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InternetNews February 16, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
Symantec Sounds Warning on Router Passwords Symantec warns on a vulnerability in some home broadband routers.  |
InternetNews September 17, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Have We Reached The End Of The Virus? Not quite. The old-fashioned virus infestation is fading as the biggest nuisance for computer users in favor of Trojans, Symantec's new malware study finds.  |
InternetNews April 14, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Credit Cards, Banks Targeted by Cyber Criminals Sophisticated criminal gangs are organized and focused on stealing, buying and selling identities across shadowy online markets.  |
InternetNews April 8, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Malware Problem Shows no Sign of Slowing It's easier than ever to write a phishing virus that looks like a Facebook app thanks to virus writer's toolkits, Symantec finds.  |
PC Magazine April 20, 2005 Karen Jones |
Pharming Your Identity Identity theft is on the rise, and phishing--e-mail scams disguised as legitimate correspondence--has risen to epidemic proportions. Now, phishing's newest mutation, called "pharming," poses a more insidious threat.  |
Entrepreneur July 2005 Amanda C. Kooser |
Pharm's Way Learn how to protect yourself from the latest internet attack, pharming, which can lead to hijacked accounts or identity theft.  |
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Symantec's Latest: Customized Threat Protection Symantec announced a custom threat analysis and protection service through its Global Services Security Response unit. Managed Threat Analysis, is designed to help companies facing more targeted attacks from criminals looking to steal intellectual property.  |
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Robert Lemos |
Hacking for Dollars Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today's PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.  |
PC World February 3, 2003 Paul Roberts |
The Net Is Dangerous, Research Says Attack rates decline, but worms and software flaws keep cyberspace hazardous, Symantec reports.  |
InternetNews July 7, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Symantec: USB Keys Threaten the Enterprise As criminals innovate to attack PCs, Symantec promised to continue to fight them.  |
InternetNews August 3, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Mobile, Social Networks Threaten IT: Symantec IT management is getting tougher as new threats (e.g. 'scareware') emerge and old ones persist.  |
Information Today June 2005 Phillip Britt |
No Phishing Allowed Today, the biggest threats for companies and consumers are the new crimes with funny-looking names: phishing, pharming, and spim.  |
PC World February 26, 2007 Robert McMillan |
Phishing Sites Explode on the Web Online criminals are thriving even in the face of new automated defenses.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Tim Gray |
Browser-Based Attacks on the Rise Browser-based attacks such as pharming and phishing scams are now the fastest-growing security threat on the Internet.  |
InternetNews September 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Report: Home Users Blind To Hackers According to a new status report from security vendor Symantec, home users are the target of 86 percent of attacks. Financial services ranked second, the target of 84 percent of phishing attempts in the first half of 2006.  |
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Brian Krebs |
It's 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Global identity thieves may know their way around your computer better than you do. Learn how to protect yourself in the scary new world of zombies, RATs, Trojan horses and evil twins.  |
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark |
New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Symantec Scrambles to Fix Firewall Flaws Users of Symantec's popular firewall product suite are at risk of code execution attacks.  |
AskMen.com March 12, 2003 Steve Richer |
How To: Avoid Identity Theft Criminals steal identities to commit all kinds of fraud and hide the misdeeds they commit. In 2001, there were more than 86,000 victims of this crime in the United States; that figure almost doubled to 162,000 in 2002. Read on to learn how to avoid being the next victim.  |
InternetNews May 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
Symantec Patches Antivirus Vulnerability Symantec said today it has fixed a vulnerability in its antivirus software suite that potentially could open a backdoor to hackers.  |
InternetNews March 7, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
DNS-Based Phishing Attacks on The Rise Phishers are using a pair of DNS exploits to help give them the illusion of credible domains.  |
PC World June 1, 2008 Erik Larkin |
Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware Malicious software makers are using social networks, video sites, and blogs to peddle their wares to other online criminals.  |
CIO December 16, 2009 Robert McMillan |
Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering How hackers can steal your data.  |
Wired October 2009 Vince Beiser |
Nils Christie: Empty the Prisons From the death penalty to "three strikes" laws, Americans love tough responses to crime, but not necessarily smart ones. Nils Christie has a better idea: Stop treating lawbreakers like criminals.  |
Fast Company March 2000 Rekha Balu |
Cyber Crime Report from the Futurist  |