[pchelpers] News:Japanese Cybercrime at Record Levels as Hackers Crack Web sites

United Kingdom - 27th February 2009 - Finjan Inc., a provider of secure
web gateway products, says an increase in cybercrime figures from Japan
- do not bode well for e-crime in Western nations.

"Anecdotal evidence suggests that the volume and value of cybercrime has
soared again in 2008 and, with the current economic recession, we fully
expect the number of Internet scams, hacks and malware-driven infections
to increase even faster in 2009," said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Finjan's Chief
Technology Officer. 

This prediction, says the Finjan Chief Technology Officer, was
exemplified recently when the Japlog.jp Web site - rated 41 in Japan and
382 worldwide by Alexa - was comprehensively hacked and, using a
combination of obfuscated and ActiveX code, ended up infecting visitors
with malware.

Within days of Japlog.jp being compromised, he added, the even
more accessed Livedoor.jp Web site - rated 6 in Japan and 70 worldwide
by Alexa - was also compromised by cybercriminals.

More here:
http://www.contactcenterworld.com/view/contact-center-news/Japanese-Cybercrime-at-Record-Levels-as-Hackers-Crack-Web-sites.asp
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