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Security experts are warning of socially engineered threats targeting users this holiday season. The FBI used the DarkMarket.ws cybercriminal forum to create profiles of identity thieves looking to share tips and purchase stolen data. Companies need to step up their ability to guess where cybercriminals will strike next. Cybercrime organisations are today being run by bosses parading as business entrepreneurs, complete with criminal staff. Cyber-crooks are using new technologies and reinventing forms of social engineering to ensnare consumers and businesses, security experts warn. F-secure has re-ignited its push for the establishment of a global legislative authority that apprehends cyber thieves, claiming it’s the only way to stop them. A new spam email purporting to be a news report about China’s recent earthquake can install a malicious Trojan if its attachment is opened, warned Sophos. The principal owners of E-Gold, an online money transfer system, have pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a business that caters to cybercriminals.
Scammers have turned to social networking site LinkedIn in a bid to bypass corporate spam filters, a security firm warned today.. The cybercriminal's stable diet of trojans and botnets is taking a back seat in the multi-million dollar cybercrime industry as blackmail, extortion, terrorism and even murder become prominent in the organised crime syndicates of the digital age. PDF malware "smashed" into October's virus charts, a security firm reported today. Botnets are getting smaller as criminals seek to fly in under the radar of corporate network defences, security experts warned today. Size counts in online crime. Security experts have warned of an outbreak of malicious spam emails that use log-in account confirmation details as a hook to get users to visit an infected website.
PDF and Flash files will be used by cybercriminals much more in 2009. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. Cybercriminals are now distributing malware on peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks disguised as music and video files related to the popular Disney movie High School Musical, Panda Security has reported. Users urged to exercise caution after Children in Need weekend. Members of the so-called Rock Phish gang of Russian cybercriminals have launched a new style of attack in which they seek sensitive data not only through phishing but also by installing malware. In its annual crime report released Tuesday, McAfee warned governments that growing cybercriminal activity will have a further impact on consumer confidence.