Reuters Iran is becoming more professional and organized in online repression AMSTERDAM – Hackers who broke into a web security firm issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the Dutch government said Monday….
Surge in attachment spam a sign of desperation, say experts
Botnet criminals have flooded the Internet with a surge of attachment spam in recent weeks in a desperate attempt to rebuild a spam-distribution industry under pressure, security experts have suggested. Although this surge has been widely reported as a significant return for spam generally, levels are in fact subdued. It…
Computer security vital to small businesses; watch out for malware, experts say
Local computer experts say small-business owners need to know how their company’s data can be at risk and need to regularly safeguard against them and keep security systems up to date. Viruses, spyware, hackers and data loss plague small businesses as much as larger corporations. But while big companies can…