A major cyber-attack that steals encrypted files, believed to have been targeted at embassies, nuclear research centres and energy organisations, has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky. The company claims that it ...
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Though U.S. officials have consistently blamed Iran for the ongoing stream of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against major U.S. banks, a number of security experts now say that there is not enough evidence to assign the blame ...
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The UK Defence Committee is urging the Government to be more vigorous in its approach to cyber threats. A new report released by the Committee says that the British military is now too dependent on information and communications ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft today patched 12 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and several server and development products, but as it hinted last week, did not come up with a fix for the Internet Explorer (IE) bug that cyber criminals have ...
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For all the apocalyptic prognostications, 2012 turned out to be a relatively uneventful year from an information security standpoint. A cyber Pearl Harbor did not happen. Stuxnet and its kin did not take out any power grids or shut down ...
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Microsoft today said it will release seven security updates next week--including one rated critical for Windows 8 and Windows RT--to patch 12 vulnerabilities in Windows,Office,SharePoint Server and the company's website design software. ...
A new Flame and Stuxnet-related cyber-threat,dubbed Gauss,is targeting users in the Middle East,security researchers have revealed. Gauss is a complex,state-sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit with online banking Trojan functionality not ...
MI5 chief Jonathan Evans says the intelligence agency is working against"astonishing"levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. In his first public speech in two years at London's Mansion House,Evans warned that internet"vulnerabilities"were ...
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MI5 chief Jonathan Evans says the intelligence agency is working against"astonishing"levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. In his first public speech in two years at London's Mansion House,Evans warned that internet"vulnerabilities"were ...
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Malware attacks seem to be evolving. The traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets and phishing attacks are still a threat, but the next generation malware takes insidious to a whole new level. Thankfully, theres a silver lining as well. ...
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The government has today released documents detailing what it sees as highlights in the UK Cyber Security strategy it put into place last year, and its plans for the future. It has also detailed how much money is expected to be spent in ...
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Hackers using a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named Mirage have been engaged in a systematic cyber espionage campaign against a Canadian energy company, a large oil firm in the Philippines and several other entities since at least this April, ...
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When you talk with the executives of most U.S. companies the subject often turns to the global market and the opportunities for growth that countries like China offer. However, as that conversation continues the next thing you often hear is ...
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Kaspersky Lab has outlined key security trends of 2012 and presented their views on the core threats of 2013. The most notable predictions for the next year include the continued rise of targeted attacks, cyber-espionage and nation-state ...
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Security researchers have uncovered a highly sophisticated, multi-tiered, global financial fraud ring that has attempted fraudulent transfers of up to 1.6bn from at least 60 banks This fraud empire, discovered by researchers from security ...
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