Nov 2 2009 2:48PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Operation Phish Phry,
phishing,
Security
 |
“Criminally savvy groups recruit here and abroad to pool tactics and skills necessary to commit organized theft facilitated by the computer, including hacking, fraud and identity theft, with a common greed and shared willingness to victimize Americans.”
FBI Los Angeles acting assistant director Keith Bolcar, Operation Phish Phry: FBI Arrests 33 for Internet Scam |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Operation Phish Phry.
Oct 30 2009 12:51PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
zombie,
pulsing zombie,
Security,
Spam
 |
“IT security and data protection company, Sophos, has called on computer users around the world to participate in “Kill-A-Zombie Day” on Saturday 31st October, also known as Halloween. Billions of spam messages are sent every day, with over 99% determined to be relayed from innocent users’ computers that have been hijacked and turned into a zombie.”
Kansas City InfoZine, International Kill-a-Zombie Day Will be a Thriller for Halloween |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is pulsing zombie. Happy Halloween!
Oct 23 2009 4:42PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
micro-botnet,
Security,
botnet,
phishing,
social engineering
 |
I suspect that a sizable percentage of small botnets are those developed by people who understand or are operating inside a business as employees who want to gain remote access to corporate systems, or by criminal entities that have dug deep and gotten insider information on the environment…We’ve seen a growth in the number of sites that offer the sale of corporate documents that were extracted from the bots.
Gunter Ollmann, as quoted in Up To 9 Percent Of Machines In An Enterprise Are Bot-Infected |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is micro-botnet, also known as baby botnet.
Oct 1 2009 1:49PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Malware,
Trojan horse,
RAT,
remote access tool,
remote access Trojan,
Security,
risk management
 |
“In an even more sophisticated ploy, the Trojan altered the victim’s online banking page to change the amount of the transfer to a smaller number. In one transaction, the cybercriminals stole more than $8,000, but to the victim, it appeared like a $53 transaction.”
Angela Moscaritolo, URLZone touted as most sophisticated banking Trojan yet |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is RAT. It’s a type of malware horse.
Sep 28 2009 2:56PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
VoIP,
Security,
virus,
Trojan
 |
“Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations that go over computers instead of a regular phone line.”
Jordan Robertson, Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is VoIPSA.
Sep 22 2009 2:23PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
FISMA,
Compliance,
ICE,
Security
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is FISMA.