Tag Archives: Cyber Crime

Nov
22

Cybercriminals rev up for Christmas

internet As the festive season looms ever closer, the Met’s e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has said that they have taken down over 2000 websites who rip off UK consumers in a number of.. more
Nov
08

AV companies losing cybercrime fight

malware Organisations are failing to recognise how sophisticated malware has become and are therefore more likely to fall victim to it, a report by Damballa states. Whilst in the past, the installation.. more
Sep
16

2011 another big year for cybercrime

malware Damballa has issued its threat report for the first half of 2011 and say that “it looks to be another big year for Internet crime”. The report focuses primarily on botnets,.. more
Aug
26

Peer pressure drives youth cybercrime

A new study by Michigan State University criminologist Thomas Holt cites peer pressure and a lack of self control to be the driving factors behind juvenile cybercrime. Holt said that the findings reinforce the need for parents to know what their kids are doing online... more
Jul
25

Web apps attacked every 2 minutes

A report released today by security company Minerva shows that businesses are attacked every two minutes through web applications, with automated attacks peaking at 25,000 per hour. The Web Application Attack Report (WAAR) revealed that web applications were attacked 27 times in any one hour,.. more
Feb
17

Cyber-crime costs UK economy £27 billion per year

You can’t put a price on many things. The steadfast loyalty of a friend, a Van Gogh masterpiece, a pot noodle… No, wait. It’s not that you can’t put a price on a pot noodle, it’s that you shouldn’t. Even giving them away free is.. more
Oct
04

FBI busts cyber-crime ring

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has arrested over 100 members of a gang of cyber-crinminals who collectively stole £44.4 million by hacking into computers in the US. Nineteen members of the gang have also been arrested in the UK and five in the Ukraine. The.. more
Sep
20

Cyber criminals steal head of Interpol’s identity

Even the world’s largest international police organisation isn’t safe from cyber crime. Speaking at Interpol’s first Information Security Conference, the organisation’s secretary general, Ronald K Noble, admitted that his identity had been stolen and used to set up two fake Facebook pages in his name... more
Aug
25

iTunes scam hits customers in PayPal pockets

One of the latest growing cyber-scams is one which involves fleecing folks via their iTunes account and PayPal. A TechCrunch article states that an increasing amount of reports are spreading across the net from people who have been caught up in this sting, with simple.. more
Aug
04

Two-thirds of the public back cyber-spying

It seems that when it comes to covert online activities, the majority of folks are happy for their government to get its cyber-hands dirty. That’s the conclusion drawn by security firm Sophos, which has just published its mid-2010 Security Threat Report. Surveying just over 1000.. more