Fergie's Tech Blog

The Forensic Felons: The Next Generation of Cyber Thieves

A Ziff Davis Internet article by Evan Schuman, via eWeek, reports that:

For years, retailers have been told that if they merely abide by common sense security procedures—don't permit obvious passwords, check audit logs regularly and patch software immediately—they'd be in good security shape.

Although there is no doubt that is still sound counsel, security consultants are describing a new breed of professional cyber thieves out there, crooks who know as much about sophisticated forensic investigations as the good guys do.

posted by Fergie @ 4/13/2007 09:17:00 AM