Tag: cybercrime
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The Botnet Wars – industry Q&A
I was approached recently by Bart PÂ from Panda security in order to participate in an industry expert Q&A about the botnet wars (apparently he did his homework as he got quite the lineup to participate in this, guessed he can count me as a close miss :-)…). He managed to compile a great Q&A where…
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Updated speaking schedule!
As noted before, for some reason beyond my understanding I am going to be speaking at both SOURCE Barcelona and Brucon in September, as well as in Excaliburcon in China (you guys must really like this whole crime meets state thing huh?). So, down to business, SOURCE Barcelona is going to be awesome – It’s…
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Tying up loose ends before Vegas (scammer closure)
Instead of updating the post in question (again), I figured I’ll post all the new info here and call this a wrap. So, we all know about the security scammer now, and the different ways he is working to defraud innocent users and steal their data and money. It has been quite an experience tracking…
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The Turkish hack and another case for IL-CERT
You have been living under a rock if you haven’t heard of the Turkish hack a couple of days ago. Basically – a Turkish hacker forum that bolsters a strong anti-Israeli attitude has been practicing hacking and mostly defacing Israeli sites for the past few months (years). Now, this is nothing new, and as I…
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How [not to] scam security people
An analysis of a rogue security tool that tries to steal passwords and scam people out of their paypal money and accounts.