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Google creates custom search engine to assist advertisers in spotting providers of malicious ads(26/06/2009)
In total, 45857 unique malicious, advertising, and potentially unwanted programs were detected on users' computers in March 09 alone according to Kaspersky Security Network. This tidal wave of malware has become so overwhelming, that even Google has created a custom search engine - Anti-Malvertising.com - designed to help ad network customers conduct quick background checks. It researches a variety of independent, third party sites that track ... [more]
Cybercriminals trade online compromised PCs of individuals and corporations(19/06/2009)
Finjan Inc. has announced that its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) managed to research a trading network and botnet, where compromised PCs are bought and sold for profit. In the second issue of its “Cybercrime Intelligence Report” of 2009, Finjan shows the operations of the Golden Cash network consisting of an entire trading platform of malware-infested PCs. The trading platform utilizes all necessary components (buyer side, seller side... [more]
Malware-Infected Computers Controlled by Cybercriminals(21/05/2009)
Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has discovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers. Corporate, government and consumer computers around the world were infected by the malware. This discovery is part of a research conducted by MCRC when investigating command and control servers operated by cybercriminals. The cybercrime server has been in use since February 2009, is hosted in the Ukraine and is controlled by a cy... [more]
Ukrainian cybercrime server infects millions of computer(22/04/2009)
Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has discovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers. Corporate, government and consumer computers around the world were infected by the malware. This discovery is part of a research conducted by MCRC when investigating command and control servers operated by cybercriminals. The cybercrime server has been in use since February 2009, is hosted in the Ukraine and is controlled by a cyb... [more]
Network Defence protects North Tyneside Council users from malicious content(09/04/2009)
North Tyneside Council has improved network security by deploying a real-time web security solution from Network Defence, to protect over 2700 users from malicious content and safeguard its system from web-borne threats. In addition the Council has also signed up to a managed service for 3 years to improve and maintain network security. The network-based appliance has been rolled out to protect and provide resilience against web-borne threats ... [more]
Revenues from cybercrime now exceed those of drug crime(30/03/2009)
Revenues from cybercrime at $1 trillion annually are now exceeding those of drug crime. This was the testimony from AT&T's Chief Security Officer Edward Amoroso, which he gave to a US Senate Commerce Committee. These findings have been confirmed by Finjan. "Our latest research suggests that, whilst the economic downturn is reducing the income of drug traffickers, cybercriminals are becoming ever more innovative in the ways they extract money f... [more]
Cybercriminals operate affiliate networks to boost their malware and rogueware distribution(23/03/2009)
Finjan Inc.'s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) managed to research one of the rogueware affiliate networks, where members make $ 10,800 a day. In the first issue of its Cybercrime Intelligence Report for 2009, Finjan shows how the rogueware was distributed using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. Cybercriminals used SEO to optimize the distribution of their rogueware. Typos and misspelled keywords (such as “obbama” and liscense... [more]
Enterprises to increase their IT security budgets while their overall IT budgets will be reduced(05/02/2009)
According to Finjan Inc.'s IT security survey, the total IT budgets for 2009 tend to be reduced compared to 2008. However, the IT security budget outlook was more optimistic since organizations intend to dedicate a larger part of their total IT budgets to IT security. Key findings from the survey: * 38% of all respondents stated that they do not expect a change in their 2009 IT budgets, while 34% indicated that they expect them to be slight... [more]
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