Boom times for hi-tech criminals
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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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Experts agree: 2004 was the best of times, and the worst of times for those concerned about IT security. It was a year with high-profile arrests of virus authors, and the explosion of online crimes, from cyberextortion to identity theft, a year in which ISPs (Internet service providers) won millions in damages from spammers, and spam messages increased by 40 percent.
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Criminals are auctioning stolen goods for a profit on the Internet.
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Criminals controlling millions of PCs could threaten the internet, experts at the World Economic Forum warn.
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Security specialists are now in great demand, thanks to a boom in malicious attacks on computer systems by hackers and viruses, and an array of new communications technologies that carry new security risks.
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One way to disrupt the booming malware economy is to use slander and other dirty tricks to undermine hackers' reputations.
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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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In the calculus of Internet crime, two of the most sought-after commodities are zombie PCs and valid e-mail addresses.
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You can't even play games online without having to deal with "phishy" criminals these days.
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InfoWorld - Online criminals looking for new areas to attack in the next few years will find green fields in the Internet infrastructure and the digital home, researchers with McAfee&#39;s Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT) labs said Tuesday.
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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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Hi-tech criminals are turning away from viruses to mount the most serious attacks, warn security experts.
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Security researchers warn that Apple's iPhone may inspire a new hacker crime wave, becoming a major target in 2008.
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Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.
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How your computer could be costing you thousands of dollars.
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A technological revolution is making it possible not just to track down escaping bank robbers but to find missing things and people far more quickly and precisely than ever.
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When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in?