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Israeli Announced a Bold Initiative This Week Calling on Tech Giants and Western Powers
Feb 8, 2014Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a bold initiative this week calling on tech giants and Western powers to band together to protect the world from cyber-attacks, vowing to relax export restrictions normally placed on ...
Tags: protect the world from cyber-attacks, cyber technology trade
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Researchers Discovered a Piece of Cyberespionage Malware Targeting Tibetan Activists
May 29, 2013Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET discovered a piece of cyberespionage malware targeting Tibetan activists that uses unusual techniques to evade detection and achieve persistency on infected systems. The malware, which was ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Computer Virus Seems to Be Making a Subtle Comeback
May 21, 2013The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback. The term virus is frequently used as a catch-all for malicious software, but actually describes a very specific type of program that infects files and replicates, noticeable ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Almost Nine out of 10 Security Flaws Discovered on PCs Running Windows
Mar 15, 2013Almost nine out of 10 security flaws discovered on PCs running Windows were due to vulnerable third-party applications rather than pre-installed Microsoft software. That's according to a report by security expert Secunia, which examined ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Middle East Is Fast Becoming a Prime Target for Cyber Criminals
Mar 13, 2013Simon Whitburn, Vice President of International Sales, AccessData According to AccessData Group, the Middle East is fast becoming a prime target for cyber criminals, mostly because so many regional organisations are underequipped to ...
Tags: AccessData, Simon Whitburn, Vice President
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Chip Maker Maxim Has Changed Internal Procedures to Reinforce Best-Practice
Mar 7, 2013Chip maker Maxim has changed internal procedures to reinforce best-practice in embedded security products. The firm's efforts add to a security wave crossing the industry to protect intellectual property and to block stuxnet-like attacks ...
Tags: Maxim, Embedded Security Programme, Chip
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BitDefender Has Traced The Cyber-Espionage Malware "Miniduke" Back to June 2011
Mar 6, 2013Romanian security company BitDefender today said it has traced the cyber-espionage malware "MiniDuke" back to June 2011, more than a year and a half before the campaign was uncovered. BitDefender found the malware by digging through its ...
Tags: BitDefender, MiniDuke, espionage malware
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Researchers Have Found and Analyzed a Version of The Stuxnet Cybersabotage Malware
Mar 1, 2013Researchers from security firm Symantec have found and analyzed a version of the Stuxnet cybersabotage malware that predates previously discovered versions by at least two years and used a different method of disrupting uranium enrichment ...
Tags: Symantec, Stuxnet cybersabotage malware, disrupting uranium enrichment
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MiniDuke Has Targeted Government Organisations in as Many as 23 Countries
Mar 1, 2013A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on Wednesday. The malware uses well-crafted PDF documents to trick recipients into opening the malicious ...
Tags: MiniDuke, Malware, Governments
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Arms Vendors Are Moving Into The Cyber Security Sector
Feb 19, 2013Arms vendors are moving into the cyber security sector in response to a decline in sales of their traditional weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute It is the first time that annual arms sales have ...
Tags: cyber security, Arms, annual arms sales
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Bypasses The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection in Adobe Reader Is Highly Sophisticated
Feb 18, 2013A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part of an important cyberespionage operation, the head of the malware analysis team at ...
Tags: Adobe Reader, anti-exploitation protection, Adobe Reader Sandbox
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Obama Can Order Pre-Emptive Strikes on Any Country to Launch a Major Digital Attack
Feb 18, 2013A secret review of American policies governing the use of cyberweapons has concluded that President Barack Obama has the broad power to order pre-emptive strikes on any country preparing to launch a major digital attack against the U.S. ...
Tags: cyberweapons, broad power, digital attack
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The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection Is Part of an Important Cyber Espionage Operation
Feb 18, 2013The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and probably part of ...
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Any Bank, Hospital or Energy Provider to Inform Regulators Under New EU Proposals
Feb 17, 2013Any bank, hospital or energy provider that suffers a cyber-attack would have to inform regulators under new EU proposals announced today. Launched in Brussels by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, ...
Tags: cyber-attack, EU proposals, Cybercrime
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Children Are Developing Malicious Code to Steal Personal Information From Online Gamers
Feb 17, 2013Children as young as 11 years old are developing malicious code to steal personal information from online gamers, according to antivirus software provider AVG. The Q4 2012 Community Powered Threat Report reveals some schoolchildren have ...
Tags: AVG, malicious code, cyber security