Noa Bar-Yosef

What motivates an organization to secure data? For one, there is the cost or impact of a breach, which spans from the losses the...

"Spear Phishing" - An Inside Look at Some of the Strategies and Tactics Cybercriminals Use to Conduct Successful Phishing Attacks

This article is the second in a series describing the hottest commodities found in underground markets. In this column we continue to explore the...

Last week we looked at how underground markets operate. Similarly to any market economy, the goods being traded in these markets are driven by...

The Inner Workings of The Underground Cybercrime Marketplace

Part 11 in a Series on Cybercrime - Read Noa's Other Featured Cybercrime Columns

As 100+ New York and New Jersey area mobsters learned recently, “You can run, but you can’t hide.” Does the same apply to hacking?

Smart phones sales exploding worldwide. Gartner research has shown that smart phone sales in 2010 Q3 accounted for nearly 20% of all mobile device...

Proxy Trojans and Man-in-the-Browser Attacks Remain a Major Threat to Financial Institutions

"Hacktivisms are motivated by revenge, politics, ideology, protest and a desire to humiliate victims."

Lessons from Recent Data Breaches

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) - What happens when APT Meets industrialization?

Cybercriminals enjoy the latest technology advancements just like everyone else, and they're not agreeing to sit in the backseat of the technology bandwagon. (Part V...

The industrialized hackers are intent on one goal--making money. They also know the basic rules of the business of increasing revenues while cutting costs. (Part...

Protecting Your Data from The Automated Cyber Mafia

Do you remember those ’80s and ’90s movies that portrayed the same hacker over and over, just in a different setting? It was always...

Cybercrime - Staring into the Eye of the BeastI have a problem. Actually, we all have a problem. You see, our life is gooood....