Monthly Archives: June 2013
This Week in Cybercrime: Cybercrime’s Industrial Revolution
Cybercrooks: Captains of Industry? The idea that cybercrimes are the work of miscreants or gangs of hackers picking targets at random is outmoded. Analysts now see a mature industry with an underground economy based on the development and distribution of … Continue reading
Protect computers from US hackers: Hong Kong university
BEIJING: Staff and students at the Chinese University in Hong Kong have been warned to secure their computers following recent revelations by CIA operative Edward Snowdenthat the varsity was the target of US cyberattacks. An e-mail sent by the information security … Continue reading
Bug hunters
They pour over software code to ensure that the internet services you use – whether email, payment gateways or social networks – are free of any security flaws. Javed Anwer speaks to the guardians of the interweb. Rafay Baloch fell in … Continue reading
How to Stop Adware in Google
If you see an unusual number of ads while browsing the Web in Google Chrome, your computer may have adware. Similar to a computer virus, adware infects your computer, but whereas viruses cause damage to your system, adware causes banner … Continue reading
Kerala makes podium finish in cyber crimes
At least in cyber crimes, the police can’t piggyback on the excuse of proactive policing to explain the increased numbers in the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The figures show a clear threat of the young generation precariously poised as … Continue reading
USC: Stolen laptop contained personal info of 6,300 students
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – University of South Carolina officials have begun to warn at least 6,300 hundred students about the potential of their sensitive information being compromised. According to the university, someone stole a laptop from a locked room in the … Continue reading
Obama downplays ‘hacker’ Snowden as Ecuador heats up rhetoric
QUITO, Ecuador – President Obama tried to cool the international frenzy over Edward Snowden on Thursday as Ecuador stepped up its defiance and said it was pre-emptively rejecting millions in trade benefits that it could lose by taking in the … Continue reading
Turkish minister warns that companies uncooperative on cyber crime will receive ‘Ottoman slap’
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Binali Yıldırım has warned that authorities which do not cooperate with the government over cyber crimes will receive an “Ottoman slap” in response. “The Turkish Republic doesn’t recognize those who don’t recognize it,” … Continue reading
Nepal faces huge threat online for its users
The numbers of cyber crime cases in Nepal have increased due to lack of awareness and carelessness shown by users. People have become vulnerable online with their personal and private information open posing threat at individual level states Metropolitan Police … Continue reading
Hacking group blamed for South Korea cyber attacks
BOSTON – Researchers with U.S. security software maker Symantec Corp say they have uncovered digital evidence that links cyber attacks on South Korea dating back four years to a single hacking group dubbed the “Dark Seoul Gang.” Eric Chien, technical … Continue reading
Gregory D. Evans | Super Security Mogul 