Archive for March, 2010
Identity theft and cybercrime statistics in picture graphs
Monday, March 29th, 2010Fraud continues to rise in 2009, with Javelin’s finding show there are more victims than in any period since the survey began in 2003.
The Javelin 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report provides a detailed, comprehensive analysis in order to help consumers and businesses better understand the effectiveness of methods used for its [...]
Collaborating cyberspace security
Sunday, March 21st, 2010On March 16, 2010, I had the opportunity to spend the day with the Fourth Annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF IV) — part of the Security Innovation Network (SINET) at Stanford University. The organization was created by Robert Rodriguez, a former secret service agent wanted to increase the collaboration between [...]
Cybercriminals don’t need technical skills just a criminal mind
Monday, March 15th, 2010Hurray for the Spanish security authorities! They captured the Mariposa botnet operators. The Mariposa botnet networked through nearly 13 million computers across 190 countries. It compromised systems from across several Fortune 1000 companies and 40 financial institutions. At the time of his arrest, one of the botnet operators possessed sensitive [...]