L' INTELLIGENCE CYBER par Jean-Paul Pinte

What do cybercrooks do over New Year?

Some of them, you probably won’t be surprised to learn, take a vacation, or something resembling one.

At least, that’s what SophosLabs noticed from the crooks behind the notorious Angler exploit kit, activity from which seemed to drop off on New Year’s Eve.

(Or perhaps the rest of the world simply took a break from surfing the internet and concentrated on other things, such as watching the fireworks, first-footing neighbours, or swigging down refreshing beverages, leaving Angler with not much online action upon which to intrude.)

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