When criminals use computers to steal money, they don’t usually go after private individuals. The average person doesn’t keep a sizable sum in retail banking account, and they are protected by law, so banks keep relatively close watch for unusual activity affecting personal accounts.Instead, most computer criminals target commercial banking accounts. Not only do small […]
Regular readers of Krebs on Security will know that small and medium sized businesses and organizations have been the target of cybercrime gangs for several years now. What you might not know is which law enforcement agency investigates those crimes. It turns out that many ZeuS banking trojan investigations were done by the (little known) […]
Last week, we advised readers to apply Microsoft update MS12-020 sooner than later. For those of you that have — good work. And if you haven’t yet applied the patch — stop delaying. Ever since MS12-020 was released, there’s been a flurry of activity attempting to “weaponize” the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability. The race […]
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