Security Fix Archive: Web Fraud 2.0
PC Invader Costs Ky. County $415,000
Cyber criminals based in Ukraine stole $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky this week. The crooks were aided by more than two dozen co-conspirators in the United States, as well as a strain of malicious software capable of...
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Brian Krebs
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July 2, 2009; 5:14 PM ET |
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| Tags: $415000, bullitt county kentucky zeus
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A Bustling Week for Cyber Justice
This past week has been a bustling one for cyber justice. The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement in its ongoing case against scareware purveyors; a notorious hacker admitted stealing roughly two million credit card numbers; the Justice Department has...
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Brian Krebs
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July 1, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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| Tags: bruce raisley, cyber justice
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FFSearcher: A Stealthy Evolution in Click Fraud
Every so often, a new piece of malicious software comes along that introduces a subtle yet evolutionary technological leap, a quickly-mimicked shift that allows cyber crooks to be far more stealthy in plying their trade. According to research released last...
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Brian Krebs
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June 30, 2009; 7:20 AM ET |
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Web Fraud 2.0: Franchising Cyber Crime
For the most part, cyber gangs that create malicious software and spread spam operate as shadowy, exclusive organizations that toil in secrecy, usually in Eastern Europe. But with just a few clicks, anyone can jump into business with even the...
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Brian Krebs
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June 19, 2009; 3:35 PM ET |
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| Tags: crime franchise, iframecash, iframedollars, installscash
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An Odyssey of Fraud
Andy Kordopatis is the proprietor of Odyssey Bar, a modest watering hole in Pocatello, Idaho, a few blocks away from Idaho State University. Most of his customers pay for their drinks with cash, but about three times a day he...
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Brian Krebs
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June 17, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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| Tags: pre-authorization scam
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Default Passwords Led to $55 Million in Bogus Phone Charges
The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three Filipino residents accused of hacking into thousands of private telephone networks in the United States and abroad, and then selling access to those networks at call centers in Italy that advertised...
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Brian Krebs
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June 12, 2009; 2:13 PM ET |
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