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- 10 technologies that cybercriminals love to exploit
- Cybercriminals can go after your users in any number of ways, and the results can be devastating. Share this list with them to help them stay on their toes in this increasingly risky online world.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: Cybercriminal, Deb Shinder, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2008-07-10
- 10 technologies that cybercriminals love to exploit
- Cybercriminals can go after your users in any number of ways, and the results can be devastating. Share this list with them to help them stay on their toes in this increasingly risky online world. by Debra Littlejohn Shinder
- Tags: Software, Security, Web, Phone, Network, Credit Card, IM, P2P, Web Browser, Technology, Cybercriminal, Computer, E-mail, Internet, Web Browsers, Productivity, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Online Communications, Debra Littlejohn Shinder
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- The big rise of smaller botnets
- Considering that a botnet is defined as "a large number of compromised computers," smaller botnets sounds like an oxymoron. However, researchers from F-Secure say that cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to make it harder for software security companies to track and contain botnet operations. Cybercriminals turn a...
- Tags: F-Secure Corp., Cybercriminal, Computer, Productivity, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Companies choose to leave cybercriminals unpunished
- If a hacker attacks a company's system, he or she may get away scot-free. Read ahead to find out why many victimized companies choose to keep quiet rather than prosecute cyberthieves.How would you respond if you just found that someone, somewhere, had been penetrating your company’s computer system and stealing...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, John Connell, Tom Arnold, perpetrator, cybercriminal
- Technical articles 2001-05-21
Additional Resources
- I would hire a convicted cybercriminal -- would you?
- Securityfirms, software developers, financial institutions, and governmentagencies should decided to hire or fire cyberoffenders on acase-by-case basis. Is an applicant who gained or attempted to gainunauthorized computer access more or less dangerous than an individualconvicted of any other crime? It depends. IT hiring managers mustconsider each applicant on his or...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Daniel Cuthbert
- Blog posts 2005-11-15
- Live Webcast: Security and Threat Trends in 2008: How to Protect Your Organization's Network
- Fast flux, drive-by-downloads, reputation hijacking, and social engineering - these are just a few methods today's cybercriminals are using to infiltrate business networks. In the last two years threats to business information and continuity have changed substantially, and so has the structure of corporate network environments....
- Tags: Security, Webcast, Network, Sophos Plc., Threat, Networking
- Webcasts 2008-04-24
- The most irritating Internet words
- Who did they ask? What planet?Who are these people they polled for this? Two of the words listed: "folksonomy" and "blook" are words I've never heard of, let alone used - and I've worked in IT for over 15 years.Can someone come up with a sentence they may use everyday...
- Tags: Blogging, Internet, PeterSS, Internet word, blog, YOUNG PEOPLE, webinar
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
- View Available Dates and LocationsIdeally suited for intermediate-level students who want a high-level understanding of the concepts of Forensic Investigation, this course is taught in an open-ended, experimental atmosphere where you will have the opportunity to work with fellow students and the instructor to gain an appreciation for this exciting...
- Tags: Computer Hacking, Forensics, Computer, Productivity, E-mail, Linux, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software
- Training 2008-01-01
- Geek Trivia: Hollywood hack job
- If someone asks the average person to compile a list of notorious hackers from history, odds are the first name they'd come up is "that kid from WarGames." When someone explains that WarGames was just a movie, the average Joe would probably do a Google search and come up with...
- Tags: Job, Kevin Mitnick, Hacking, Government, Security, Federal Government, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Crimeware-as-a-Service: The next great thing in malicious attacks
- We have all learned the hard ugly truth about malicious software and the proliferation of software available to do horrible things to our computers. But Crimeware-as-a Service? I think that, secretly, many IT professionals give computer criminals very little thought. I, for one, have difficulty conjuring a sinister image....
- Tags: Criminal, Finjan Software Inc., Malicious Attack, Crimeware-as-a-Service, Social Security, Productivity, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Government, Finance, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Is there a place for ex-cops among the ranks of your IT staff?
- When dealing with security issues, like cybercrime, having employees with a law-enforcement background on your IT staff can be an asset. But is that enough to warrant hiring them? Here?s what some experts think.If you spread out the resumes of your IT personnel across the conference room table, chances are...
- Tags: SECURITY, John Connell, law-enforcement background, IT-staff, information technology
- Technical articles 2001-06-22
- Cybercrime.gov: A growing legal resource for technology leaders
- If you're curious about cybercrime, Cybercrime.gov is a great online resource for pertinent legal information. We'll tell you how CIOs and other IT decision makers can use this site to bring themselves up to speed with security issues.Just how far can the police go if they suspect one of your...
- Tags: Intellectual property, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Loraine Lawson, Cybercrime.gov, CCIPS
- Technical articles 2001-01-31
- Hacking for dollars
- Hacking for dollarsarticle rootHacking for dollarsIn the past, hackers' main motivation was to gain notoriety, whereas these days, they often use their skills to make money. For instance, they find ways to exploit flaws, hijack computers and rent those out for use as spam relays, or participate in targeted attacks...
- Tags: SECURITY, hacker, hacking
- Discussion threads 2005-07-06
- Geek Trivia: Early word gets the worm
- What work of science fiction coined the term computer worm? On July 26, 1989, Cornell grad student Robert Tappan Morris became the first person indicted under the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986—effectively becoming America's first high-profile cybercriminal. The government eventually convicted Morris for...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Jay Garmon, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, worm, Morris worm, Morris, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Science Fiction, Computer, Anasazi
- Technical articles 2006-07-25
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