Category: Security

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

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

Cloudmark: Vapor Customers

Cloudmark claims its software is used at more than 2,000 companies. But the startup may be embroidering the truth: Several of the “corporate customers” touted

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

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