Author: Garey McKee Police Limit Comic is published on PoliceOne every Sunday. For more than a decade, the strip’s cast of unnamed characters has been constantly struggling with stresses, not only from the criminal element on the street, but also from the upper echelons of the police department’s top brass,…
Cybersecurity career experts: Mobile app security skills hot in 2012
The increase in smartphones and other mobile devices has fueled demand for IT security pros with mobile app security and networking skills, say several cybersecurity career experts. <img alt="Cybersecurity career experts: Mobile app security skills hot in 2012, Blog, Security, skills, Mobile, Cybersecurity, experts, 2012., career"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz…
ProtectMyID: Happy New Year’s Eve! Resolve to protect yourself and your family from #identitytheft in 2012!
ProtectMyID: Happy New Year’s Eve! Resolve to protect yourself and your family from #identitytheft in 2012! View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Multifunctional malware, staged drive-by attacks to rise in 2012
Automated toolkits with business models that include rental agreements and constant updates will gain considerable improvements in 2012, with many attack kits being primed with new features that enable even the least tech-savvy cybercriminals to hone malware in 2012 for highly targeted attacks. It all starts with a blob of…
Hackers to exploit new avenues of attack in 2012
Banking on smartphones and web-connected cars will provide fertile hunting ground for hackers in 2012, as cyber criminals follow consumers into an increasingly mobile world, a report by McAfee Inc. said Wednesday View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
McAfee predicts more high-profile, targeted attacks in 2012
Other major threat predictions include new hacktivist groups, spam exploiting virtual currency and digital wallets, the circulation of fake rogue certificates, and the potential for a growing “cyberwar” between governments. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Best Read: Brandt’s Top 5 Malware Threats in 2012
25 “Worst Passwords” Of 2011 Revealed David Coursey Contributor Who Owns Your LinkedIn Contacts? David Coursey Contributor If you know me, you know I’m not really prone to spreading security FUD. I’ve been asked to prognosticate a bit about the near-term future, and I have to say, without intending to…
Speak Up Against Negative Cyber Use in 2012!
By: Bert Padilla The internet and social media networks have become effective tools in providing information and connecting with people. However, these digital instruments have been instrumental in proliferating information that have caused personal attack on individuals or groups that brought them ridicule, harassment or public embarrassment, and stealing intellectual…
2012 Will See Rise in Cyber-Espionage and Malware, Experts Say
The security industry expects the number of cyber-espionage attacks to increase in 2012 and the malware used for this purpose to become increasingly sophisticated. In the past two years there has been a surge in the number of malware-based attacks that resulted in sensitive data being stolen from government agencies,…
2012 Will See a Rise in Cyber-espionage Attacks and Sophisticated Malware, Experts Say
The security industry expects the number of cyber-espionage attacks to increase in 2012 and the malware used for this purpose to become increasingly sophisticated. In the past two years there has been a surge in the number of malware-based attacks that resulted in sensitive data being stolen from government agencies,…