The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently released their report on 2009 Internet crime statistics.  As you can probably guess, there were more complaints, more losses, higher average loss per incident.  IC3 is a federally funded non-profit, a joint operation between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
In brief:

Complaints received:  336,655
Total loss:  [...]

Small business or large, studies show that all companies are at risk of attack by hackers. Government agencies including the FBI have suggested using a separate computer for all transactions involving money or sensitive information, but from a business view, that isn’t scalable or practical. So we’re gonna spill the beans for you. We’re not [...]

First Direct bank in the UK has been the first British bank to embrace Twitter. Does that really surprise anyone? As a 100% online bank, they’ve maintained a business pace a few clicks ahead of competitors in online services.
But last weekend their clients and colleagues got a little surprise. First Direct’s Twitter account was duped, [...]

I was in a conversation this week with someone else in the online security space and I happened to mention that I think Tricerion’s Safe Login is pretty darn sweet. He was a proponent of a keyfob token that additionally used a USB chord and a card too. Yikes. That’s too complicated for me. In [...]

A world wide phishing attack on carbon emissions trading registries forced registries in nine countries to shut down, while in other countries trading was temporarily suspended.  Fake registries (phishing sites) were set up by a group of criminals who then sent out messages to thousands of users in different companies, making off with about 250,000 [...]

Well, it might not be the best career move and it probably won’t help you pad your resume, but hey – income is income, right? According to Reuters cyberthieves are hiring, and they’re placing ads online.
One site, for example, pays $180 (£112) for each 1,000 times that malware is downloaded onto a [...]