Cyber crime tool kits go on sale
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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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Microsoft said it plans to offer tools based on Giant&#39;s technology that will help protect Windows PCs from spyware and other deceptive software.
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New service helps companies thwart online scams.
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You know I'm no good Anti-spyware firm PC Tools has announced a deal to buy behavioural protection security technology from developer Novatix for an unspecified amount.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Stolen bank account numbers are commanding the highest price in an underground trade of personal details stolen by hackers, according to a survey released Monday by security vendor Symantec. Bank account details command prices of up to $400, while credit card details sell for between $0.50 and $5, e-mail passwords from $1 to $350 each, and e-mail addresses from $2 to $4 per megabyte, according to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, which covers the first half of the year. The online trade in stolen details highlights the commercialization ofÂ Internet crime, with gangs researching, developing and marketing nefarious software for other criminals, said William Beer, director of security practice for Europe. There has been an increase in the quality and quantity of malicious code sold on the Internet, driven by well-funded international groups of criminals, Beer said. The hackers are obtaining the information through increasingly targeted attacks on computers that often involve collecting personal information about a person from social networks such as MySpace or Facebook, Beer said. With specific personal details, the hacker can construct a personalized e-mail that entices the victim to either click on an attachment containing malicious software or visit a phishing site. Symantec is also seeing multistage attacks where the attacker places a small piece of software on a target computer that then acts as a beachhead for downloading other software. "The end user will not even notice the attacks have taken place because it's a very gradual process," Beer said. On the spam front, Symantec said it has noticed a 30 percent drop in so-called "pump-and-dump" spam, where e-mails touting penny stocks are sent out, causing a rise in the stock price before the perpetrators sell the stock early. The decline can be attributed to aÂ crackdown by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Also down is the percentage of spam with images, which started as a highly effective way to bypass spam filters but is now less so. About 27 percent of the spam analyzed by Symantec between April and May contained images, down from 50 percent the first week in January, Symantec said. The decrease is due to an improvement in spam filters as well as the decline in pump-and-dump spam, which often used images, the company said.
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A promotion for the tools blog Toolmonger.com gives an audience a chance to watch a shack get hacked to pieces.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2  /PRNewswire/ -- Security software developer CyberDefender Corporation (http://www.cyberdefender.com/) is furnishing over $35,000 in prizes to CastleCops, a volunteer security community focused on making the Internet a safer place.
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Netcraft, a UK-based security firm, has released a toolbar to help protect users against phishing attacks. It displays the attributes of Web sites the user visits, helping to determine whether sites are likely to be legitimate.
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The Source Code Club hackers are back, selling what they claim are files of Cisco firewall software.
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According to security firm Sophos, the kits allow users to design sites that have the same look and feel as legitimate online banking sites that can then be used to defraud unsuspecting users by getting them to reveal the details of their financial ...
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Dirty deeds done dirt cheap The adage about no honour among thieves also applies to hackers, it would seem. Pirates are flogging knocked-off copies of the MPack hacker toolkit at a discount of up to 85 per cent, according to anti-virus experts at net security firm Symantec.â¦
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools
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Software vulnerabilities are bought and sold online, both by legitimate security companies and by thieves.
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Web villains post do-it-yourself phishing kits to help any amateur become an online con artist.
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By JAY FITZGERALD  Attorney General Martha Coakley is cracking down on a New York man who allegedly set up a dummy Registry of Motor Vehicles site on the Internet and charged people $10 to download documents that were available for free on the Web.
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Plan to target websites that 'groom' terrorists