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Bank Account Logins for Sale, Courtesy of Citadel Botnet

May

2013

Financial theft is one of the most lucrative forms of cybercrime. Malware authors continue to deliver sophisticated tools and techniques to unlock online bank accounts. Attackers design and develop botnets to perform financial fraud, targeting banks and other institutions for profit. These botnets traditionally have monitored victims’ Internet activities and intercepted banking transactions to extract […]

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Craigslist Car Scam Phishing Attack

Dec

2012

Email and phone number phishing scams are almost as common on the Internet as pictures of pets wearing hats or videos of people doing ill-advised activities. Craigslist is an excellent place to stumble upon these scams because of its ease of anonymity. I discovered a masterfully done scam designed to gather information from those looking […]

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Cyber predators lurking

Nov

2012

They’re stalking, taking advantage of the anonymity offered by the Internet and using the most advanced techniques to deceive their victims. They pose a persistent threat. They are often very patient and have sometimes communicated with their victims over a number of days, weeks, months and sometimes for over a year before they finally arrange […]

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