Posts Tagged ‘ill gotten gains’

A School for Cybercrime: How to Become a Black Hat

Jan

2012

Life looks good for Brazilian hackers: the absence of a specific law against cybercrime leaves them feeling so invulnerable that the bad guys are shameless about publicizing their thefts and showing off the profits of a life of crime. We showed some of this in a presentation at the latest Virus Bulletin Conference, and it’s […]

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Busted! Ukrainian cybercrime duo who ripped off $4.5 million sent to prison in UK

Nov

2011

The Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service has announced the sentencing of two Ukrainian cybercrooks. Yuriy Konovalenko, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, were sent down for just short of five years each. According to the PCeU, the pair were the lynchpins in a syndicate which got its hands on at least […]

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Brazil’s cybercrime evolution – it doesn’t look pretty

Oct

2011

The frustration in the security industry is nothing but palpable. Imagine spending time – and I mean lots and lots of time – researching malware and the cybercriminals behind the act, only to watch them get away scot free. Dmitry Besthzhev and Fabio Assolini, representing Kaspersky Labs in South America, touched upon this issue in […]

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