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- noun A
perpetrator ofcybercrime .
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That document raised alarms about whether government systems are adequately protected from emerging threats such as cybercriminal mobs in Eastern Europe or from the Chinese military.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Alexander Wolfe 2010
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That document raised alarms about whether government systems are adequately protected from emerging threats such as cybercriminal mobs in Eastern Europe or from the Chinese military.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Alexander Wolfe 2010
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That document raised alarms about whether government systems are adequately protected from emerging threats such as cybercriminal mobs in Eastern Europe or from the
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs Alexander Wolfe 2010
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Earlier this year, the trend among spammers was to create Twitter accounts from scratch, try to gain as many followers as possible, then attempt to sell them, with prices listed on Russian cybercriminal forums of between $500 and $1,000.
Russian Cybercriminals Selling Thousands of Hacked Twitter Accounts | Impact Lab 2010
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Hacked Twitter accounts are selling briskly on Russian cybercriminal forums, with fraud artists and spammers paying between $100 and $200 for batches of 1,000 accounts, depending on number of followers the accounts have, according to a Russian security researcher.
Russian Cybercriminals Selling Thousands of Hacked Twitter Accounts | Impact Lab 2010
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FBI agent discusses his life posing as cybercriminal ...
Coffee Break: May 7 2009
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Most do-it-yourself hacking programs sold on cybercriminal forums come with "packages of several vulnerabilities they're prepared to exploit," says Kandek.
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The illicit Twitter trade is being conducted on Russian-language, members-only cybercriminal forums, Raiu says.
Russian Cybercriminals Selling Thousands of Hacked Twitter Accounts | Impact Lab 2010
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But security experts warn that a cybercriminal could still use the information to commit fraud, especially if they know which email addresses are associated with customers of particular businesses.
Breach Brings Scrutiny Ben Worthen 2011
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Security researchers will be able to upload hacking techniques, name their price and sell work that until now has been profitable only through the cybercriminal black market.
NSS Labs' Nasdaq For Hackers Andy Greenberg 2010
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