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Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide

whitepaper Today's cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access corporate and customer data at an alarming rate. IT systems are under constant, increasingly sophisticated attack. Additional layers of protection at the perimeter are...

Tags: anti-virus

[17 May 2008]

Latest Symantec Security Report Sheds Light on Data Theft

whitepaper The semi-annual report, one of the most anticipated works of research in the global IT community, also finds that increasingly refined attack methods are being supported by growing global networks of cyber criminals.

Tags: network security

[17 May 2008]

Don't Be Hoodwinked: Proactive Protection Isn't 'Easy'

whitepaper Beating back pirates.easy.beating back spyware.easier.cyber criminals continue to refine their attack methods in an attempt to remain undetected and to create global, cooperative networks to support the ongoing growth of criminal activity.

Tags: network security

[17 May 2008]

Nato fires up cyber defences

News A denial of service attack brought down key banking and state systems in the country effectively crippling the country and prompting Nato to carry out a thorough assessment of its approach to cyber defence.

Tags: security, training, estonia, cyber attack

[16 May 2008]

Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'

News Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on...

Tags: criminals, schmidt, security, sdk

[24 Apr 2008]

Real-Time Multistage Attack Awareness Through Enhanced Intrusion Alert Clustering

whitepaper Correlation and fusion of intrusion alerts to provide effective Situation Awareness of cyber-attacks has become an active area of research. However, the volume of the alerts generated in typical networks makes real-time attack scenario...

Tags: security tools

[11 Apr 2008]

Geographic Surveillance and Hotspot Detection for Homeland Security: Cyber Security and Computer Network Diagnostics

whitepaper Securing the nation's computer networks from cyber attack is an important aspect of Homeland Security. Project develops diagnostic tools for detecting security attacks, infrastructure failures, and other operational aberrations of computer networks.

Tags: network security, element, behavior, models

[10 Apr 2008]

Nato allies form cyber defence command

News Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructure. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its formation was backed by...

Tags: cyber, defence, nato

[08 Apr 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Cyber crimes such as hacking, denial of service attacks and online fraud are not taken seriously enough by the police. Just six per cent said cyber crime should be a lower priority for police and 11 per cent of silicon.com readers said the police...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

[07 Apr 2008]

UK 'failing on cyber crime'

News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: pceu, cyber crime, e-crime crackdown

[03 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...

Comment Small businesses and web start-ups will simply not be able to afford proposed costs, giving cyber criminals the knowledge of who to attack, who is likely to be the most vulnerable. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week?

Tags: vista, skills, nhs, e-crime

[20 Mar 2008]

Police e-crime funding set for green light?

Police e-crime funding set for green light?

News The unit would provide leadership and expertise to co-ordinate investigations nationwide and collate reports from forces across the country, as well as offering a central point of contact for reporting cyber crime.

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, campaign

[12 Mar 2008]

Police backs calls for e-crime unit

News Leading police officers, global cyber security chiefs and FTSE 100 companies are backing a new campaign by silicon.com for the creation of a dedicated UK national cyber crime police unit. Some of the biggest names in law enforcement, business and...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'

News 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 determined cyber...

Tags: nato, terrorism, security, war

[07 Mar 2008]

Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime

News The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cyber crime and unveiled plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election.

Tags: e-crime, security, cyber crime, threat

[06 Mar 2008]

Why no united front on cyber crime?

Comment The threat of terrorism is soaking up funds badly needed to combat cyber crime. After all, if the FBI only has a team of 100 officers to deal with all cyber crime offences and Interpol has perhaps only three for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

Tags: cyber crime, internet, botnets, crime

[27 Feb 2008]

Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'

News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure organisations.

Tags: cyberattack, gamble, cia, institute

[24 Jan 2008]

Webcast: The 5 Key Gaps in Cyber Security

whitepaper Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast, now available on demand, to hear from Tom Kellermann, former head of cyber intelligence and policy management within the World Bank Treasury Security team. Organized hackers no longer attack just for fun; now...

Tags: hackers, risks, gaps, decade

[12 Dec 2007]

The 5 Key Gaps in Cyber Security

whitepaper Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast, now available on demand, to hear from Tom Kellermann, former head of cyber intelligence and policy management within the World Bank Treasury Security team. Organized hackers no longer attack just for fun; now...

Tags: risks, hackers, gaps, strategies

[12 Dec 2007]

Photos: Inside the malware hunters' den

Photo The company has a response team which uses a variety of monitoring and detection tools to look out for suspicious cyber activity 24 hours a day, in three shifts, running between its offices in Helsinki and Kuala Lumpa.

Tags: virus, f-secure, malware

[28 Sep 2007]

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