“Criminals have been stunningly successful at compromises, what they haven’t been so efficient at, which they will improve at over time by the way, is exploiting the information that they’ve compromised.

Last year was a tough one for most businesses, but for cybercriminals it was one of the best yet.

Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.

Russian cybergangs have established a robust system for promoting Web sites that sell fake antivirus software, pharmaceuticals and counterfeit luxury products, according to a new report from security vendor Sophos.

According to a new report on data breaches from Verizon Business, cyber criminals are no longer attacking where the credit card files are, but where they once were.