Cyber criminals botnet blackmail identity theft wardriving

I was watching4 corners last night and thought it worth putting a link on the blog for others to watch the documentary

This documentary covered various methods of cyber criminals

Blackmailing through using botnets to take websites offline
Identity theft through phishing emails
Purchasing credit card details stolen from sites or through fake (or real) webpages selling products
Finance job emails which are about getting mules to take out cash from funds transferred to their account and wiring it to other accounts
Wireless wardriving to pickup and hack unsecured wireless networks

Ways to prevent theft and protect your systems

Run the latest Internet browser software which has built in security features
Run up to date anti virus which integrates with your webrowser
Use commercial email scanning/anti virus software. I have had a number of clients who have used freeware versions that have become infected.
Be conscious and train your staff about not responding to or clicking links on emails from unknown senders
Check the address bar of any pages you go to ensure you are on a valid website and if entering your information if it is secure
Use a firewall
Keep you computers patched and up to date
Do not download and install software from the net unless you know exactly what it does
Do not use peer to peer file sharing software on your computers
Secure your wireless networks
Use strong usernames and passwords
download and run spybot search and destroy to detect and remove bots from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
Have a look here for cybercrime statistics https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/alarming-cybercrime-statistics

Cyber criminals botnet blackmail identity theft wardriving 4 corners video