UK claims cybercrime victory after phishing gang sentencing
U.K. cybercrime investigators claimed victory with the sentencing of three men on Monday following the prosecution of an organized phishing gang.
Jeremy Kirk | 12 Jul | Read more
U.K. cybercrime investigators claimed victory with the sentencing of three men on Monday following the prosecution of an organized phishing gang.
Jeremy Kirk | 12 Jul | Read more
Hacker groups that attack or steal — some estimates say there are as many as 6,000 of such groups online with about 50,000 "bad actors" around the world drifting in and out of them — are a threat, but the goals, methods, effectiveness of these groups varies widely.
Ellen Messmer | 08 Jul | Read more
While Microsoft observed a larger than 60 per cent fall in the number of Asian and Europen IP addresses contacting its Rustock sinkhole, the number for Australia dropped between 30 to 40 per cent, according to Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center figures. Australian reductions were similar to figures recorded for the US.
A consortium of eight companies launched a campaign on Tuesday to provide better training for law enforcement agencies in order to tackle cybercrime, which costs the U.K. economy tens of billions of pounds annually.
Jeremy Kirk | 06 Jul | Read more
Time may be running out for the members of LulzSec as police continue to step up their inquiries into the hacking group.
Robert McMillan | 30 Jun | Read more
The inventor of the two-factor authentication SecurID token says the latest technology he's come up with is better because it can be used with a voiceprint biometric, plus it can be deployed for purposes of secure authentication in mobile phones, payments and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2009/ndc3/051809-cloud-faq.html">cloud computing</a>.
Ellen Messmer | 30 Jun | Read more
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for managing a phishing operation in conjunction with Egyptian hackers that looted consumer bank accounts.
Jeremy Kirk | 28 Jun | Read more
The LulzSec hacking group <a href="http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/50%20Days%20of%20Lulz.txt">sailed off into the sunset Saturday,</a> leaving behind a treasure trove of stolen data along with what some antivirus programs identified as a nasty surprise for anyone who downloaded the Torrent file: <a href="https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/14784-Warning-Original-50-Days-of-Lulz-Payload-is-Infected.html">a Trojan horse program.</a>
Robert McMillan | 28 Jun | Read more
Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website and post fraudulent charges.
Robert McMillan | 25 Jun | Read more
A 26-year-old man who last year helped hackers publish personal information belonging to about 120,000 iPad users pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking charges in a New Jersey court Thursday.
Robert McMillan | 24 Jun | Read more
A 19-year-old British man who remains the lone suspect detained for a series of successful cyberstrikes by the hacking group Lulz Security will remain in police custody until at least Saturday, a London court ruled Thursday.
Jeremy Kirk | 24 Jun | Read more
Ukraine's security service said on Thursday it had disrupted a cybercrime ring that cost the banking industry more than US$72 million using Conficker, a fast-spreading worm unleashed in 2008.
Jeremy Kirk | 23 Jun | Read more
A hacking group in the Netherlands promises to publish photos, phone numbers and addresses of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062111-lulzsec-census-denial.html?hpg1=bn&ap1=rcb">LulzSec</a> members in response to similar treatment by LulzSec.
Tim Greene | 23 Jun | Read more
Websites belonging to the Brazilian government and energy giant Petrobras were knocked offline Wednesday in a series of cyberattacks.
Robert McMillan | 23 Jun | Read more
Hack attacks from online thugs such as Anonymous and LulzSec appear to signal a hacker Armageddon. Not only has Sony been relentlessly targeted by hackers this year so has the Central Intelligence Agency, Sega, PBS.com, the U.K. government, and dozens of other high-profile company and government agency Web sites.