Sourcefire researcher Adam J. O’Donnell, who used game theory to predict when Macs would be hit with malware. It was always just a matter of time until malware writers started targeting Macs. Until suddenly, time was up–much sooner than expected. The Flashback Trojan that infected 700,000 Macs at its peak…
PNP standardizes cybercrime investigation procedures
Amid rising digital threats like hacking, online pornography and fraud, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has established a seven-point standard for conducting digital forensic examinations. View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
European Cybercrime Centre aims for January 2013 launch
Commission proposes Euro cyber-cops in crackdown on e-crime View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
EU clamps down on cybercrime, but file-sharers won’t be targeted
The European Commission is to get tough on cybercrime, but won’t target illegal file-sharing, it revealed on earlier today. The Commission proposes to set up a European Cybercrime Centre as part of the European police force, Europol, in The Hague in the Netherlands. The centre would have a separate governing…
EU clamp down on cybercrime, but file-sharers won’t be targeted
The European Commission is to get tough on cybercrime, but won’t target illegal file-sharing, it revealed on earlier today. The Commission proposes to set up a European Cybercrime Centre as part of the European police force, Europol, in The Hague in the Netherlands. The centre would have a separate governing…
Cybercrime dominated by organised gangs, academic study finds
The criminal possibilities of the online world have primed a “fourth era” of organised crime that is having a major effect on all forms of illegal activity around the globe, an academic study from John Grieve Centre for Policing and Security at London Metropolitan University has said. By the reckoning…
EU Cybercrime Centre to fight online criminals
Today, the European Commission proposed to establish a European Cybercrime Centre to help protect European citizens and businesses against these mounting cyber-threats. It is estimated that, worldwide, more than one million people become victims of cybercrime every day and Malta is no exception. View full post on cyber crime hacking…
An EU Cybercrime Centre to fight online criminals and protect e-consumers
Today, the European Commission proposed to establish a European Cybercrime Centre to help protect European citizens and businesses against these mounting cyber-threats. It is estimated that, worldwide, more than one million people become victims of cybercrime every day and Malta is no exception. View full post on cyber crime hacking…
Cybercrime now major drag on financial services, PwC finds
Too few organisations in the financial services sector are investing in the response mechanisms needed to cope with cybercrime incidents, a PwC survey has found. This is despite cybercrime now being a major cause of losses in the financial sector, ahead of accounting fraud, bribery and corruption and even money…
Microsoft hits Zeus botnet cybercrime servers and domains
Microsoft and several of its partners have disrupted a number of cybercrime rings that used the Zeus malware to steal an estimated $100 million over the last five years. The company said a consolidated legal case has been filed in the US against those allegedly responsible that for the first…