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Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News The immediate threat will be attacks to steal data from the servers they are stored on, either remotely or by an insider or someone who gains access to the datacentre, he said. That's the type of threat... [13 Jul 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment In its latest Security Threat Report, security vendor Symantec saw a 66 per cent increase in computers that have been identified as hosting one or more phishing websites, probably owing to increased use of automated... [22 Apr 2009]
Facebook Koobface worm strikes again
News Craig Schmugar, threat researcher for McAfee Avert Labs, confirmed this in a call with silicon.com sister site CNET News and said that, in general, Koobface strikes only social networking sites. If the viewer approves... [05 Dec 2008]
Puppetnets: Misusing Web Browsers as a Distributed Attack Infrastructure
White Paper This paper attempts to quantify the threat of browsers being indirectly misused for attacking third parties. Most of the recent work on Web security focuses on preventing attacks that directly harm the... [18 Nov 2008]
Bletchley Park appeals to US for funds
News PGP's campaign will be the latest in a number of attempts to stop the museum from falling apart. A campaign will be launched today to ask US tech companies to help save Bletchley Park, whose wartime work helped lay the... [09 Sep 2008]
Photos: Waging war on the web's bad guys
Photo And the centre faces a growing threat, with a 140 per cent increase in the amount of malware being deployed online over the past six months. The centre immediately flag up attacks on its customers' systems, alerting the... [21 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling... [06 Jun 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 attacks against users, in the form of... [23 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network... [17 Apr 2008]
Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam
Comment But as the threat has evolved, so have the filtering techniques that help ensure spam never reaches the user, as Anthony Plewes reports. Guillaume Lovet, manager of the threat response team at Fortinet,... [10 Dec 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers
Comment Faulty toys are one thing but in recent weeks the Chinese have been cast as a dire threat to our security because of alleged attacks carried out across the internet. Yet censorship isn't the only threat... [25 Oct 2007]
Tougher penalties for drivers on their mobiles
News From 27 February motorists will face the threat of getting three points on their licence as well as a doubling of the on the spot fine to £60. Drivers who insist on chatting away on handheld mobile phones are facing a... [22 Jan 2007]
Me Code Write Good: The l33t Skillz of the Virus Writer
White Paper This paper takes a look at the legacy of these slightly less than expert level virus writers, and examines the threat they continue to pose. However, for every Blaster, there's a worm that repeatedly... [16 Dec 2006]
Alert over Spybot worm
News Bot software such as Spybot is the most prevalent threat to Windows PCs, according to a recent Microsoft security report. This Spybot variant attempts to break into computers through a six-month-old... [30 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: Mac OS X virus scares
Comment The metadata threat is currently a vulnerability not an exploit - and no known exploits had been reported at the time of writing. In a statement he warns: "Some owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X... [03 Mar 2006]
