On 2008-11-24,
in cybercrime,
by news
In October 2008, the Symantec Corporation published its Report on the Underground Economy, which is the culmination of a year-long effort to observe and record the behaviors of bad actors in the cybercrime arena. By watching the activities of malicious botnets over a long period of time, Symantec’s researchers were able to identify likely interaction […]
On 2008-11-20,
in trends,
by news
In October 2008, the Georgia Tech Information Security Center hosted its annual summit on emerging security threats for the coming year. After its conclusion, the conference issued a summary report entitled Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009, which catalogs a variety of threats that the conference participants felt would be important in the coming year. […]