Cyber Criminals Archive

  • Youngsters assume smartphones are secure

    Youngsters assume smartphones are secure

    Posted on February 7, 2012 | No Comments
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  • Should we even bother going after cyber-criminals?

    Should we even bother going after cyber-criminals?

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    At what point do you stop trying to track and prosecute cyber-criminals? Obviously, you can't let criminals run around willy-nilly, but when you look at the resources involved in bringing those guys to justice—and are you really nabbing the right guys in the first place?—it's worth at least talking about. Is fighting cyber-crime about as futile as fighting the war on drugs?

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  • Use Internet Explorer, says Microsoft, but stop using IE6

    Use Internet Explorer, says Microsoft, but stop using IE6

    Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Why-you-dont-use-Internet-ExplorerSo Google got hacked, or something, by cyber criminals in China, and Microsoft has acknowledged that their Internet Explorer browser was part of the problem. Specifically, Interent Explorer version 6 was part of the problem, and Microsoft is quick to point out that version 8 is much better, and much more secure. Cliff Evans, Microsoft's Head of Security and Privacy in the UK, further states that switching away from Internet Explorer is also a bad idea. According to him, it's MSIE8 or nothing. Firefox? Chrome? Safari? Opera? None of those will keep you as safe from cyber attacks as Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 8.

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  • Darn them Dukenko boys! Ukrainian hackers steal $415,000 from podunk sherriff

    Darn them Dukenko boys! Ukrainian hackers steal $415,000 from podunk sherriff

    Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Cyber criminals AKA teenagers who are just more organized than the IT staffs of their victims stole $415,000 from a sheriff’s department in Bullitt County, Kentucky. That’s right: Bullitt County. Kentucky. The hacker found out that their phishing expedition had installed a keystroke logging Trojan with remote control capabilities onto the police computers and then lucked [...]

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