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Chancellor Says The UK Will Strike Back Against Cyber Attacks
Nov 2, 2016The UK Chancellor has warned of an increased risk of cyber attacks while laying out plans for a previously announced £1.9bn cybersecurity strategy. Philip Hammond said the country must be able to retaliate against cyber-attacks, ...
Tags: Chancellor, Cyber Attacks
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Xi Slams "Double Standards," Advocates Shared Future in Cyberspace
Dec 17, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lashed out at ...
Tags: Cyberspace, WIC, Double Standards
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China, Biggest Victim of Cybercrime, Champions "Community of Common Destiny" in Cyberspace
Dec 17, 2015As a victim of cybercrime in recent years, China chooses not to suffer in silence, but actively fight cybercrime and help govern the cyber community together with the rest of the world. As host of the Second World Internet Conference ...
Tags: Cyberspace, cybercrime, e-business
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President Xi Calls for Community of Shared Destiny in Cyberspace
Dec 17, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all countries to ...
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Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Pose Data Risks
Mar 9, 2014If you are basking in the convenience of doing an online bank transfer at a coffee house while spooning the cream off a designer special, consider the tradeoff, which is placing your personal data at risk. Also consider yourself warned by ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Wi-Fi
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The Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model Adopted by ICT Ministers
Mar 9, 2014The Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model adopted by ICT ministers from the 53-country Commonwealth of Nations this week could encourage African nations to move forward on controversial proposals to combat cybercrime and develop common ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT, Online Security
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U.S. Government Has to Take Action to Ensure a Minimum Level of Cybersecurity in Networks
Feb 17, 2014The U.S. government, finally realizing that it has to take action to ensure a minimum level of cybersecurity in networks that manage the nation's energy, water and financial services, presented the Framework for Improving Critical ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
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Pessimists Are Fond of Saying That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Jan 10, 2014Pessimists are fond of saying that no good deed goes unpunished. An Australian teenager who reported a security vulnerability in a government website and now faces legal troubles probably agrees. Joshua Rogers, a 16-year-old Victoria ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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PINs Compromised in Target Hack
Jan 6, 2014We were already aware of the existence of illicit marketplaces teeming with tools for cybercriminals looking to subvert the security of online networks. But one of the latest revelations from the cache of documents stolen by NSA ...
Tags: cybercriminals, security of online networks, Edward Snowden, NSA
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Trend Micro Has Outlined Its Security Predictions for 2014
Dec 13, 2013Trend Micro has outlined its security predictions for 2014, and it has forecast that one major data breach will occur every month next year. It has also predicted an increase in advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks, along with ...
Tags: Trend Micro, Security, data breach, internet, web
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A Russian-Speaking Group Is Advertising "Bulletproof" Hosting for Cybercriminals
Dec 11, 2013A Russian-speaking group is advertising "bulletproof" hosting for cybercriminals from data centres in Syria and Lebanon, an apparent effort to place new services in locales where Western law enforcement has little influence. The ...
Tags: bulletproof, Russian, cybercriminals, data centre, Internet
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A New Trojan Programme Has The Potential to Spread Very Quickly Over The Next Few Months
Nov 28, 2013A new Trojan programme that targets users of online financial services has the potential to spread very quickly over the next few months, security researchers warn. The malware was first advertised on a private cybercrime forum in July, ...
Tags: Online Banking, Threatonline, financial services, security
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FBI Has Offered Large Rewards for Information
Nov 19, 2013The FBI has offered large rewards for information that could help them catch a clutch of alleged cyber-criminals. They include an El Salvadoran national accused of selling a Trojan designed to spy on husbands or wives believed by their ...
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Network Solutions Is Investigating an Attack by a Pro-Palestinian Hacking Group
Oct 11, 2013Network Solutions is investigating an attack by a pro-Palestinian hacking group that redirected websites belonging to several companies. Owned by Web.com, Network Solutions registers domain names, provides hosting services and sells other ...
Tags: DNS Hijack, Network Solutions
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IBM Has Signed an Agreement to Acquire Security Company Trusteer
Aug 16, 2013IBM has signed an agreement to acquire security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a cybersecurity software lab in Israel. The financial terms of the proposed acquisition were not disclosed. With offices in Boston and Tel Aviv, ...