Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks. Over 150,000 computers, ...
Distributors are clamping down on unscrupulous eBay toy dealers who buy rare figures in bulk and resell at extortionate prices. Known as ‘scalpers’, these traders buy a store’s entire Skylanders stock before selling it ...
Tags: Toys, Toys Industry
The Dutch government has unveiled a new Bill that would empower its investigators to hack into PCs and servers, install spyware, read people's email and even destroy files - all in the name of fighting cybercrime. The proposed law, ...
Tags: Proposed Dutch, Computer Products
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed publication of the 2013 Special 301 Report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The Special 301 Report is an annual assessment of global intellectual property ...
Supercar is a term used most often to describe an expensive high end car. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car". Stated in more general terms: "it must be very fast, with sporting handling to match", ...
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, despite opposition from the White House and several privacy and digital rights groups. The House on Thursday voted 288-127 to ...
Tags: CISPA, Privacy Objections
The volume, duration and frequency of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks used to flood websites and other systems with junk traffic have significantly increased during the first three months of this year, according to a report ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have identified a spam message campaign on Skype that spreads a piece of malware with Bitcoin mining capabilities. Bitcoin (BTC) is a decentralized digital currency that has seen a surge in ...
Tags: CPU resources, Malware, Skype
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have identified a spam message campaign on Skype that spreads a piece of malware with Bitcoin mining capabilities. Bitcoin (BTC) is a decentralised digital currency that has seen a surge in ...
Tags: Skype, web service
More than 75% of corporations have policies that prohibit the use of consumer online file sharing and collaboration tools, yet employee use of the services is still rampant, according to an Enterprise Strategy Group survey. "The thing is, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Online File
Microsoft today said it would cooperate with federal regulators who are reportedly investigating claims that some of its business partners bribed officials in China, Romania and Italy to close deals. "We take all allegations brought to ...
Tags: Microsoft
The European Commission has pledged to crack down on unfair trade practices by e-commerce sites across the European Union. The promise comes five years after the European Union's first Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, which had been ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
At the Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2013) in Anaheim (19-21 March), optical communication product maker Source Photonics Inc of Chatsworth, CA, USA has launched two new SFP optical network ...
Tags: Optical Fiber, Fiber Optic Engineers, optical communication product
Microsoft today said it would cooperate with federal regulators who are reportedly investigating claims that some of its business partners bribed officials in China, Romania and Italy to close deals. "We take all allegations brought to ...
Tags: Microsoft
Two researchers from security firm Imperva have devised new techniques that could allow attackers to extract sensitive information from users' encrypted Web traffic. The new methods build on those used in an attack called CRIME revealed ...
Tags: Computer Products, software