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First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Trend Micro Inc

Cyber criminals resurrect credential-stealing Zeus/Zbot malware

Cyber crooks have resurrected and refined old versions of the Zeus malware, also known as Zbot, in order to steal financial information.Security firm Trend Micro reported uncovering the malware late on Thursday, in the midst of a spike in the number of ... [Published V3.co.uk - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Malware, ZeuS Botnet, Trend Micro Inc, GameOver Malware, Cybercrime

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 3 reports

Despite £800m in Losses, Small Businesses Scoff at Security

Small- and medium-sized businesses are losing a staggering £785 million per year to cybercrime, according to a joint report published by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Home Office and Business Departments in the United Kingdom. Despite ... [Published threatpost - The First Stop for Security News - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Security, Small Businesses, Cybercrime, Recovery Procedures, Federation of Small Businesses

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Creating a Baseline for Small Business

In my last blog ‘To Cybercriminals, The Size of a Company No Longer Matters” I discussed the fact that the latest PwC Information Security Breaches Survey 2013 shows that there has been a significant rise in the number of small businesses that were attacked ... [Published EMC - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Security, Toxic, Threat

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 4 reports

Cybercrime Act libel dropped

The Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday endorsed a so-called “enhanced version” of the Cybercrime Prevention Act that completely removed the libel provision from the original version of the controversial law.Speaking at the sidelines of the Third DoJ-Council ... [Published Tempo - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Libel, Cybercrime, Cybercrime Prevention Act

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 reports

Report: Fight against cybercrime is on the right track

Despite numerous hacking incidents and growing malware infections, the fight against cybercrime is on the right track, according to the latest quarterly report by security firm PandaLabs.The report, which covers January through March 2013, highlights ... [Published ITProPortal.com - 22 hours ago]

Entities: PandaLabs, Cybercrime, Malware, Virus

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

International Telecommunication Union

FG to establish Regional Cyber Security Centre

An advanced Regional Centre for Cyber Security is to be established in Abuja.The Director-General, National Information Development Agency, Professor Cleopas Angaye made this known at a news briefing in Abuja.Radio Nigeria correspondent reports that the ... [Published Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Cyber Security, Abuja (Nigeria), Information Development Co, Nigeria, International Telecommunication Union

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

Third friend request to a girl on FB a crime

Meerut: If you stumble upon a striking female profile on social networking site Facebook, hold your horses before clicking animatedly on ‘Add Friend’ section as sending a friend request for the third time to a girl can invite a big legal trouble for ... [Published Jagran Post - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Crime, Uttar Pradesh Police, Meerut

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Closing the Net on cyber criminals

It goes from bad to worse for Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), a miner once memorably dubbed "more Soviet than City" by an ousted independent director. The group, currently battling to fend off a takeover proposal from rival miner Kazakhmys ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 24 2013]

Entities: Cybercrime, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Kazakhmys Plc, London Stock Exchange Group Plc, Intrusion

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 7 reports

DOJ wants online libel junked

De Lima said that regardless of how the high court rules on the 15 petitions questioning the cybercrime law’s constitutionality, the DOJ is determined to propose these amendments.She did not specify which provisions the DOJ is proposing to remove, but ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 23 2013]

Entities: Libel, Cybercrime, Vicente Sotto

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Growing the Global Internet Economy by Ensuring the Free Flow of Data Across Borders

Digital connectivity is the most powerful driver of social and economic change the world has seen. The Internet will connect an estimated 5 billion people by 2020. That many already use cell phones. Connectivity is reshaping the landscape we inhabit, ... [Published Brookings Institution - May 23 2013]

Entities: International Trade, Discriminatory, Personal Data

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Fight Against Cyber-Crime Is On The Right Track, According To PandaLabs Q1 Report

Major organizations such as the BBC or Burger King saw their Twitter accounts hacked ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 23 2013]

Entities: PandaLabs, Cybercrime, Burger King Holdings Inc, BBC British Broadcasting Corp

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

New startups prime targets for cyberattacks

Startups take note: Cybercriminals are onto you.Cyberattackers can sniff out new businesses to target as quickly as two months after they come into existence, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Symantec. By the time a startup is five months ... [Published WDSU New Orleans - May 23 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Startup, Malware, Cybercrime

Quotes

...The company said the investigation into the second breach revealed that "PIN and magnetic stripe data seem to have been compromised outside the ECS processing environment."

