Bangalore, Nov 15 : A whopping USD 520 million has been lost during the first six months of 2011 according to a report by RSA, the security division of EMC. View full post on phishing – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans Gregory…
Canada puts up $477 million to foil cyber attacks
Canada is poised to spend nearly half a billion dollars to gain access to a constellation of U.S. air force satellites designed to foil foreign cyber attacks. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
Firewalls fail to stem tide of DDoS attacks, survey finds
Companies still rely heavily on firewalls to defend themselves against denial-of-service attacks despite the fact that this class of device is often not up to the task, a new survey by F5 Networks has found. The survey of 1,000 medium and large organisations in 10 countries found that up to…
Britain warns over state-sponsored cyber attacks
British Foreign Secretary William Hague issued a warning on Wednesday to countries which sponsor cyber attacks, at the close of a global cyberspace conference in London. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Britain warns over state-sponsored cyber attacks
British Foreign Secretary William Hague issued a warning on Wednesday to countries which sponsor cyber attacks, at the close of a global cyberspace conference in London. View full post on russia cyber attacks – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans Gregory Evans |…
Smart-phone players scramble to halt rapid growth in malware attacks
Threats, vulnerabilities, Trojans, phishing sites – the language of PC virus warfare is this year increasingly being applied to mobile devices. A series of reports from security companies suggest a surge in mobile malware. Juniper Networks says Google Android malware samples grew 400 per cent between June 2010 and January…
Security firm: Hacking attacks traced to China hit chemical, military-related companies
BEIJING — Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets, a U.S. computer security company said Tuesday, adding to complaints about pervasive Internet crime linked to this country. The targets included 29 chemical companies and 19 others that…
SEC asks companies to disclose cyber attacks (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. securities regulators formally asked public companies for the first time to disclose cyber attacks against them, following a rash of high-profile Internet crimes. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Father of SSL says despite attacks, the security linchpin has lots of life left
SSL/TLS, the protocol that protects security of e-commerce, has taken a beating lately, with news items ranging from the violation of certificate authorities to the discovery of an exploit that beats the protocol itself. With all the noise about SSL/TLS it’s easy to think that something is irreparably damaged and perhaps it’s…
Malware attacks up because of social media
A new global survey on social media risks released today reveals a dangerous gap in corporate social media security. Over 60 per cent of more than 4,000 respondents in 12 countries said that social media in the workplace represents a serious security risk – yet only 29 per cent report…