Archive for the ‘Cybercrime’ Category

An Introduction to Hacking & Crimeware

An Introduction to Hacking & Crimeware: A Pocket Guide
Cybercrime is on the rise. Unchecked, it could destroy the entire global cyber infrastructure and wipe out many businesses. We need to defend ourselves against it, and we must fight back.
Know your enemy
An Introduction to Hacking & Crimeware is a comprehensive guide to the most recent and [...]

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Protection of credit card and ATM/debit card transactions

By Azie Amini
Protection of credit card/ATM card transactions and the latest trends in banking, credit card or internet fraud.
• As we go towards the end of the year, one by one report each credit card missing and get a new one with a new account number (make sure you ask for a new account [...]

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Top 10 Cyber Scams During Holiday Season

By Paul C Dwyer
“Tis the season to get scammed!”
Phishing Scams: PCD Says “Beware of emails that appear to be from charities. Not all will be real and bogus sites could steal your credit card details. These “Phishing” emails can also pretend to be banks, telephone companies and even the revenue commissioners. There is even [...]

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A guide to the realities of the subversive multi-vector threats

Cybercrime and Espionage

A guide to the realities of the subversive multi-vector threats (SMTs) now emerging as potential bearers of doom for organisations and countries
This guide will enlighten you to the dangers posed by SMTs like cyber crime and espionage in the 21st Century. Forewarned is forearmed, and this is what this book will help you [...]

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick

The Ghost in the Wires is a well written and captivating tale of Kevin Mitnick which tells his story of how artfully he used social engineering time and again as a first step for some of his famous hacks. During his social [...]

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If you See Something Say Something – DHS

“Dept Of Homeland Security Attempt To Induce A Permanent State Of Fear & Paranoia!”
DHS encourages floks in public to spy on others for the sake of security?

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Homeland Security Begins at Home

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How to protect ourselves from Payment Fraud

Some basic advice has been issued by Apacs, and includes:
* Don’t let your cards or your card details out of your sight when making a transaction
 
* Do not keep your passwords, login details or Pins written down
 
* Do not disclose Pins, login details or passwords in response to unsolicited emails
 
* Only divulge card details over [...]

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Hackers breach FBI partner’s site

LONDON — Nearly 180 passwords belonging to members of an Atlanta-based FBI partner organization have been stolen and leaked to the Internet, the group confirmed yesterday.
The logins belonged to the local chapter of InfraGard, a public-private partnership devoted to sharing information about threats to US physical and Internet infrastructure, the chapter’s president said.
“Someone did compromise [...]

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Google blaming Chinese hackers for security breach

For the second time in 17 months, Google is pointing its finger at China for a security breach in one of its systems.
This time, Google says Chinese hackers were responsible for breaking into the personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people _ including those of senior U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists.
The latest [...]

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