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Cyber-threats are not strictly for money and are certainly not all commercial
posted on 17/03/2010
Thanks to tough economic times (and the resulting hit on our wallets) and a generous dollop of fear-mongering from the media and opportunistic profiteers, we’ve all become myopically obsessed with cyber-crime. This is not entirely a bad thing. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, everyone knows that technology has created unimaginable opportunity for resourceful crooks. The pitfall is in our myopia. We’ve become so obsessed with cyber-crim... [more]
ForeScout CounterACT secures Patelco Credit Union against theft and fraud
posted on 16/03/2010
According to the recently released 2009 Identity Theft Resource Center Breach Report, malicious attacks and insider threats are up 36.4 percent with 354 reported data security breaches last year, compared to 27 percent caused by accidental exposure or lost data. ForeScout Technologies, Inc. has announced that CounterACT has been chosen by Patelco Credit Union to ward off malware attacks, insider fraud and assist with regulatory compliance. ... [more]
Koobface worm infects social networking sites
posted on 15/03/2010
During the past two weeks, the Kaspersky Lab research team has observed the Koobface live C&C servers shut down or cleaned, on average, three times per day. The number dropped steadily from 107 on 25th February, to as low as 71 on 8th March. Then, in just 48 hours, the number grew from 71 to 142, precisely doubling its total number, which all Koobface-infected computers use to get remote commands and updates. The Koobface command and control ... [more]
Internet users can take advantage of the speed of email and the security of digital encryption with Comodo's free Email Certificates
posted on 08/03/2010
When New York jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, he shipped the 45.52-carat gem via US mail. Email users need to be warier than Winston. Unlike rocks, email messages scatter into tiny digital signals bouncing from computer to computer, owned and operated by different companies. Anyone along the way can imperceptibly alter or even destroy these messages. That's why Comodo provides free personal em... [more]
Cyber-Ark Labs to focus on researching emerging trends in technology and information security
posted on 24/02/2010
Cyber-Ark® Software's recently launched Cyber-Ark Labs is a new group dedicated to researching emerging trends in technology and information security. Housed in the company’s U.S. headquarters, one of the goals for Cyber-Ark Labs is to create an environment where innovative ideas can be nurtured into commercially-viable solutions. Cyber-Ark Labs will be headed by Shlomi Dinoor, who recently joined the company as its first vice president of eme... [more]
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