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91% of APT attacks start with a spear-phishing email...
91% of APT attacks start with a spear-phishing email...
...and 94% of the emails carry a malicious attachment – usually in ZIP, XLS or RTF format. These are the findings of new research published today.
Nov. 28, 2012
Crystal ball time: Top 2013 risks include cyber war, cloud and BYOD
Crystal ball time: Top 2013 risks include cyber war, cloud and BYOD
As the year draws inexorably to a close, it’s only fair and natural that we, as an industry, peer into the future to see what could await us in the New Year. The latest to tackle such prognostication is the Information Security Forum (ISF), which has ID’d the top five security threats businesses will face in 2013.
Nov. 28, 2012
Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds
Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds
By Uwe Lambrette, Director, IBSG Service Provider How exactly is the enterprise migration to the clouds progressing? In 2010, the Cisco Internet Business
Nov. 28, 2012
UN Nuclear Energy Server Hacked by Anti-Israel Hackers
UN Nuclear Energy Server Hacked by Anti-Israel Hackers
An unknown anti-Israeli hacking group who goes by the handle of Parastoo has hacked into a UN Nuclear energy server three days ago, stealing the confidential
Nov. 28, 2012
Europol and ICE seize 132 domain names on Cyber Monday
Europol and ICE seize 132 domain names on Cyber Monday
The US Operation In Our Sights temporarily morphed into Project Cyber Monday 3 – with a European Project Transatlantic offshoot – and netted a combined haul of 132 seized counterfeiting website domains.
Nov. 27, 2012
Yahoo! mail exploit on sale for $700
Yahoo! mail exploit on sale for $700
A new zero-day vulnerability in Yahoo! Mail has given rise to a $700 exploit for sale in the hacking underground.
Nov. 27, 2012
Critical infrastructure at risk from SCADA vulnerabilities
Critical infrastructure at risk from SCADA vulnerabilities
SCADA software, used for industrial control mechanisms in utilities, airports, nuclear facilities, manufacturing plants and the like, is increasingly a target for hackers looking to exploit what appear to be growing numbers of vulnerabilities – giving rise to fears that critical infrastructure may be at risk.
Nov. 27, 2012
Go Daddy DNS hack spreads ransomware
Go Daddy DNS hack spreads ransomware
Go Daddy, the world’s largest internet domain host and registrar, may soon be known for more than those racy Super Bowl ads featuring Danica Patrick: ransomware is being spread across its footprint.
Nov. 26, 2012
High-end Citadel financial malware overtakes Zeus as king
High-end Citadel financial malware overtakes Zeus as king
Citadel, which researchers say is essentially the Lamborghini of the financial information-stealing malware scene, is well on its way to overtaking Zeus and SpyEye as the go-to banking trojan after only being discovered earlier this month.
Nov. 26, 2012
Headed to work to do some holiday shopping? Welcome to Cyber Monday.
Headed to work to do some holiday shopping? Welcome to Cyber Monday.
Getting online — not just in line — to find the best deals. This holiday shopping season, brick-and-mortar stores are out to match e-commerce sites with
Nov. 25, 2012
OFCOM suggests ISPs must decide who is a subscriber in relation to 3-strikes
OFCOM suggests ISPs must decide who is a subscriber in relation to 3-strikes
Just as the US voluntary six-strike infringement code is about to begin, the UK’s statutory three-strike regime inches closer with an OFCOM study into piracy and guidance on what constitutes a subscriber.
Nov. 23, 2012
Apple’s Big Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design Faster Than Apple Is Getting Better At The Internet
Apple’s Big Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design Faster Than Apple Is Getting Better At The Internet
Apple has been in news for sometime now and that is not for it's appreciation, but, for criticizing. This time around it is it's own former worker who have
Nov. 23, 2012