Latest cybercrime publications

p>A Russian hacker group has stolen over 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from over 500 million email accounts, in the biggest data haul known to date, warned research firm Hold Security. Around 4.5bn actual records are said to have been snatched from over 420,000 sites, including details hacked from top Fortune 500 companies, as well… Read More

Denial of service attacks come in many forms but their effect can be devastating for the victim business. David Barker, the technical director of 4D Hosting, describes the different types of attack and what the service provider can do to protect their network. Historically, distributed denial of service (DDoS) was just an annoyance, but in… Read More