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Use This RBS Worldpay News Report For Training

On November 8, 2008 more than 130 ATM machines in 49 cities throughout the world were hit by a group of cybercriminals during a 30-minute period....

Insider Threats Even More Significant During Down Economy

I've written a lot about the insider threat, and the many different motivations for insiders to do malicious things (in addition to the other two types of insider threats of mistakes and lack of awareness). Here are a couple of...

Are Cybercriminals Willing To Risk Death?

Whoa...here's what should be a good cybercrime deterrent......

Cybercriminals Threaten To Post Millions Of PII Records For Express Scripts Customers

Just last month I blogged about the new Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008. It covers extortion. I'm interested to see if it gets used for the latest extortion attempt......

Hackers Are "Rattlesnakes Without the Rattles"

Research into the psychology of hackers has been going on ever since Cap'n Crunch cereal whistles were used to make free phone calls to anywhere in the world. I saw the ABC News article......

Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008

I just read about a new law signed at the end of September, 2008, by U.S. President Bush, H.R. 5983; the "Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008" which is under Title II....

Miscellaneous Cybercrime & Privacy Tidbits

For the last day of Global Security Week (GSW) I'm providing a few items that relate to cybercrime that I find interesting......

Today We Remember

Today is day 4 of Global Security Week (GSW). It is in memory of this sad and tragic day in 2001 that the spirit and concept of GSW was created. This is why GSW is held during the week leading...

Sloppy Disposal Aids Cybercriminals

For day 3 of Global Security Week I want to talk a little bit about the importance of securely disposing of your papers and storage media that contains personal information......

Medical Identity Theft Is On The Rise

For day 2 of Global Security Week I want to highlight the growing problem of medical identity theft......

Not Enough Police To Deal With Cybercrime

Here's an interesting article about cybercrime to kick off Day 1 of Global Security Week......

Iowa Land Records Association Posts SSNs...Including The Governor's...On Their Internet Site

Okay, here's another example of a ridiculously dumb privacy breach that occurred, in Iowa this time, through a government agency posting information on the Internet......

5 Easy Things To Do for Global Security Week, September 8 - 12

Next week is Global Security Week! Do you have anything planned for your organization to help raise the awareness of all types of security issues? Here are a few ideas I wanted to pass along to you......

Many, Many Methods Of Cyberattacks

Yesterday CNN ran an interesting story, "U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say." For those of you in the information security biz this is not new news, I know. We've known and discussed the massive and insidious types of damage...

"Cyber Security in the Three Times: Past, Present, & Future"

Here is a very interesting-looking online seminar...FREE...looks worth checking out......

New Information Technology Crime Law in Saudi Arabia

Here's an interesting new law in Saudi Arabia... "New Law to Combat Information Technology Crimes...

Man Pleads Guilty To Loading Keylogger Software On Public Computers Worldwide To Collect PII and Commit Fraud

Here's another good example of an actual cybercrime that was allowed to occur because poor of safeguards on computers provided for public use. On January 9, 2008, Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla plead guilty to installing keylogger software on hotel business center...

Insider Threat Example: Programmer Sentenced To 30 Months In Jail And $81,200 Fine

Here's a case I blogged about amost exactly a year ago, but it is worth revisiting since the sentencing for the crime was just handed down and it was significant. If you haven't already, put this in your file of...

Insider Threat Lessons: Posting Threats And Personnel PII On The Internet Establishes Federal Jurisdiction

Here's another insider threat example to know and to discuss with your legal counsel and HR folks. It highlights the need for information security and privacy policies, shows how information security and privacy must work with multiple areas on an...

Data Will Always Be Less Safe In The Future...I Don't Want To Get Gussied Up To Talk On The Phone

I have a blog problem...there are way too many things I want to blog about and not enough hours in the day to do it! Throughout each day I note news items from the TV, or website news articles, or...

New FTC Report Provides Organizations Good Guidance For Protecting PII

Today the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report, "Combating Identity Theft: Implementing a Coordinated Plan."...

TJX Breach Sentence: Man Gets 5 Years in Prison and Must Pay $600,000 Restitution; Is It Enough?

On September 13, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Irving Escobar, the alleged leader of a Florida fraud ring that used stolen credit card information linked to the TJX, data breach was sentenced to five years in prison and must...

07/07/07! Lucky for Cybercriminals?

I've always been fascinated with numbers. Math has always been fun, and one of my degrees is in math. I've never really studied numerology, but today's date, 07/07/07, only happens once each century, and it is interesting to see how...

"Over 1 Million Computer Victims" Can Lead To Some Interesting, Awareness-Raising, Discussions

Here's a great conversation starter for a nice chat with your business leaders, "The FBI has found over 1 million computers are controlled by criminal botnets." Be prepared to answer some follow-up questions from your business leaders after telling them...

New Information Security and Cybercrime Initiatives Planned in the EU

As cybercrime continues to occur in more varied ways, as more incidents are reported every day, as new threats emerge, as more vulnerabilities are found within software and systems, often within those products that companies buy to improve security, the...

Insider Threat Example: Engineer Leaks U.S. Military Secrets

There has been a lot of talk and blogging recently about whether or not there is a need for an information security industry/profession. Um sure, and there is no need for the physical security industry/profession either, is there? As long...

Keyloggers + Social Engineering = Identity Theft: Fraudsters Exploit Human Frailties with Seductive Messages

Fraudsters and cybercriminals continue to find creative ways to exploit technology and human weakness to facilitate their crimes. Another new exploit they are using is hijacking popular Google search terms, typically targeting bank sites, and then inserting HTML into the...

SMBs, Identity Theft & Insider Threat: Bad SMB Security Impacts Organizations of All Sizes

There are many articles written about the insider threat, several have been done, and often the focus is on large organizations where those employees with malicious intent are often either in positions of trust way down in the org chart,...

How Good are the Security Practices for "America's Most Admired Companies 2007"?

Yesterday CNN reported the results of the FORTUNE 2007 survey of business people for the companies, in any industry, they admired most. The rankings were based upon 8 key score areas:...

Maine Seed Company Website Hacked: Demonstrates SMB Vulnerability & Questions Hacker Safe Seals

This is the time of the year that thoughts turn to gardening as seed catalogs start filling the mailboxes. I enjoy having fresh-grown vegetables from my garden; nothing is better than a deep red, ripe, juicy Big Boy Beefsteak tomato...

Identity Theft: Fraudulent Use of the CVC

An interesting article pointing out the way crooks use that 3-digit code on the back of your credit card was published in the Newark Advocate Saturday....

Data Ransom Story: Crooks Targeting Small Businesses and Individuals

Yesterday USA Today ran a report, "Cybercrooks hold PC data captive." This is nothing new, I blogged about this type of ransom scheme earlier this year. The crooks are getting more creative....

100 Million Internet Web Sites

Today CNN announced the Internet now has 100 million (100,000,000) web sites "with domain names and content on them." They provided several interesting accompanying statistics....

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