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News B is for Botnets Jens Andreassen, vice president for Asia-Pacific at Fortinet, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia in an email that multi-component threats have existed for several years but today's blended threats have many more components or... [02 Jul 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News B is for Botnets C is for CMA The government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on UK national infrastructure. Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a... [16 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News B is for Botnets Cotton Traders warned that other major retailers would be vulnerable to the same attack saying its website has always met "leading security standards". The company claims it notified its customers within days of it happening... [11 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News B is for Botnets Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack. [07 May 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment B is for Botnets The broadband society, botnets and the Russian Business Network were, as yet, largely unimagined dangers. We know from our own experience how rapidly the many different threats and attack platforms have evolved. [29 Apr 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News B is for Botnets So it's not unreasonable to suspect that that's going to be the next attack vector, particularly as we depend more and more on mobile devices. C is for CMA Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the... [24 Apr 2008]
Security breaches down - but at what price?
News B is for Botnets Despite the relatively good news, the report warns companies and organisations are still leaving themselves open to attack. C is for CMA The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published yesterday to coincide with the... [23 Apr 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News B is for Botnets These request bounce-backs would magnify any denial-of-service attack, according to Clayton, and could also create incompatibilities with browser-security measures. While Phorm could always just switch off its web server in the... [18 Apr 2008]
Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges
News B is for Botnets And Hyper-V has the full attack surface of any operating system, which is not a good thing. He said: "We reduce the scope of threats because we reduce the attack surface of the operating system. [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News B is for Botnets Jeff Aliber, Kaspersky's US senior director of product marketing, said: "[With Windows], there is a large attack surface with a number of entry points. Anyone trying to shrink that attack surface and promote secure apps development... [14 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News B is for Botnets C is for CMA Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for online fraud, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963... [09 Apr 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News B is for Botnets Nato allies have pledged to help each other deal with major attacks similar to the distributed denial of service attack that took down key banking and state systems in Estonia in 2007. [08 Apr 2008]
Banks under attack: Phishing on the rise
News B is for Botnets C is for CMA Phishing attacks on banking organisations and their customers across the globe has increased steadily over the last six months, according to the latest fraud report from security software specialist RSA. [18 Mar 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News B is for Botnets Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack. Suleyman Anil, head of Nato Computer Incident Response Capability Co-ordination Centre, said a... [07 Mar 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News B is for Botnets Bassill said: "This is a very worrying step we have seen in botnets, we have no way of responding to this without working with law enforcement. A major UK gambling business has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a... [06 Mar 2008]
