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White Paper Phishing first gained traction in 1996 with hackers trying to steal America Online passwords from unsuspecting users. Today, it has evolved into a far more menacing criminal enterprise, with bands of... [06 Oct 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Instead of hacking into major online sites to embed malware, malicious hackers are going in through the front door by exploiting security holes in systems for delivering ads. It happened just days ago to The New York... [16 Sep 2009]
Optimistic CEOs must not neglect IT security
News Chief executives' definition of security, he added, is typically associated with hackers trying to steal company secrets, rather than a broader spectrum that includes disaster recovery, erroneous data... [03 Aug 2009]
Enterprise Threat Management (ETM): Bringing Security Together Through Intelligence
White Paper Professional hackers are in it for the profit now and are creating sophisticated ways to steal data without being detected. While IT security spending has been on the increase in recent years,... [01 Jul 2009]
Security Risk Assessment and Management in Web Applications
White Paper Corporations face increased levels of risk almost daily, from software vulnerabilities hidden in their technology systems to hackers and cyber crooks trying to steal proprietary corporate intellectual... [20 Jun 2009]
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News Longbottom added that the system was also vulnerable to PIN numbers being spied on in public and to criminals hacking terminals to steal card transaction and PIN details. Using a PIN number to prove identity online and... [15 Apr 2009]
Windows Vista: A Cyber Security Shield
White Paper Hackers are constantly exploiting security vulnerabilities and users' naiveté to steal corporate and personal information with the intent of committing fraud and other crimes. Such breaches can result... [23 Mar 2009]
Where Online Hackers Are Headed in 2007: "Coming Soon" to a Website Near You (and Your Hard Drive)!
White Paper With the advent of powerful anti-virus and anti-spam software protecting increasing numbers of computers and networks, hackers are turning their attention to new ways to deliver viruses, crash unsuspecting users'... [18 Mar 2009]
Ethical Hacking Techniques
White Paper Understanding the techniques hackers use to manipulate Web applications and steal credit card data, falsify financial transactions or access proprietary information, is the first step in learning how to... [15 Mar 2009]
How to recover from a data breach
Comment The best defence against hackers trying to steal corporate data is a whole lot of preparation, says Danny Bradbury. These days the headlines are full of stories about data being stolen from major... [09 Feb 2009]
London Olympics cyber cops hit the ground running
News The UK's new cyber crime unit has been tasked with protecting the London 2012 Games from hackers and online criminals. McMurdie added police are already seeing scam sites springing up with similar web addresses to... [13 Jan 2009]
Cyber crime heads to the cloud
News H is for Hackers Cloud computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be hired to steal online banking details for as little as $299 per month. Rivner said the fraudsters usually split their... [31 Oct 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News H is for Hackers Internet warfare expert Ira Winkler, president of the Internet Security Advisory Group, said Chinese hackers were "vacuuming up the internet for security and economic secrets" - citing... [29 Oct 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News H is for Hackers Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according... [28 Aug 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment But hackers are increasingly targeting those networks, looking to steal valuable information. Virtual private networks that use internet protocol security used to be seen as a nightmare. But... [25 Jul 2008]
