As the UK tech sector boom continues unabated, cyber attacks against businesses in the British economy are also increasing at alarming rates. More disconcerting than the sheer increase in the incidence rates…
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Security experts detail battle between cyber-criminal groups
In what seems to be a classic spy vs. spy story, security experts have detailed a war brewing between groups of cybercriminals, which they claim could ultimately lead to a new trend…
Beware: Ebola-themed mail could get your PC infected
Cybercriminals are exploiting public’s fear of Ebola through malware-laden mails themed around the deadly virus in a bid to infect their systems. Cyber criminals are sending out email masquerading as being sent…
China denies CrowdStrike’s claims of links to Deep Panda hacking
Geng Shuang: Chinese laws prohibit cyber crimes of all forms, and Chinese government has done whatever it can to combat such activities.
Feds whack Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker; Bogachev wanted
Game over for Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker with Feds’ Operation Tovar!!
Cybercrime continues to haunt US businesses and government agencies, survey finds
Cyber criminals are relentlessly attacking organisations, government agencies with better tools and know how.
European Cybercrime Centre warns internet users of growing police ransomware cases
The European Cybercrime Centre at Europol has warned internet users of exponential growth in police ransomware in the European Union (EU) over the last two years. Police ransomware is a kind of…
Cisco: There is a shortage of more than a million security professionals globally
Cisco’s 2014 Annual Security Report claims that as governments, organisations and IT industry as a whole is failing to cope with the ever increasing number of cyber attacks and security breaches, there…
Amazon hosts 16% of global malware as cyber-criminals go cloud hunting
Amazon Web Services is a popular choice among cyber-criminals for hosting their warez – a whopping 16 percent of global malware – security company Solutionary claims through its Quarterly Threat Intelligence Report…
Researchers develop mathematical model to predict next cyber attack
Researchers over at the University of Michigan claim that cyber attacks follow a pattern that is predictable and to prove their claims they have developed a mathematical model to predict the attacks….
Firms in UK join forces to fight cyber crime
Multiple small companies in the West Midlands, UK have joined hands to fight cyber crime with the help of a computer game. Developers over at Serious Games have teamed up with organisational…
Creator of Blackhole exploit kit ‘Paunch’ arrested
Creator of one of the most feared and successful cybercrime tools, Blackhole Exploit Kit, known as ‘Paunch’ has been arrested along with 12 others and has been charged with creating and participating…
Shortage of cyber crime fighters to affect anti-hacker fight back
Governments and corporations facing cyber attacks are struggling hard to search for the right cyber warriors that too in enough numbers to fight back against increasing cyber attacks. According to reports, Government…
UK Businesses asking to be hacked?
Are British businesses simply asking to be hacked? Okay… So not in the literal sense, however a recent study by the Institute of Engineering and Technology found that the majority of businesses are not doing…