Frauds & Ends Blog
May 15, 2012
Go. No Go. Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
There’s one thing that all Americans agree on. But, nobody can agree on what that one thing is. That is except for CISPA. Everybody can agree that CISPA is something nobody agrees on – at least as currently constituted. CISPA’s proponents and opponents do not fall neatly along party lines. One of the bill’s chief [...]
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May 14, 2012
If the Mad Monk Knew How Much Russian Cybercriminals Made Today, He’d Really Be Mad
Rasputin, the Mad Monk, had a pretty good gig in his day living off the Tsarina and the kindness of well-to-do ladies. Well, at least it was good up until the time he was poisoned, shot and dumped in the Neva River. Still, compared to Russia’s modern cybercriminals, Rasputin’s religious charlatan “con” was small vodka. [...]
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May 11, 2012
A Country Famous for Reindeer Tries to Rein in Cybercrime. Finland’s Banks/Customers Suffer Daily Cyberattacks.
A survey by Yle, Finland’s national public broadcasting company, revealed that all of Finland’s major banks reported attempts to break into online accounts. Detective Chief Inspector Timo Piiroinen of Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said, “I can’t comment on specifics, but there have been more than 100 successful breaches.” Kai Koskela, Director of Online Services [...]
Posted by Dan Rampe Categories: Aktia Bank Fraud. bank fraud. Bank malware. Cookie wiping. Cookieless Device Identification. Credit Card Fraud. Cyber Attacks. cybercriminals. cybersecurity. Data Breach. Data Breaches. Device Detection. Device Fingerprint. Device ID. Device Identification. Finland Banking Fraud. Hackers. Hacking. Identity Theft. Malware. malware prevention. malware protection. man-in-the-browser attack. MitB. MitB page injections. MitB Trojan. Mobile Malware. mobile payments. Nordea Bank Fraud. online banking. Online Credit Card Transactions. Online Fraud. OP-Pohjola Fraud. PC Fingerprint. personally identifiable information. Phishing Attacks. PII. S-Bank Fraud. Sampo Bank Fraud. ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform. TrustDefender Client. TrustDefender Cloud. TrustDefender ID. TrustDefender Mobile. Uncategorized Continue Reading
May 10, 2012
Have UK Banks Been Rubbing Salt in Fraud Victim Wounds?
The BBC reports that each year 900,000 people are victims of identity theft and online fraud in the UK with thieves using their credit card information to withdraw money from accounts or to make purchases. The amount stolen totals more than £300,000. To ensure that victims are reimbursed by the banks for their losses, Britain’s [...]
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May 8, 2012
In 2011 the World was Buried Under a Malware Avalanche
In 2011 the world was buried under a malware avalanche. There was so much malware that every man, woman and child (plus assorted dogs, cats, and goldfish) in the USA could have had a malware variant named after them. Meghan Kelly in Venturebeat.com reported an 81 percent increase in cyber attacks last year. “It’s really [...]
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May 4, 2012
Nissan Hit Malware Targets Employees’ Log-in
Hackers breached Nissan’s network stealing employees’ usernames and encrypted passwords and transmitted them to an outside server. Though refusing to say which employees had been targeted, what division of the car company they worked for or what the hackers might’ve been after, Nissan did report that it tracked the breach back to an IP. David [...]
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May 2, 2012
Malware Makes Manifold Mac Attacks That Infect 600,000 Macs – Now That’s Nothing to Sneeze At
Doctor Web, a Russian antivirus company, reports that 600,000 Macs have installed malware that makes them susceptible to being hijacked and used as a “botnet.” Adding insult to injury, 274 of the infected computers appear to be located in Apple’s backyard, Cupertino, California, where the company’s headquarters are located. According to Lucian Constantin in IDG [...]
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April 30, 2012
When You’ve Seen One Trojan…You Have NOT Seen Them All
Just when Apple-ites thought they were again free to boast about their malware-free Mac OS X, here comes another Trojan. Actually, two more. Security researchers have found two variants of the SabPub Trojan. Quoting security expert Costin Raiu, pcworld.com reported that the first variant is known as Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a. Like Flashback, the new Trojan was spread [...]
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April 27, 2012
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – And Don’t Forget the Malware
Goode Intelligence, which specializes in market intelligence and research and analysis for the information security and mobile phone security industries, surveyed organizations, asking whether they allowed Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) smartphone use. Seventy-one percent said they did and 47 percent of those surveyed said company data was being stored on “personal” devices. Those [...]
Posted by Dan Rampe Categories: Apple Malware. Apple Max OS X malware. Blackberry Malware. Bring your own device. BYOD. Cookie wiping. Cookieless Device Identification. Cyber Attacks. Cyber warfare. cybercriminals. cybersecurity. Device Detection. Device Fingerprint. Device ID. Device Identification. Mac Malware. Malware. malware prevention. malware protection. man-in-the-browser attack. MitB. MitB page injections. MitB Trojan. Mobile fraud. Mobile Malware. Online Fraud. personally identifiable information. PII. ThreatMetrix. ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform. TrustDefender Client. TrustDefender Cloud. TrustDefender ID. TrustDefender Mobile Continue Reading
April 26, 2012
Facebook Buying Instagram Sets Off Android Malware App Feeding Frenzy
News that Facebook was buying Instagram, a free photo sharing program, for $1 billion in cash and stock, had the same effect on cybercriminals as bloody chum in the water has on sharks. Suddenly fake websites advertising Instagram apps for Androids started turning up faster than musicians at a free post-concert buffet (If you’re wondering [...]
Posted by Dan Rampe Categories: Andr/Boxer-F malware. Android malware. Android mobile fraud. Android.Opfake.B. Android/FakeToken.A. Botnets. Cookie wiping. Cookieless Device Identification. cybercriminals. Device Detection. Device Fingerprint. Device ID. Device Identification. Facebook. Facebook Malware. fraud. Hackers. Hacking. Instagram malware. Malware. malware prevention. malware protection. man-in-the-browser attack. MitB. MitB Trojan. Online Fraud. personally identifiable information. PII. ThreatMetrix. ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform. Trojans. TrustDefender Client. TrustDefender Cloud. TrustDefender ID. TrustDefender Mobile Continue Reading
