybercrime
Dual Russian and Israeli national has been arrested in Israel and will be extradited to the US to face charges related to LockBit ransomware...
Cybercrime
A second individual accused of being involved in NetWalker ransomware attacks, a Romanian national, has received a 20-year prison sentence.
Cybercrime
Raccoon Infostealer MaaS operator Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced to 60 months in prison in the US and agreed to pay over $910,000 in restitution.
Cybercrime
LKQ, a major provider of auto parts, told the SEC that a recent cyberattack caused disruptions at a Canadian business unit.
Cybercrime
AntiSec Raids Law Enforcement in Support of "Occupy Wall Street" MovementOn Friday, AntiSec supporters released a massive cache of personal and confidential information, after...
Cybercrime
Giving credit cards away doesn’t always conflict with a cybercriminal's desire to make money – in many cases it supports it.
Cybercrime
Study Finds Hacking Discussions on the Rise. What do Hackers Discuss and Exchange in Online Forums?Online forums can be found for just about any...
Cybercrime
Symantec has partnered with Armorize Technologies, a provider of Web malware detection solutions, to launch “Symantec AdVantage”, a new cloud-based anti-malvertising solution.
Cybercrime
On Tuesday, in addition to the monthly "Patch Tuesday" security updates for Windows and Office platforms, Microsoft released the eleventh volume of its Security...
Cybercrime
Speaking in London during the RSA Conference Europe, RSA's executive chairman, Art Coviello, and president, Thomas Heiser, addressed the breach that rocked the security...
Cybercrime
The recent and ongoing Occupying Wall Street rally is an interesting and refreshing exercise in US democracy at its best. Starting out with just...
Cybercrime
On Wednesday, Check Point released a new blade to its Software Blade Architecture, in order to help organizations prevent and respond to bot-based threats....
Cybercrime
Update: NetQin Mobile reached out to SecurityWeek to let us know that they had previously identified the same malware under the name AnserverBot on...
Cybercrime
IT security talent is in high demand across government agencies and private companies, with a shortage of resources among the federal agencies that is...
Cybercrime
Dealing with the Aftermath of a Breach Is Challenging, but there are Things you Can do to Keep Things from Going from Bad to...
Data Protection
A research project into vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft’s PlayReady DRM raises some questions on responsible disclosure.
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