Dell Ranked No. 1 Global Healthcare IT Services Provider

Dell is the leading provider of healthcare IT services globally according to a recent Gartner industry report. Dell has achieved the No 1. ranking two consecutive years. 

“Our goal is to deliver services and solutions that enable healthcare providers to administer the highest quality of care to their patients. The ranking as the top provider of healthcare services reflects…

Dell Buys SecureWorks to Boost IT Services

Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SecureWorks, a provider of information security services, a move that seeks to expand Dell’s portfolio of on-demand IT offerings.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., SecureWorks serves thousands of clients in 70 countries, including more than 15 percent of the Fortune 500 and…

‘White House’ Christmas Card Laced with Malware

Cyber crooks used a fake White House email Christmas card to steal data from law enforcement, military and government workers, although analysts said no classified information was compromised, The Associated Press reports.

The Christmas tree-decorated e-card prompted recipients to click on a link, which then downloaded the Zeus malware commonly used to steal passwords and other online credentials. In this case, however, the…

Russians Criminals Use Botnets for Check Counterfeiting

A security researcher has discovered a Russian cyber crime gang that uses botnets to steal and print millions of dollars worth of false invoices. The gang then recruits money mules to cash the counterfeit checks.

The scam, which is highly automated, begins with the infiltration of online check archiving and verification services which often store vast records of previously cashed checks. It then goes through job websites to find email…

Banks Under Siege in Eastern Europe

A group of cyber criminals are placing banks in Russia and the Ukraine under siege with a next-generation exploitation kit that hacks the authentication system and uses a denial of service attack.

The attacks use a revised version of BlackEnergy, which was commonly used in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The criminals are using the new and improved version to transfer funds from electronic bank accounts and then attack…

Trojans Take a Page from Microsoft Playbook

Hardware providers often utilize anti-piracy controls to keep their products from being copied and sold or used illegally. Virus writers have now taken the concept and applied it to their Trojan offerings.

According the The Register, the newest version of the Zeus Trojan kit utilizes product activation technology similar to that employed by Microsoft Windows. The technology only allows one computer to run the “licensed version.” The most basic version…

Russian Attack Botnet Now Used for Domestic Financial Crimes

Russian botnets are commonly used by cyber criminals to target victims in predominately Western nations, such as the U.S., Germany, France and UK. However, Joe Stewart, a researcher with SecureWorks, has found that a Russian botnet is now being used to target domestic financial institutions using a plug-in that does not require the hacker to write new source code.

The botnet, termed BlackEnergy 2 by Stewart, was used…

New Banking Trojan Found

Security researchers with SecureWorks have discovered a new banking Trojan, which is used by cyber criminals to siphon off millions of dollars.

The so-called Bugat Trojan looks to exploit wire transfer and Automated Clearing House transactions, which are used by smaller businesses.

The Trojan uses malware commonly used in other financial cyber crimes. These include:

Need a Job? Cyber Criminals are Hiring…

Everyone agrees the present job market is tough as unemployment in the United States is in the double digits. Well, cyber criminals are stepping into the gap, seeking to hire individuals willing to infect computers with malware, according to an article on RedOrbit.com.

Two cyber criminal organizations that have previously been involved with credit card and banking thefts are…