Years ago the typical hacking scenario involved a lone attacker and maybe some buddies working late at night on Mountain Dew, looking for public-facing IP addresses. When they found one, they enumerated the advertising services (Web server, ...
Ireland top least-malware-infected nations for the first time PandaLabs, Panda Security's antimalware laboratory, today published its Quarterly Report for Q3, analyzing the IT security events and incidents from July through September ...
Symantec has spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases. The company discovered the malware, called W32.Narilam, on Nov. 15 but on Friday published a more detailed ...
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The creators of the Flame and Stuxnet malware cooperated at least once during the early stages of development, security researchers have found. A link between the two suggests a connection between Flame and US involvement. At the ...
Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company’s popular Word programme and another already used to attack ...
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The U.S. government needs a comprehensive doctrine addressing cyber security instead of the current patchwork of policies and agencies dealing with cyber threats, according to a group of experts. The lack of an overarching cyber security ...
Cyber attackers who disrupted the websites of U.S. banks over the last two weeks used a highly sophisticated toolkit — a finding that points to a well-funded operation, a security vendor has said. Prolexic Technologies said the ...
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Security researchers have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign targeting several large companies, including two in the energy sector. The campaign, dubbed Mirage, targeted an oil company in the Philippines, an energy firm in Canada, ...
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In a Q&A with press at the RSA European conference today,RSA executive chairman Art Coviello revealed how criminals and nation states are working together to launch cyber attacks. Further reading RSA:No successful attacks on customers ...
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RSA chief Art Coviello kicked off RSA Conference Europe 2012 by highlighting the need for enterprises to adopt new ways to ensure cyber security. He said IT leaders should adopt an intelligence-based approach to security that makes use of ...
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It's obvious that there are significant cost savings associated with employees using their own smartphones,tablets and laptops for work.However,the downsides are numerous and worth considering says Dominic Jones of Barton ...
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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has claimed that the UK is better able to deal with cyber threats than a year ago. On the anniversary of the inception of the UK cyber strategy,Maude,who oversees the strategy,has claimed that the UK ...
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The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Israel and the Palestinian territories,according to security researchers from antivirus ...
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Nearly two-thirds of UK citizens back pre-emptive cyber strikes on foreign states that pose a credible threat to national security,a survey has revealed. However,46%of those believe it depends on the level of threat posed,according to a ...
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Many UK organisations are still failing to understand the implications of data breaches and estimate the costs of recovery accurately,a study has revealed. Of the UK companies that have not yet suffered a breach,58%told the Ponemon ...
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