by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 17, 2010 | Cyberthieves, Phishing, Trends
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently released their report on 2009 Internet crime statistics. As you can probably guess, there were more complaints, more losses, higher average loss per incident. IC3 is a federally funded non-profit, a joint operation...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 9, 2010 | Banking, Phishing, Vulnerabilities
Several researchers the University of Michigan have succeeded in cracking the RSA security technology which protects all ecommerce and online banking transactions. The university scientists found that they could deduce tiny pieces of a private key by injecting slight...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 4, 2010 | Cyberthieves
Small business or large, studies show that all companies are at risk of attack by hackers. Government agencies including the FBI have suggested using a separate computer for all transactions involving money or sensitive information, but from a business view, that...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 1, 2010 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Phishing
First Direct bank in the UK has been the first British bank to embrace Twitter. Does that really surprise anyone? As a 100% online bank, they’ve maintained a business pace a few clicks ahead of competitors in online services. But last weekend their clients and...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Feb 26, 2010 | Phishing
Browsing on the web just became a little more scary. A group of researchers found a way to deploy an attack that can “de-anonymize” the users behind the browser (research paper available in PDF format). Focusing on the users of social networking sites...
