Noa Bar-Yosef

Last month, the FBI announced that violent crime rates had fallen dramatically in 2010 despite a tough economy. The Wall Street Journal explained this...

Not only is Capitol Hill pushing cybersecurity legislation to the top of the agenda, but the Department of Defense has declared that real-life military...

As the governments of the world work to establish the right balance between control and freedom, it has proven to be a double-edged sword.

The Unisys Security Index (USI) provides insight into consumers’ general security concerns. One of the index measurements is online security, and although this survey...

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

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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...