Monday, March 23, 2009

$10,800 per day for cybercrime jockeys?; Power grid is found susceptible to cyberattack

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Ukrainian cybercriminals raked in $10K/day, Finjan reports

Ellen Messmer By Ellen Messmer
Ten thousand eight hundred dollars per day for cybercrime jockeys? That's what security vendor Finjan says it witnessed during its 16-day infiltration of a cybercrime operation that involved selling bogus antivirus software. Read full story

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Report links Russian intelligence to cyber attacks A follow-up report authored by a group of cyber-security experts claims that Russian intelligence agencies were probably involved in the 2008 cyber attacks on Georgia.

A hacking tool gets updated for the Mac Two well-known Mac hackers are updating a widely used hacking toolkit, making it easier to take control of a Macintosh computer.

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03/23/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Rootkit to exploit Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
  2. Voluntary separation scheme for Dell's Malaysian staff
  3. Researcher cracks Mac in 10 seconds at PWN20WN
  4. Palm revenues plunge as Pre's launch draws near
  5. Tweeted out of a job: "Cisco Fatty" story
  6. Cisco buying flip video camera maker for $590 million
  7. Developer accidentally triggers iPhone tethering in 3.0 beta
  8. Cisco rivals size up UCS with usual reaction: caveat emptor
  9. Can Cisco sell 'unified' vision to a tough server crowd?
  10. IBM + Sun: How a merger would impact IT
  11. Students learn through robot battles


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