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Cybercrime
Next Generation Dark Markets? Think Amazon or eBay for criminals
The “evolution” of these markets is making cybercrime easier than ever before
Stephen Cobb • 10 Dec 2018
Why ask the public about cybercrime and cybersecurity?
Answers could help raise awareness of situations that people fear
Stephen Cobb • 04 Oct 2018
Attackers crack Newegg’s defenses, slurp customers’ credit card data
The skimmer, injected into the store’s payment page, harvested credit-card details from the store’s online customers for more than a month
Tomáš Foltýn • 21 Sep 2018
Mirai’s architects avoid prison thanks to work for FBI
A US court slaps an unusually lenient sentence on three men who’ve pleaded guilty to developing and operating a powerful botnet known as Mirai
Tomáš Foltýn • 20 Sep 2018
Russian man accused of running Kelihos botnet pleads guilty
In its heyday, Kelihos comprised up to 100,000 compromised devices that were capable of blasting out billions of malware-laden emails every day
Tomáš Foltýn • 14 Sep 2018
Superdrug targeted by miscreants who claim to have stolen customer data
The retailer says that whatever data the crooks have obtained, they weren’t stolen through a breach of its systems
Tomáš Foltýn • 23 Aug 2018
Trends 2018: Doing time for cybercrime
Law enforcement and malware research join forces to take down cybercriminals
Alexis Dorais-Joncas • 12 Jul 2018
Europol and partners dismantle prolific cyber-extortion gang
The arrest of a 25-year-old French man in Thailand apparently seals the fate of Rex Mundi, a hack-and-extort collective that operated since at least 2012
Tomáš Foltýn • 19 Jun 2018
The cyberattack on banks in Mexico: The challenges posed to cybersecurity
Following the massive cyberattack on banks in Mexico, we consider what can cybersecurity can do to help the industry
Juan Manuel Harán • 05 Jun 2018