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The 'multi-component' malware threat
News A is for Antivirus He said: "Such attacks have all the weaknesses of an electrical circuit - cut a wire anywhere and the whole thing goes dead - compared to the strengths of a parallel circuit, in which each component has to be isolated separately. [02 Jul 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News A is for Antivirus 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 "large number of... [16 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News A is for Antivirus Thakur noted that third-party applications rather than operating-system vulnerabilities were being targeted but that "only time will allow the method employed in this wave of attacks to be confirmed". [07 May 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News A is for Antivirus And that's what we've seen the bad guys shifting towards, moving away from network-based attacks. B is for Botnets Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on cyber security, Howard... [24 Apr 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News A is for Antivirus The company noted that the sites of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and even security vendors, have fallen prey to malware attacks. B is for Botnets Released Wednesday, Sophos said in its Security Threat Report that an... [24 Apr 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News A is for Antivirus Security experts have criticised targeted-ad company Phorm, claiming the nature of its infrastructure could increase the likelihood of successful denial-of-service attacks against its ISP customers. [18 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News A is for Antivirus Employees and insiders are bigger threats to corporate security than external threats such as denial of service attacks or malware. Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner... [17 Apr 2008]
Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges
News A is for Antivirus Crosby warned that throwing random data at the interface between the guest software and the controlling hypervisor could result in successful attacks. He said: "Attacks known to-date involve fuzzing the emulation interface... [16 Apr 2008]
Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts
News A is for Antivirus Tackling this is going a long way to limit attacks. But Matthew Fine, supervisory special agent with the FBI, said the fact criminals are now going to jail for botnet attacks is a step in the right direction. [10 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News A is for Antivirus The report states "66 per cent of phishing attacks in the US were directed towards social-networking sites". The report also notes vulnerabilities in websites are increasingly popular malware vectors as they allow for more... [09 Apr 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News A is for Antivirus Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructure. Nato allies have pledged to help each other deal with major attacks similar to the distributed denial of service... [08 Apr 2008]
Banks under attack: Phishing on the rise
News A is for Antivirus 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]
eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat
News A is for Antivirus He said: "These attacks are definitely organised. But he said eBay has kept the number of attacks static by educating users about revealing personal details and built-in security measures in new internet browsers. [10 Mar 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News A is for Antivirus Anil said the cyber attacks on Estonia last year which brought down key financial and state systems had demonstrated how cyber terrorism could take down national infrastructure with "very serious consequences". [07 Mar 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News A is for Antivirus Bassill said DDoS attacks brought its websites down about twice per year and attacks were often preceded by demands for more than $100,000. The attacks will come from many hosts in small volumes and they are going to be very hard... [06 Mar 2008]
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