Source: IT Pro Portal
The initiative is a response to the growing threat of cyber-terrorism and online crime, aiming to work on strengthening security measures, and helping to protect sensitive business and government data from the prying tentacles of hackers.
Tag Archives: Cyber Crime
Oxford University opens Cyber Security Centre
March 28, 2012 – 3:02 pm
Thought paper on domain seizures and takedowns
March 8, 2012 – 6:40 pm
Source: Dave Piscitello, ICANN
Recent legal actions (Rustock, Coreflood and Kelihos, among others) resulting in disrupting or dismantling major criminal networks have involved seizures of domain names, DNS name server reconfiguration and transfers of domain name registrations as part of the takedown actions.
Tap into the gifted young hackers, says Misha Glenny
March 8, 2012 – 1:28 pm
Source: Misha Glenny, The New York Times
Teenagers are not usually the main targets of the F.B.I., whose agents are used to dealing with hardened criminals. But for the Cyber Division, they appear to be the norm.
Hacker group unveils critical attacks
March 6, 2012 – 1:29 pm
Source: Jordan Robertson, Bloomberg
For the past few months, a team of computer hackers has engaged in an aggressive form of cyber subversion.
Chinese hackers suspected in long-term Nortel breach
February 14, 2012 – 10:49 am
Source: Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal
For nearly a decade, hackers enjoyed widespread access to the corporate computer network of Nortel Networks Ltd., a once-giant telecommunications firm now fallen on hard times.
Business crime thrives in the cloud according to RCMP
February 13, 2012 – 2:50 pm
Source: Stanley Tromp, National Post
Canadian police are struggling to combat business crime in the cloud computing world, an elusive and little-controlled realm that criminals can exploit to steal money and personal identities.
Top APT research of 2011(that you probably haven’t heard about)
January 26, 2012 – 11:20 am
Source: Nart Villeneuve, Trend Micro Malware blog
Throughout 2011, I am sure that you have heard of the compromise of RSA, in which the stolen data regarding RSA’s Secure ID appears to have been used in subsequent attacks and that there were many more victims other than RSA.
A school for cybercrime in Brazil
January 17, 2012 – 11:16 am
Source: Fabio Assolini, Secure List
Life looks good for Brazilian hackers: the absence of a specific law against cybercrime leaves them feeling so invulnerable that the bad guys are shameless about publicizing their thefts and showing off the profits of a life of crime.
Growing cyber security threat to Internet commerce, says Joseph Menn
January 4, 2012 – 1:20 pm
Source: Dana Gardner
As a lead-in to his Open Group presentation, entitled “What You’re Up Against: Mobsters, Nation-States, and Blurry Lines,” Joe explores the current cyber-crime landscape, the underground cyber-gang movement, and the motive behind governments collaborating with organized crime in cyber space.
Taking a byte out of cybercrime
October 21, 2011 – 10:03 am
Source: Melissa Hathaway, Belfer Center
Nations and corporations are embracing and quickly adopting information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve services, increase productivity, and decrease costs. Unfortunately, they have not as rapidly addressed the security measures needed to protect their growing enterprises and technological infrastructure.
