Cyber crime becoming more organized
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Cyber scams are increasingly being   committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from   sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online   name for themselves, according to a top U.S. official.
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Agency says it may uncover additional incidents in which botnets have been used to facilitate criminal activity.
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Hackers, spammers and spies go into overdrive in December and January, when unsuspecting neophytes unwrap new computers, connect to the Internet, and, too often, get hit with viruses, spyware and other nefarious programs.
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Cyber criminals are cashing in on their expertise by offering tool kits that let anyone craft attacks.
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Security experts look back on a year in which hi-tech criminals consolidated their hold on the net's underground economy.
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If you read the news, you'd think that most cyber criminals are lonely, maladjusted teenage hackers stealing credit card numbers from their windowless rooms. But the real damage is being done by organized syndicates, and they're playing for much higher stakes.
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Online recommendation systems are growing up -- and the spammers, fraudsters and thieves are moving in. By Annalee Newitz from Wired magazine.
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The recent spate of malware attacks propagating throughout the user base of the Skype Internet calling system illustrates a broader trend toward cyber-criminals moving to take advantage of VoIP platforms as they become increasingly popular.
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DOJ announces arrests, convictions for online fraud and other Net-related crimes.
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The numbers of malicious programs circulating online is reaching 'epidemic' levels, say experts.
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Internet crime is becoming a major commercial activity, a report by security firm Symantec says.
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An increasingly networked infrastructure and a paucity of laws defining cybercrime could lead to disaster in Russia if terrorists such as Chechen separatists started turning their attention to electronic warfare, says one security expert there.
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Hacksplotation Organised crime is "grooming" a new generation of would-be cybercriminals using tactics which echo those used by the KGB to recruit operatives at the height of the cold war, according to a new blockbuster study by net security firm McAfee.â¦
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Security experts who study online financial fraud sayÃÂ criminals increasingly are targeting small, commercial Web sites, where anti-hacking measures can be weaker than those employed at larger sites.
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US Department of Justice said law-enforcement agencies have arrested or convicted more than 150 individuals in a broad initiative against cybercrime.
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Online criminals are exploiting human hopes and fears to spread spam and viruses.
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Cybercriminals can enjoy special offers and volume discounts on malware and e-mail lists of potential victims.