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Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Covering the first half of this year, the report provides statistics compiled from Microsoft's Malware Protection Center that reveal trends about threats, breaches and infection rates. The changing landscape of... [04 Nov 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News He said the CPNI was committed to continuing working closely with key industries to help them understand the vulnerabilities and threats they face. Sustained cyber espionage attacks are being waged on... [29 Oct 2008]
Virtualisation: At risk from attack
News Graham Titterington, principal analyst at Ovum, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia in an email interview that with the increasing prominence of virtualisation, threats to virtual machines (VMs) are becoming more... [20 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Michael is spearheading the creation of the Internet Crime Reduction Partnership (ICRP), a stakeholder group that will bring together industry, government, civil society and law enforcement to tackle the online threats... [15 Sep 2008]
IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic can be diverted. IBM has launched a... [04 Sep 2008]
Microsoft criticises Google over privacy
News Cullen heads up the privacy arm of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group, which has led the company's drive to tackle security and privacy threats arising from its products. The specialist security group, headed up by... [01 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News Other threats exist in the virtual worlds also. The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a... [28 Aug 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News 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... [02 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. Spam emails are often used in phishing attacks or... [06 Jun 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News The fastest-growing category of threats hosted on the sites was backdoor and password-stealing malware, which increased 855 per cent from May 2007 to May 2008. Techniques to compromise websites, including Iframe and SQL... [06 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Over the past year ENISA has also compiled a study on a European Information Sharing and Alert System to inform the public and SMEs about online threats, vulnerabilities and attacks, as well as putting... [27 May 2008]
Nato fires up cyber defences
News Nato supreme allied commander for transformation, General James Mattis, said there is a compelling need for the centre to help Nato "defy and successfully counter the threats in this area". Nato is also creating a Cyber... [16 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News He added that Soca's e-crime unit worked with 140 liaison officers worldwide and worked closely on cyber threats with five other major western countries. Soca has also sent out 46 alerts to UK business, which included 11... [15 May 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News Web threats have risen significantly in the first quarter of 2008, with one web page being infected every five seconds, according to a report from security vendor Sophos. Threats circulated via email, on... [24 Apr 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News Kelly explained the hack attacks included non-specific threats, such as edge-of-network penetration attempts and application flaw exploits, and more specific threats such as phishing... [23 Apr 2008]
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