attacks in comment and analysis
Leader: Hacking law updates are overdue
Leader They have opted not to define specific attacks, such as denial-of-service, or outlaw the tools hackers use, such as viruses, but to focus on the intent behind an action. Saying this, the law probably won't affect most of the hacking attacks that... [13 Apr 2006]
Analysis: What's the next malware threat?
Comment Most analysts also forecast that phishing attacks will continue to grow in number and in sophistication. The bad boys are getting more professional and doing more targeted attacks. Extortioners may also rent them to launch denial-of-service attacks... [12 Apr 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment In the 12 months since they were here last, we've seen the financial services industry under almost constant Trojan horse attack, denial of service attacks increase by 50 per cent and phishing and identity theft attempts approach eight million per... [15 Mar 2006]
Q&A: Cisco CSO John Stewart
Comment We face distributed denial of service attacks against our website, sometimes right towards the end of our quarter. If you can describe some of the attacks that you face, what types of attacks are those and do you see many? [17 Feb 2006]
Leader: The mixed blessing of paid-for email
Leader And of course in a time when spam attacks are actually getting far more targeted, many cyber criminals will be studying the Goodmail criteria pretty closely to work out if there is any way they can become a paying customer. [07 Feb 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Ethics before profit
Comment But reading of attacks on them by politicians over complicity in Chinese censorship, I almost shed a tear. If companies truly put principles ahead of profits, you might be surprised at the number of issues that would be affected, says Martin Brampton. [07 Feb 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: RFID and flight security
Comment As I flew out of Boston the day before 9/11, and passed through all of the London bomb-sites on 7/7 some twenty-six hours before the attacks, I have this worrying feeling that I may be on a converging disaster timeline. [01 Dec 2005]
Leader: Insurers must account for disaster recovery
Leader A company which shows little regard for its data and fails to back it up with one eye on a worst-case scenario may well be treated in the same way by their insurer as a neighbour who backs up all its data offsite in a secure datacentre far enough... [29 Nov 2005]
Leader: Catch a thief
Leader Modern bank robbers are, of course, also staging digital attacks with greater and greater frequency. Thanks to the introduction of CCTV, sophisticated alarm systems and forensic methods, bank robbers have changed tactics - the risk of getting... [29 Nov 2005]
Devil's Advocate: ID cards - another reason to protest
Comment However, Stella Rimington, former head of MI5, asserts quite categorically that ID cards will be no use at all against terrorist attacks unless they are immune to forgery. Martin Brampton weighs in against national ID cards in the UK once again... [29 Nov 2005]
Q&A: Kevin Mitnick, former hacker
Comment There are many social engineering attacks you never hear about because they are not detected or because the person who was attacked doesn't want to admit it. These are the attacks you hear about. Are the social engineers or the people who do such... [07 Nov 2005]
Criminal IT: Unlocking the power of computer crime evidence
Comment There have been rapes, assaults, car crimes and racial attacks; in all of these, computer records have proved vitally important to the police. Neil Barrett discusses the measures being considered - and the effect they'll have on computer crime... [19 Oct 2005]
Leader: Why teach students malware techniques?
Leader The arguments for and against teaching students the techniques of the malware community have kicked off again this week, at the Virus Bulletin conference, after a PhD candidate from the University of Calgary walked delegates through a technique... [06 Oct 2005]
Security in the spotlight
AS Analysis The bot-nets can also be used to launch denial of service attacks. Security has never been a more important issue in the business world than it is right now, as a record number of security-related inclusions in our Agenda Setters 2005 list reveals. [26 Sep 2005]
Organised crime
AS Profile They are also using them to launch denial of service attacks against businesses large and small. If you think hackers are spotty kids sitting in their mums' basements, think again. It's organised criminals who want your PC. [23 Sep 2005]
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