DarkMarket Closes its Doors, Finally

Darkmarket closed shop recently. If you hadn’t heard from them, don’t worry much. This web site operating from different places worldwide managed to join all sorts of credit card crooks and provided different levels of seller verification, escrow services and malware consulting. It finally went offline and their owners put in custody thanks to [...]

Twitterbuilding.com—Stealing Your Passwords One Tweet at a Time

I, like many others, am a big fan of Twitter, although I’m fairly ruthless about pruning those I follow. Most of the people I follow are either other security professionals or close friends and they normally Tweet content that I am genuinely interested in. The first hint of someone going to the dark side, [...]

Haiti earthquake themed blackhat SEO campaigns serving scareware

Cybercriminals quickly mobilized following the news of a massive earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday. The blackhat SEO campaigns are only the tip of the iceberg. Here’s what else to look for, and how to make sure you’re donating money to the right organization.

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