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The Mac Cybercrime Immunity Fallacy November 21, 2009 
Recently, ESET commissioned a poll to identify the knowledge, beliefs and experiences of Americans with respect to cybercrime. One of the findings was that 2 percent of Americans think that PCs are not vulnerable to cybercrime, while 9 percent feel a Mac is not vulnerable to cybercrime.
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Cyberfraud Arrests Unlikely to Stem ZeuS Rampage November 18, 2009 
British police on Wednesday announced the arrest of two people in the city of Manchester on suspicion of using the so-called ZeuS Trojan horse to commit banking fraud. The couple, who were detained Nov. 3, are out on bail pending trial. ZeuS, also known as "Zbot," is a notorious bit of malware used to steal users' banking and other personal information from their computers.
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Safe Mac Computing on an Unsafe Web November 14, 2009 
We first saw the Apple Macintosh at the 1984 Super Bowl. At the time, IBM and Microsoft gave us only text-based computing. The Mac appeared looking like nothing we had ever seen. Its screen was all graphics, all the time. It had a mouse, the first one seen by most people. It was smaller than a PC, lighter and more portable.
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Everyone's Stoked About Cyber Monday - Vendors, Customers and Hackers November 14, 2009 
Less than 20 days until Cyber Monday. You've got staffing queued up. Your warehouse is full. Your shipper is standing by. But have you considered what will happen on your Web site after a flood of qualified buyers click on the irresistible and precisely worded ad for your product or service? You've got one shot -- one day -- to win their holiday business.
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Drawing Security-Spooked Customers Into the E-Commerce Fold November 11, 2009 
Many consumers are still afraid of shopping online, and it's not hard to see why, with reports of fraud, identity theft, data loss and other security breaches regularly making the news. The fact is, though, online shopping is safer than ever before, and new and emerging security technologies, methods and standards are being implemented every day.
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How Etailers Can Take On the Whole World November 10, 2009 
The majority of global markets are growing significantly faster than the United States. Bill Gates has even stated that in the 21st century, a business must use e-commerce to survive. In this economy, thinking outside the proverbial box and expanding a company without taking on significant overhead or structural changes means selling beyond geographic borders.
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Fortifying Your E-Tail Operation Against 'Friendly Fraud' November 03, 2009 
Fraud prevention, in its many layers and forms, is one of the most important services that can be provided to e-merchants. With each passing year, fraudsters become more experienced and new forms of fraud are developed. What is different in recent years is that we have been dealing with an economic recession.
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Tech Futurist Sees Rosy Prospects for Net Security November 02, 2009 
Sometime between now and the year 2019, Comcast will start going after botnets and will stop sending malicious Web traffic to its customers. Google will send up more alarms if your search results include possibly infectious links. Microsoft and Apple will get better at plugging holes in their software.
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Ridding the Web of the XSS Scourge October 19, 2009 
Cross-site scripting/SQL injection attacks have been blamed for numerous data breaches, perhaps most notably the nightmare of the Heartland Payment Systems data breach. This type of attack has been around for at least a decade. However, the tendency for programmers to continue with old, insecure code writing techniques make XSS one of the most deadly methods for hackers.
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Feds Nab Dozens in Bank Phishing Scheme October 08, 2009 
Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in breaking up a crime ring in the U.S. and Egypt in which an elaborate "phishing" scam bilked bank customers out of at least $1 million. Federal authorities said a total of 53 people were named in an indictment, while authorities in Egypt have charged 47 others in connection with the scheme.
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Navigating the New Cybercrime Threatscape, Part 1 September 09, 2009 
Cybercrime is pervasive, pandemic and increasingly connected with other parts of the criminal ecosystem. It ranges from the theft of an individual's identity to the complete disruption of a country's Internet connectivity due to a massive attack against its networking and computing resources.
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Scammers Back Off Favorite Tactic - Phish Ain't Bitin' August 26, 2009 
Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information. A report being released Wednesday by IBM shows a big drop in the volume of "phishing" emails, in which fraud artists send what looks like a legitimate message from a bank or some other company.
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Social Security: Guarding Your Identity in Online Networks August 26, 2009 
Without a doubt, the growth of social networking has exploded in recent years and has added value to the Internet by providing yet another exciting way for citizens all over the world to connect and interact. In fact, social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn and many smaller sites have become the preferred way many people communicate today as well as a growing business development tool.
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A Last Call for Snarkers Anonymous? August 21, 2009 
The old saying used to be, "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all." Then the Internet came along, and the saying changed to, "If you can't say anything nice, then invent a fake user name and go to town." The Web has allowed us to get away with saying some pretty awful things to each other without having to say them to each others' faces -- or even put our own names on them.
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Is There a Dark Cloud Over SSL's Green Glow? August 19, 2009 
The security of any given computer system is no better than the skills researchers bring to finding the next potential program flaw. Network security workers concentrate on updating patches and making sure only validated users can access the corporate LAN. Meanwhile, security researchers hunt for existing but unidentified infrastructure flaws that could let in the bad guys.
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Microsoft Forges 3 New Security Tools July 28, 2009 
Despite the best efforts of the computer security industry, hackers are launching more attacks than ever. In turn, members of the industry are working together to combat the threat. In line with this, Microsoft on Monday unveiled some new tools at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Nev. These include Microsoft Security Update Guide, Project Quant, and Microsoft Office Visualization Tool.
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