Idan Aharoni

As New Hacktivist Groups Join the Scene and Targets Change, We Could See Evolutions that May Prove to be More Fruitful Than Harmful.

Fraudsters Know That When There’s a Chance Someone is Watching, Loose Talk Can Cost Cash.

They say history repeats itself, or perhaps this is the story of a community recovering from a catastrophe. Either way, the underground is returning...

Cooperation in the Undergound Economy 

Around this time last year you may have read my SecurityWeek article, The Optimist's Cybercrime Predictions for 2011. Now that the year is drawing to...

To Maximize Profits, Fraudsters Need to do a Whole Lot of Learning.

Giving credit cards away doesn’t always conflict with a cybercriminal's desire to make money – in many cases it supports it.

Solution providers and policy makers from both worlds need to meet up and share ideas, thoughts and experience for the benefit of both.

Mitigating fraud isn’t just about identifying patterns of fraudulent transactions and identifying compromised merchants.

For many years law enforcement turned to the public for aid in identifying and tracking criminal suspects. This was done through famous WANTED posters...

Playing in the Shadows: Remaining Stealthy in the Underground is Becoming Ever Simpler