Sponsored Study Finds Cybercrime Costs Rising
HP and the Ponemon Institute today unveiled a new security study that shows the cost and frequency of cybercrime has risen for the third year in a row. The 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study, conducted by...
View ArticleIndia is world leader in spam output (top spam-relaying countries)
A new report shows that computers based in India now send out more spam than ever before, with some having “been turned into spam-spitting zombies in botnets. India has surpassed the U.S. and taken the...
View ArticleCyberthieves steal $400,000 from Bank of America
The account — now frozen — is used to pay city government workers in Burlington, Wash., via direct deposit. Residents and city workers in Burlington, Wash., have been told to check their accounts after...
View ArticleKaspersky builds its own antimalware OS — but not for you
The operating system is meant to protect industrial systems from cyberattack by preventing any third-party code from executing. The folks at Kaspersky Lab are aiming to create their own secure...
View ArticleExperts warn about security flaws in airline boarding passes
Security flaws in airline boarding passes could allow would-be terrorists or smugglers to know in advance whether they will be subject to certain security measures, and perhaps even permit them to...
View ArticleHackivists set up Guy Fawkes protest
A series of website hacks over the past 24 hours has been attributed to the online hacktivist group Anonymous. The websites of US broadcaster NBC, pop singer Lady Gaga and the Australian government...
View ArticleTwinings Tea Hacked
More than 1,600 customers’ names, genders, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses were compromised. Following a recent Cyber War News report alleging that a hacker called @D0ct0r_Inj3ct0r had stolen...
View ArticleRisk profiling software tackles the terrorist threat
The UK branch of an American company has developed a hi-tech software programme it believes can help detect and prevent potentially dangerous passengers and cargo entering the UK using the technique...
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