There have been countless professionals who have helped shape the information security industry - whether through regulations, technological innovation, policy and standards creation ...
Today, criminals are using amped-up techniques to tap into a perpetual cycle of fraud and identity theft, reports Deb Radcliff. Today, criminals are ...
Authorities charge nearly 100 people in US, Egypt with 'phishing' identity theft scheme U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged nearly 100 people with helping an identity theft ring steal money from thousands of bank accounts. An FBI statement says an indictment unsealed ...
Google and Yahoo! on Tuesday joined a growing roster of Web-based email service providers with users duped by hackers into betraying passwords to accounts. A day after Microsoft blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information ...
The next world war could take place in cyberspace, the UN telecommunications agency chief warned Tuesday as experts called for action to stamp out cyber attacks. "The next world war could happen in cyberspace and that would be a catastrophe. We have ...
More than 150,000 phishing URLs were established during Q2 of 2009, surpassing previous record-high levels during the first quarter of 2007. The number of phishing URLs has reached a record high during the second quarter of 2009, according to internet fraud and ...
With international collaboration, prosecutions of cybercrimes are becoming more common, reports Angela Moscaritolo. With international collaboration, prosecutions of cybercrimes are becoming more common, reports Angela Moscaritolo.For FBI agents tasked with fighting cybercrime, working with other law enforcement agencies across the globe is ...
Throughout 2008, phishing attacks were present in 0.5 percent of all spam, but during the first half of 2009 they dropped to 0.1 percent, according to IBM's mid-year security report. Phishing is on a drastic decline as attackers shift their focus to ...
Phishy e-mails falling as scammers switch tactics, IBM security researchers say Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information. A report being released Wednesday by IBM Corp. shows a big drop in the volume of "phishing" e-mails, ...
A new round of rogue Facebook applications sends notifications that lead users to phishing sites. A new round of rogue Facebook applications sends notifications that lead users to phishing sites, according to researchers at Trend Micro.The apps look innocuous, but if installed ...
Cybercriminals have begun to capitalize on the vehement debate in the country over health care reform, sending spam targeted at opponents of President Obama. Cybercriminals have begun to capitalize on the vehement debate in the country over health care reform, sending spam ...
Nineteen percent of malware variants last for two days, and just nine percent last three days, according to anti-virus vendor Panda Security. More than half of security threats last just one day before becoming inactive, according to new research.Of the 37,000 new ...
