While important, Google's new policy of scanning apps for malware before making them available on the official Chrome Web Store falls short of providing maximum protection, one expert says. Google launched an automated process for malware ...
Tags: Web Store Security, web service, Computer Products, Google
A total of 328 website domains accused of selling counterfeit goods were shut down by US and European authorities in the latest crackdown on online fraud. US authorities shut down 177 domain names for websites selling counterfeit ...
Tags: Online Fraud, Online Sale Websites
Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants. Called Quantum Dawn 2, the drill will involve big ...
Tags: Wall Street, Security Defences
The attorneys general of several states are turning up the heat on Google, concerned that the search engine giant makes it easier for criminals to sell illegal drugs online, engage in human trafficking and peddle pirated intellectual ...
Tags: Google, Human Trafficking, Drugs
Cyber-attacks have risen to the top of the list of threats for UK banks according to the Bank of England’s director of financial stability, Andrew Haldane, but understanding and management of the risk is still at an “early ...
Tags: Bank of England, Cyber-Attacks
Last week's attack on the Virgin Radio Dubai website could have provided cyber-criminals with a springboard from which to launch targeted attacks, according to a researcher from Kaspersky Lab. The popular music station's website was taken ...
Tags: Computer Products
Savvy, confident organized retail crime gangs - who steal billions of dollars worth of merchandise each year only to sell that merchandise online or at physical fence locations – continue to test retailers to the core, oftentimes ...
Tags: Retailers, Retail Crime, Apparel&Accessories
Microsoft and the FBI have combined forces to strike a major blow against one of the world's biggest cyber crime networks, responsible for stealing more than $500m (£323m) from bank accounts. Aided by authorities in more than 80 ...
Tags: Microsoft, FBI, Cyber Crime Ring
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has once again warned the government against "knee-jerk" efforts to revive the Communications Data Bill in the wake of the murder of drummer Lee Rigby. Dubbed by critics the "snooper's charter", the ...
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Threats from malware specifically targeting social media and the number of spam emails have both risen significantly in the first quarter of this year. That's according to the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2013, which reveals that ...
Tags: Social Media Malware, McAfee
The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples of the Koobface social networking worm and master boot record (MBR) infecting malware, according to antivirus vendor McAfee. After ...
Tags: McAfee, Spam, MBR Attack
Most financial services organisations (even the largest ones) have admitted that they do not have the budget to deal with the largest cyber attacks, according to attendees of a recent forum. Comments made at Ballintrae's first IT Security ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, Computer Products
The founder of Liberty Reserve, an online digital currency and payments system based in Costa Rica, has been arrested and charged with money laundering. Further reading Retailers looking to cut Visa and other 'middlemen' out of the ...
Tags: Payments System, Computer Products, software
Reprogramming the identification number of a cellphone could be punishable with a prison sentence of up to five years under the terms of a proposed law announced Friday. The Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2013 makes changing the ...
Tags: Law, Cellphone IDs, Computer Products
Several major U.S. banks are beta-testing a new way to give you access to your mobile banking account, which could mark the beginning of the end for your password headaches, according to Toby Rush, CEO of EyeVerify, a Kansas City, Kan., ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Smart Phone, Phone