By Elizabeth Bewley Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen says his department would be "in dire straits" without the nearly $1.8 million it has received through the federal Community Oriented Policing Services program. The program has allowed Lebanon to hire or keep 15 officers since 1995….
Phishing incidents on the rise in India
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Over 380 phishing incidents have been reported in the January-October 2011 period and 508 in 2010 to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the government said Friday. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results 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…
Fatal officer-involved shootings on the rise in DC area
Author: Duane Wolfe By Andrea Noble The Washington Times WASHINGTON — Police in the D.C. area have seen an uptick in the number of fatal shootings involving officers this year, saying officers increasingly are coming under attack. "One of the things we’re seeing more of is people attacking police instead…
Mobile attacks on the rise, says McAfee
Mobile malware’s set to rocket, according to security firm McAfee’s 2012 Threat Predictions report, while the Anonymous hacking group may be on its way out. Threats involving mobile banking and virtual currency will dominate, says McAfee, and politically-motivated attacks will also make headlines. We can look forward to industrial attacks,…
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,…
Smartphone malware threats on the rise: report
(CBS News) A report from the computer security company McAfee finds that threats to your smartphone are on the rise and will reach a record high by the end of this year. According to the report, you are 76 percent more likely to have a malicious software attack, known as…
Fraud to rise as banks issue more cards
PHILIPPINE banks are at risk of card fraud as they ramp up their consumer banking business, an executive at a technology firm yesterday said. View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
HTCS1: Cyber crime is on the rise and Facebook is an easy place for criminals to hide. Listen to more at http://t.co/16IcFmv2
HTCS1: Cyber crime is on the rise and Facebook is an easy place for criminals to hide. Listen to more at http://t.co/16IcFmv2 View full post on Twitter / HTCS1