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Banks Hit By High-tech Extortion
News Just a week after NatWest launched the UK's first-ever banking service to operate entirely via the Internet, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has confirmed that it is aware of a number of extortion demand made by computer crackers on...
[September 22, 1999, 16:38]
Schneier: Cyber-extortion On The Rise
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure organisations.
[January 23, 2008, 16:28]
News Burst: Banks Hit By High-tech Extortion
News The ICC said it is aware of several extortion attempts made by computer crackers on international financial institutions. Banks and other financial institutions have been targeted by high-tech extortionists, the International Chamber of Commerce...
[September 20, 1999, 10:21]
Trojans Used For Online Extortion
Talkback THE CHANGING FACE OF EXTORTION The offence of extortion is not new but in existence from long time. Under the traditional Penal law the offence of extortion is completed the moment an offender intentionally puts any person in fear of “any injury...
[May 26, 2005, 16:26]
Grand National Extortion Attacks 'unlikely'
News The massive bandwidth extortion attacks that crippled online gambling sites last year are unlikely to be repeated ahead of this year's Grand National horse race, which takes place on Saturday, industry experts predicted on Friday.
[April 8, 2005, 12:20]
Online Extortion Victim Speaks Out
News Malik then contacted the Russian gangsters behind the extortion scam and asked for one day to get the money together. The founder of an online payment system has spoken out about his experience of being targeted by Russian gangsters who threatened...
[May 31, 2005, 12:40]
Trojans Used For Online Extortion
News Attackers could use email, a Web site, or other means to distribute the Trojan.Pgpcoder and launch a widespread extortion campaign, Symantec's Friedrichs said. In a new type of online attack, extortionists remotely encrypt user files and then...
[May 25, 2005, 10:35]
Online Extortion Victim Speaks Out
Talkback CYBER TERRORISM The traditional concepts and methods of terrorism have taken new dimensions, which are more destructive and deadly in nature. In the age of information technology the terrorists have acquired an expertise to produce the most deadly...
[May 31, 2005, 14:49]
British Gambling Sites Hit By Extortion Threats
Talkback How is this supposed to work? In real life protection rackets actually have the ability to protect their clients. The victim will only have to pay one gang and should be ensured safety as long as that gang stays on top.
[February 2, 2004, 11:24]
Trojans Used For Online Extortion
Talkback Serves you right for using Windows. Switch to something more inherently secure (GNU/Linux is a good choice), and you'll be much, much better off. These days, GNU/Linux is easier to use, and security patches are generally more quickly forthcoming...
[May 25, 2005, 22:47]
Trojans Used For Online Extortion
Talkback Some young guy - have you ever heard of a company called Secunia? If not, Google it and subscribe. It may open your eyes as well as your source, to find that I guess 90% of Advisories are concerned with Linux in all its forms.
[May 31, 2005, 18:27]
Why Google Need Not Fear Microsoft
Talkback Fraud, Extortion, Blackmail, Sabotage, Antitrust If a street hood made such a threat to the local grocer, it would be called extortion. The article by Mr Carroll seeks to focus on a very narrow definition of competition.
[February 11, 2004, 0:09]
Hackers Shy Away From DDoS Attacks
News The quantity of distributed denial-of-service attacks launched for the purpose of extortion has fallen, according to security vendor Symantec. Although there are likely a number of factors at play here, I think there is one primary factor: denial...
[May 3, 2007, 12:52]
Thousands Of Companies Are Paying Off Online Extortionists
News Alan Paller, director of research for security organisation SANS, said today that online extortion was rife and that cybercrime was set to get worse. Six or seven thousand organisations are paying online extortion demands," said Paller on Friday at...
[October 8, 2004, 14:25]
Why Google Need Not Fear Microsoft
Talkback Fraud, Extortion, Blackmail, Sabotage, Antitrust If a street hood made such a threat to the local grocer, it would be called extortion. The article by Mr Carroll seeks to focus on a very narrow definition of competition.
[February 10, 2004, 20:47]
Criminal Gangs Blackmail Web Users With Porn Threat
News While criminal gangs are more widely associated with threatening denial of service attacks unless they get a kickback of thousands of pounds, it seems some are taking a more small-scale approach to extortion: now average PC users are being targeted.
[July 22, 2004, 16:30]
MikeRoweSoft Garners Funds To Fight Back
Talkback That's the real problem here - a multibillion dollar corporation deciding that $10 is fair compensation for deeply wounding a kid's nifty business idea, then responding to a request for $10,000 (not unreasonable for renaming and remarketing even a...
[January 20, 2004, 16:04]
Be Prepared To Pay For Security
Talkback Basically, this all came from China but it is becoming all to common as a type of extortion. This shakedown is extortion by any other name. Be prepared to pay for security Leader Mr. AT Alishtari, POA and Founder EDI Secure LLLP, had 3 million...
[August 26, 2005, 6:52]
News Burst: Cracker Holds Bank To Ransom
News A recent international report suggested that banks are at risk from extortion by high-tech criminals. See "Banks hit by high-tech extortion". A cracker is holding Czechoslovakia's largest bank, Ceska Sporitelna, to ransom after breaking into its...
[September 23, 1999, 11:14]
Start-up Reignites Bug-disclosure Debate
News Our business model is a little edgy, but we never saw it as extortion or thought of it that way," DeMott said. Anytime you have someone saying they have this, and that, unless you give them money, they'll do that, that's extortion," said Frederick...
[August 3, 2007, 15:48]
