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Serbia Arrests FBI-sought Cybercrime Suspect
2018-05-16 13:38

Serbian police said Wednesday they had arrested a man sought by the FBI under suspicion of being part of a group of cybercriminals who called themselves "The Dark Overlord". read more

Cybercrime Se Habla Español: Inside the Underground
2018-04-30 17:48

Flashpoint's Liv Rowley Traces Spanish Language Hacker Forums in Latin AmericaHacking is a global phenomenon, says Liv Rowley, an intelligence analyst at Flashpoint who's been tracking the rise,...

Deleted Facebook Cybercrime Groups Had 300,000 Members
2018-04-16 22:38

Hours after being alerted by KrebsOnSecurity, Facebook last week deleted almost 120 private discussion groups totaling more than 300,000 members who flagrantly promoted a host of illicit...

Train to be a top cybercrime fighter at SANS London June 2018
2018-04-01 00:00

Hands-on workshops, extra evening sessions - hoodies optional Promo As the global volume of data rises like an unstoppable tide, IT systems grow increasingly complex and sophisticated to...

Cash-machine-draining €1bn cybercrime kingpin suspect cuffed by plod
2018-04-01 00:00

Bod accused of masterminding malware attacks on banks around the world European cyber-cops have felt the collar of a bloke suspected of running a network of crims that used malware to pinch €1bn...

You Can DDoS an Organization for Just $10 per Hour: Cybercrime Report
2018-03-22 16:54

The cost of having an organization targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for an hour is as low as $10, cybersecurity firm Armor says. The low cost of launching such attacks...

The Soaring Success of Cybercrime as a Company
2018-03-22 13:13

In a raging cyber war, it pays to think like cybercriminals and understand how they are organizing and operating as corporations. While enterprises won’t resort to cybercrime, we need to...

A look inside the big business of cybercrime
2018-03-20 19:22

For three months, Armor’s Threat Resistance Unit (TRU) research team compiled and analyzed data from the black market to shed light on the type of activity threat actors are participating in and...

Combatting the Transformation of Cybercrime
2018-03-14 15:56

The volume of cyberattacks is growing at an unprecedented rate, increasing as much as nearly 80% for some organizations during the final quarter of 2017. One reason for this acceleration in the...