The past weeks have seen a number of cybercriminal events that are noteworthy in that they give us a glimpse of where cybercrime in general and DDoS attacks in particular are heading. In this post we take a look at the forces driving DDoS attacks, put recent events in perspective, and assist in understanding what can be done about them. The same way dynamit

The author behind one strain of banking malware, Gozi, has plead guilty and is awaiting sentencing while two other men, who allegedly had a hand in developing the banking malware Citadel and Dridex, were recently apprehended.Latvian Deniss Calovskis, 30, acknowledged in a federal court in New York on Friday that he wrote some of the code behind Gozi, a Troja

Attackers altered the domain name system (DNS) records for Lenovo.com on Wednesday, allowing them to spoof the computer manufacturer’s website and gain access to the company’s MX mail server records.Following the attack, users who visited Lenovo’s company page saw a teenager’s slideshow, with the song “Breaking Free” from Disney’s High School Musical playing

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