General security

PayPal: Chargebacks and Dispute Resolution

Introduction PayPal Inc. is a global provider of online payment services established in 1998 in Palo Alto, California. In 2012, PayPal Inc. generated a to

Cyber Kill Chain is a Great Idea, But is It Something Your Company Can Implement?

Lysa Myers, Virus Hunter, Intego If you're one of those folks who read a lot of InfoSec news, you've no doubt heard a lot of mention of the effectiveness of

E -Money Fraud

1. Introduction Electronic money (e-money) is the digital equivalent of cash that is stored on an electronic device or remotely at a server. It is a relativ

How to profit illegally from Bitcoin … cybercrime and much more

The interest in Bitcoin, one of the most popular currency schemas is high, financial world, small savers, merchants and of course, cyber-criminals observing

Botnets and Cybercrime – Botnets hunting – Part 3

Botnets and cybercrime – Introduction can be found here Botnets, how do they work? Architectures and case studies – Part 2 can be found here Introduction Sec

Botnets, how do they work? Architectures and case studies – Part 2

In the first part of this of this mini-series on the botnet cyber threat, we have shown the current scenario and the technological evolution in security land

Botnets and cybercrime - Introduction

Preface One of the most insidious cyber threats for security community is represented by diffusion of botnets, networks of infected computers (bots or zombie

A Security Officer’s Playbook

I've been writing some pieces for InfoSec Review about my past work in information security management and assurance within the British government. Although

"Frictionless Sharing": Browser History Leaked into the Cloud

I don't want this article to be alarming, and its purpose is not to make you deactivate / delete your Facebook account or make you stop all your social onlin

Visual Studio 2010 Basics

Introduction This article will demonstrate the development life cycle for various .NET framework applications,for instance, executables, console application