Anonymity disguised as freedom of expression and lack of clear cut laws makes cyberspace murky from a security point of view. Countries are waking up and realizing that there is a need for laws which enable authorities to catch and punish cyberspace miscreants; however, these miscreants are very crafty.Spammers are known to use ingenious methods […]
Following in the wake of the vOlk (Mexico) and S.A.P.Z. (Peru) botnets comes PiceBOT, a newbie to the Latin American cybercrime scene. The cost on the black market is currently around $140. Like other crimeware of its kind, its main purpose is the distribution of malware that steals financial information through local pharming attacks (arbitrary […]
The targeted attack campaign dubbed Red October raises an interesting question for people working on the frontline of corporate security. How to defend one’s own organization against such attacks? And the good news is that at least for campaigns such as Red October, the information has been available for a long time already. From a […]
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