Month: March 2005

Watchfire: Is Your Site Seaworthy?

Watchfire’s mission is to make sure a Web site won’t be looted by pirates—or sink because the crew failed to make it watertight—as it sails

Voice of Experience: Garbage Disposal

Rich MaloneCIOEdward D. Jones & Co.St. Louis, MO.www.edwardjones.com MANAGER’S PROFILE: In charge of information-technology strategy and operations for the 83-year-old brokerage firm, which reported revenue

Timeline: Cybercrime

Some of the most infamous computer crimes have occurred in just the last five years. Here is a look back at significant attacks launched from

Cybercrime’s Most Wanted

ShadowcrewShut down: October 2004 Trafficked in: Stolen and counterfeit identification Twenty-eight people were arrested when federal agents seized control of this Web site. The Secret

Base Technologies 5

It doesn’t take much to get an organized cybercrime ring going. Below is a list of technologies that the U.S. Secret Service and security experts

Sunny Delight: Cutting Ties

Greg Winholt, chief information officer and controller of fruit beverage maker Sunny Delight, glances at his watch; time is precious. A steady stream of heads

Shadowcrew: Web Mobs

They operate under names such as carderplanet, stealthdivision, darkprofits and the shadowcrew. They buy and sell millions of credit card numbers, social security numbers and