Monday, June 30, 2008

19 years old and headed to prison

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Jason Michael Milmont, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, may be only 19 years old, but he's already a very successful cybercriminal. In this Los An...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

Chinese Hackers hit Congress?

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The early news from US Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) came out on June 11th, when Wolf submitted House Resolution 1263 , calling for the S...
Friday, June 06, 2008

A Romantic June Storm

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On June 2nd, starting at 5:53 PM, the UAB Spam Data Mine started receiving spam messages for the new version of the storm worm. The messag...
Monday, May 19, 2008

38 Indicted in Los Angeles and Connecticut Phishing Cases

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On April 23rd, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey gave a speech in Washington DC where he revealed his new stance on International Organiz...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Spanish Arrest D.O.M. Team

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Spanish police announced the arrest today of five members of a prolific hacking team known as "D.O.M.". The D.O.M. team has been ...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Certificate Dangers?

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The German Import House has a catalog where you can by a Dirndl dress or an Oktoberfest Party Hat. https://germanimporthouse.sslpowered...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Indictments reveal $77 Million in Illegal Pill Sales

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Congratulations to the Daytona Beach FBI, US Attorney Robert O'Neill, and their colleagues at IRS and FDA. The Daytona Beach News report...
Monday, May 12, 2008

TJX and Dave & Busters

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If you've visited a Dave & Busters, you know these are a great place for grown-ups to go out and play. I've been to several eve...
Friday, May 09, 2008

Digital Certificates Update

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A quick update from the previous post. The Digital Certificates spam campaign against Merrill Lynch continues, but the good guys seem to be ...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Digital Certificate Alert!

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UAB Computer Forensics is investigating yet another "Digital Certificate" phishing attack -- this time with Merrill Lynch as the t...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Dear CEO . . . You are Commanded to Go Phishing!

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This week has been busy with yet another Spear Phishing campaign being launched against the Execs of US-based companies. This is not a new ...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

"Grey Pigeon" banking trojan leads to jail time in China

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On April 3, computing.co.uk reported the arrest of four Chinese men for breaking into the online bank accounts of their fellow citizens. T...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Welcome Cornelius Tate, our new NCSD!

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Today Brian Krebs broke the story in his Washington Post "Security Fix" blog , that Cornelius Tate had been named to head the Dep...

In Nigeria, Yahoo Boys picked up by EFCC Raids

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Cyber Cafes in Akure in the state of Ondo, and Onitsha, in the state of Anambra were raided today. The locals have a term for the type of c...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

AKILL Convicted - Are we safer now?

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Last night the BBC World Service called to ask me what I thought of the AKILL conviction. We primarily discussed that the news here should n...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Don't Be A Fool! Don't Click on New Storm Email!

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The Storm Worm is at it again, spamming Holiday related spam to infect our machines. Beginning around noon on March 31st, UAB's Spam Da...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Phishers Seek Google Adword Accounts

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In recent months we have seen occasions where Advertisements placed with Google have actually pointed consumers to sites which would attempt...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Smiling Bob Forfeits $33 Million

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Back in 2002, USA Today had a story about Smiling Bob , the first penis enlargement program to have television advertisements. A snip from ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Storm Loves You!

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The Storm Worm (yes, I know its not a worm, but that's what its called!) has mutated once again and is back in the full swing of "S...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

New IRS Virus page taxes users

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A phishing site hosts fraudulent bank pages, and an IRS look-alike virus A new round of spam, first noticed on January 8th, has been observe...