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76Service - Cybercrime as a Service Going Mainstream

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2008-08-13 08:08:43 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...cybercrime ecosystem, ultimately results in more profitable operations. Controversial to the concept of outsourcing, some cybercriminals are in fact so self-sufficient, that the stereotype of a mysterious 76service server offered for rent could in fact easily cease to exist in an ecosystem so vibrant that literally everyone can partion their...
 
Tags: 76service, service, malware, malware kit, cybercrime, malware botnet, botnet, mysterious 76service server, web service
 
 
 
 
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Old laws dont cover Cybercrime

2008-08-16 16:38:41 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Cybercrime is up 20 Businesses are being targeted more routinely clipped from www.crime-research.org Scene of the Cybercrime: Inside Todays Cybercrime World Today we live and work in a world of global connectivity. We can exchange casual conversation or conduct multimillion-dollar monetary transactions with people on the other side of...
 
Tags: cybercrime, exchange casual conversation, planet quickly, quickly, communications devices, easy access, monetary transactions, personal computers, leisure time
 
 
 
 
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The Cybercrime Arms Race

2008-02-19 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...cybercrime, creating viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms and other malware. These groups now even provide complementary criminal services to their clients helping them to outsmart Internet security providers and users. With little or no investment, there's plenty of payback for cybercrime perpetrators at every level of this ecosystem. Download...
 
Tags: cybercrime, cybercrime perpetrators, underworld efforts, kaspersky labs, plenty, source, spyware, users, whitepaper
 
 
 
 
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Marcus Ranum on Cybercrime

2008-04-03 13:12:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Fun treatise on cybercrime from MJR it's an incredibly attractive enterprise The final point I'd like to make on cybercrime is that the current set of problems show us nothing about how bad it can possibly get About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: cybercrime, incredibly attractive enterprise, current set, fun treatise, org, possibly, bad, final, mjr
 
 
 
 
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An old/new kind of cybercrime/cybercriminal

2008-04-23 10:13:09 by HASH0x8b4a8bc in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...cybercrime were around. However, this is a great example of some things not going out of style. Obtaining your competitors information is a great motive, computers are just the container where the information is kept. Sort of like cracking a safe. It is always easier getting into a safe if you are given the combination, than if you have to...
 
Tags: financial gain type, financial gain, gain, information breach, information, gain access, access, competitors information, cybercrime
 
 
 
 
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An old/new kind of cybercrime/cybercriminal

2008-04-23 11:13:09 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...cybercrime were around. However, this is a great example of some things not going out of style. Obtaining your competitors information is a great motive, computers are just the container where the information is kept. Sort of like cracking a safe. It is always easier getting into a safe if you are given the combination, than if you have to...
 
Tags: financial gain type, financial gain, gain, information breach, information, gain access, access, competitors information, cybercrime
 
 
 
 
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Russia's FSB vs Cybercrime

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2007-12-20 15:44:16 by HASH0x89b8758 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...cybercrime isn't a priority for the FSB, and perhaps even worse, they're prioritizing in a awkward manner. I once pointed out , and got quoted on the same idea in a related research , that, Pandora's box in the form of open source malware and DIY malware builders is being opened by malware authors to let the script kiddies generate enough...
 
Tags: pinch, pinch authors, diy malware pinch, authors, malware authors, malware, notorious pinch trojan, source malware, pinch-ing
 
 
 
 
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Localizing Cybercrime - Cultural Diversity on Demand

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2008-02-21 17:06:11 by HASH0x8b1e62c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...cybercrime , in between the high level of liquidity achieved of course
 
Tags: future, future malware trend, trend, malware, malware authors, demand, russian malware, services, demand translation services
 
 
 
 
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Cybercrime Book Excerpt: 'Zero Day Threat'

2008-04-01 03:30:00 by Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz in Wired Security
 
Cybercrime has very quickly become a booming industry worth an estimated $100 billion a year. In this extract from Zero Day Threat , a new book about the complicity of big corporations in online crime, USA Today reporters Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz explain the mechanisms of a notorious online scam
 
Tags: day threat, notorious online scam, reporters byron acohido, jon swartz explain, online crime, cybercrime, book, industry worth, billion