InfoManager_TM

It’s a heck of a way to start off a new month, but in the news : * A Phishing Attack Happens Every 20 Seconds * Why eBay Emails Can Be Hard to Trust * FBI details worst social networking cyber crime problems * Organized Crime Involved in Most Data Breaches * Imperva Launches Hacker Intelligence Initiative * Cyber Crime Costs on the Rise: Study * Russia tops Internet attack traffic list * BBB Issues Warning Against Amazon.com Phishing E-mail * Cybercriminals Put a New Spin on Old Threats

A Phishing Attack Happens Every 20 Seconds

Spam and phishing is growing in places around the world now — not just the U.S.
      Approximately every 20 seconds, a German email recipient falls victim to a phishing attack, based on data collected last month by German email security provider eleven (www.eleven.de).
more :: www.thewhir.com

Why eBay Emails Can Be Hard to Trust

DJ Waldow writes :
      I attempt to login to my eBay account for the first time in nearly eight months and receive a message that my account has been blocked; I call the eBay support number so kindly supplied, and speak with an extremely helpful gentleman who tells me that my account was locked due to “suspicious activity”; he goes on to explain phishing scams to me.
more :: DJ Waldow – www.marketingprofs.com

FBI details worst social networking cyber crime problems

They include: Phishing: Phishing attacks on social networking site users come in various formats, including: messages within the social networking site …Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and other social networking sites ripe for cyber crimals
     

Regardless of the social networking site, users continue to be fooled online by persons claiming to be somebody else … The surge in the use of social networking sites over the past two years, has given cyber thieves and child predators new, highly effective avenues to take advantage of unsuspecting users.

Organized Crime Involved in Most Data Breaches

Organized crime syndicates were implicated in 85 percent of all data breaches last year, according to information compiled by Verizon and the U.S. Secret Service for the 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations report released Wednesday.
      The report, which investigated more than 900 serious data breaches that compromised more than 900 million online records, also found that the vast majority (96 percent) of the breaches could have been avoided had companies and organizations implemented basic security technology and policies.
The report
more :: Larry Barrett – www.esecurityplanet.com/

Imperva Launches Hacker Intelligence Initiative

Imperva has launched its hacker intelligence initiative (HII), a research effort focused on providing deeper insight on how cybercriminals conduct large scale cyber attacks as well as shedding light on the evolution of the underground business of cybercrime.
      Part of Imperva’s Application Defense Center (ADC), the hacker intelligence initiative will investigate the anatomy of attacks as well as key hacking trends by exploring the cybercrime industry utilizing techniques including hack-back, forum monitoring and internet traffic surveillance.
more :: www.darkreading.com

Cyber Crime Costs on the Rise: Study

Cyber attacks continue to plague organizations of every size, costing companies and consumers millions of dollars and months, if not years, of headaches.
      The latest study by security researchers at the Ponemon Institute and ArcSight found that virtually every organization is hit with a significant cyber attack at least once a week
www.internetnews.com
more :: www.esecurityplanet.com

Russia tops Internet attack traffic list

We’ve complained all along of China’s role in the cybercrime univers — now Russia experiences the maximum Internet attack traffic, such as phishing and spam, in the world, according to a study.
      With 12 percent of attack traffic, Russia has topped the list that features over 200 countries.
more :: sify.com

BBB Issues Warning Against Amazon.com Phishing E-mail

Last month we pointed out several Amazon, Facebook and Twitter method phishing hacks, complete with illustrations.
      Now, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers that new phishing e-mails have been seen posing as messages from the customer service of Amazon.com – the popular online shopping site. The e-mail, which displays a header “Thank you for your order,” contains the bookstore’s logo and appears genuine.
more :: www.spamfighter.com

Cybercriminals Put a New Spin on Old Threats

A disturbing Internet security trend is putting home PC users’ identities at risk. Phishing Trojans, a kind of Internet security threat designed to steal your personal information and wreak other havoc on your PC, have been taking on new forms.
      Internet security experts at Webroot have also identified malicious programs that leave your PC unusable after infection: Victims either cannot reboot their PCs once the data theft is complete, or their PCs crash when they attempt to remove the malware
more :: www.prnewswire.com