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Recently, a website associated with NATO suffered security breach.
Posted by eccuni on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 4:18 am
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The world’s top minds in information security are set to take the stage at Hacker Halted 2011, EC-Council’s flagship information security conference.
Posted by eccuni on Friday, June 10, 2011 at 2:44 am
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Recently, Google unearthed a major spear phishing campaign, which targeted military, government and media professionals.
Posted by eccuni on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 2:52 am
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates – May 22, 2011 – IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced the availability of a number of new and enhanced enterprise product lines that together offer complete protection anywhere and on any device. The company’s new offering Sophos Mobile Control provides lightweight device protection on a broad range [...]
Recently, counter crime agencies in Finland busted a cybercrime ring, which attempted to steal funds from accounts of legitimate banking customers. Attackers purportedly used a financial Trojan to extract login credentials of around 89 customers of Nordea Bank early last year. Cybercriminals were successful in stealing around 1.2 million Euros. However, information security professionals of [...]
Posted by eccuni on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1:46 am
Filed under World · Tagged banks, counter crime, cyber security experts, cybercrime ring, financial Trojan, Finnish, information security, internet, IT degree program, IT Security, malicious programs, malware, Nordea Bank, online IT courses, online it degree, phishing, search engine poisoning, security, social engineering, Trojan
Skimming is one of the techniques used by cybercriminals to defraud legitimate banking customers. Usually, cybercriminals install skimming devices on card slot to extract card information. They record personal identification numbers (PIN) of individuals through hidden pin-hole cameras, and inserting cameras in smoke detectors, or ceilings above an ATM. Cybercriminals may also place fake typing [...]
Posted by eccuni on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Filed under World · Tagged ATM, BKB, counterfeit cards, crime, Cybercrime, detection mechanism, electronic chips, electronic fraud, Germany, IT degree programs, IT Security, key loggers, online IT courses, online it degree, Point of Sale Terminals, pos, skimming, ticket vending machines, typing pad
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 17, 2011: Secureway Network Distributors, the leading Specialist Value Added Distributor in IT Security & Mobility Industry in the Middle East, is promoting its extensive range of IT security solutions at GITEX Saudi Arabia 2011, which is being held at Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center from May 16 [...]
Recently, the website of Pravda (The Truth), a major Russian newspaper suffered security breach. Cybercriminals allegedly inserted malicious scripts on the site. The malicious scripts are designed to compromise vulnerable computer systems. Security researchers at F-Secure have detected that the webpage surreptitiously load malicious scripts to exploit Java vulnerabilities and installs malware in a user’s [...]
Posted by eccuni on Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:56 am
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Cybercriminals constantly find ways to exploit software vulnerabilities and user negligence to install malware or extract confidential information. While some of the scams have become common, cybercriminals tend to repackage, refine and make use of new themes to defraud users. In the recent times, cybercriminals have been quick to exploit events such as Royal Wedding [...]
Posted by eccuni on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:58 pm
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Europe and North America are improving while spam from Brazil, Russia and Romania is on the increase in the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ of spam-relaying countries Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 11, 2011: IT security and control firm Sophos has published its latest report into the top twelve spam relaying countries, covering the first quarter of [...]