Prepaid fraudsters busted [Published Green Sheet - 12 hours ago]

...Although there is no evidence that third parties obtained that information, Zaxby's required all of its licensees "to engage an industry leading provider of PCI compliance services to provide enhanced firewalls, system monitoring and PCI compliance services."

Cyber Criminals' Menu Features the Food & Beverage Industry; Steps to Protect Your Business [Published JD Supra - 13 hours ago]

"Finally, if the hacked account comes with credentials to an email address they'll get a couple dollars more. Some places even sell 'logs' of user credentials and browser history for a bulk rate -- one was selling 6 GB of logs for $150" according to Lifehacker.com

Social Engineering Targets [Published Risk & Insurance - 16 hours ago]

Haynes continues: "Today's legal- and regulatory-notification requirements after a breach are very rigorous and expensive to fulfill. Generally, the standard sub-limited coverage available today to respond to the expenses of these notifications is woefully inadequate." Costs go beyond what you might expect, and include paying a forensic accountant to identify the scope of the breach

Don't let Trojans infiltrate customer cash management [Published ABA Banking Online - 17 hours ago]

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Phishing attacks Target Moore Tornado Tragedy [Published Cyberwarzone - 18 hours ago]

Blogs

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Cybersecurity awareness week: be aware you’re b... [Published Peak Energy - 3 hours ago] Bernard Keane at Crikey has an entertaining tribute to cyber-security week - Cybersecurity awareness week: be aware you’re being lied to .Did you know it’s national cybersecurity awareness week? Everyone I’ve told has replied “I wasn’t aware of that”, ...
The Insidiousness of Cellphone Malware [Published Security Bloggers Network - 15 hours ago] Hackers and cyber criminals continue to get more sophisticated, especially when it comes to fooling people via less traditional attack vectors. For example, I got an interesting text on my work cell phone earlier this week … “heyy liveurpic.com that’s ...
Surviving the First Year: It’s Risky Business B... [Published Symantec Connect - The Confident SMB - Blog Ent ... - 18 hours ago] Posted on behalf of Brian Burch There were 388 million entrepreneurs globally starting or running a new business last year. [i] These startups play a huge role in our economy and are leading the recovery in job creation – 85 percent of all new jobs ...
Researchers warn of increased Zeus malware acti... [Published Computerworld Malware and Vulnerabilities News - 18 hours ago] The amount of cybercriminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro. ...
Fake ‘Facebook Profile Spy Application’ Campaig... [Published Security Bloggers Network - 18 hours ago] Over the last couple of days, multi-tasking cybercriminals have been spreading a "Facebook Profile Spy" campaign across Facebook, enticing users into installing a rogue Chrome extension, next to monetizing the campaign through an unethical pseudo-mobile ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Keeping a step ahead of cyber criminals [Published BBC News Video - Business - May 17 2013]
Cyber Summit: FBI needs more outreach on threat... [Published Reuters Video: Technology - May 13 2013]
VIDEO: Cybercriminals in $45m world bank heist [Published BBC News Video - World - May 10 2013]
Cybercrime Ring Is Busted for $45M Theft [Published WSJ.com Video - News - May 10 2013]
US nabs cyber-criminals for $45m bank heist [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 10 2013]

Press Releases

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iTOK Finds That 1 in 3 Computers Are at Risk fo... [Published Business Wire - 19 hours ago]
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Payza Advises Members on How to Avoid Current C... [Published PR inside - May 24 2013]
Kaspersky Lab Previews New Kaspersky Security f... [Published Business Wire - May 22 2013]
UnitedLex Sponsored Conference Addresses Cyber ... [Published Business Wire - May 22 2013]