We posted a story on 12/29/11 about the hacking group “Anonymous” boasting they had stolen 200 gigabytes worth of information from Stratfor – a U.S. based Security Think Tank. The stolen information obtained in the hacking incident included credit card numbers, passwords and home addresses. Anonymous had made good on its threat and dumped 200 […]
2012 Cyber Crime Conference
The U.S. Department of Defense is holding a Cyber Conference in Atlanta, Georgia from January 20 – 27, 2012. This program brings together professionals in the following disciplines: Forensic R&D, Digital Forensics, Information Technology, Investigations, and Legal. Some of the topics include: Six People Who Are Changing the World of Security D3 Digital Crime Scene Challenge […]
2012 Will See Rise in Cyber-Espionage and Malware
The headline of this story is not something you want to hear as we know things have already been pretty bad in this area of crime. It affects us all. In the past two years there has been a surge in the number of malware-based attacks that resulted in sensitive data being stolen from government […]
Feds Indict 7 in Massive Click-Fraud Scheme That Hit 4 Million Computers
Of all the various types of stories we cover on this blog, I find computer hacking schemes to be the most fascinating. Maybe it’s because I was once the victim of computer hacking. I find this story particularly interesting because I can recall working on my computer and being directed to “fake websites.” For example, […]
