Exposing the organized crime of tomorrow
Europol identified a series of key driving factors that will impact the future landscape of serious and organized crime in Europe. A decline of traditional hierarchical …
Security framework for governments deploying the cloud
ENISA released a framework structured into four phases, nine security activities and fourteen steps that details the set of actions Member States should follow to define and …
The business and social impacts of cyber security issues
With multiple recent high profile attacks targeting household names and large employers, individuals increasingly fear cyber crime and its resulting consequences at work as …
3 million strong RAMNIT botnet taken down
The National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) worked with law enforcement colleagues in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany, co-ordinated through …
How important is the critical information infrastructure?
ENISA issued methodologies for the identification of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) services in communication networks. This study provides state of the art …
Banking Trojan Dyreza sends 30,000 malicious emails in one day
A massive spam wave is installing banking Trojan Dyreza on tens of thousands of computers to steal sensitive financial data from unsuspecting customers, warns Bitdefender. …
Increase in enterprise cloud adoption and data risk
Skyhigh Networks analyzed actual cloud usage data from over 15 million enterprise employees across 350 enterprises. Although they found a record high percentage of cloud …
Unsurprisingly, adults don’t read terms and conditions of mobile apps
Today, we spend more time on our smartphones and tablets than ever before, downloading games on the go, banking online or conducting the weekly grocery shop. However, despite …
French firms targeted with ransomware
French companies are the latest targets of cyber crooks wielding the CTB Locker (aka Critroni) ransomware. The emails look like their coming from an employee of the target …
What infosec can learn from the Greek elections
Sometimes disruption just happens. It occurs when something creates a dramatic change of direction, and examples are all around us: the introduction of the GUI, the iPod and …
Do government initiatives increase security awareness?
New research, by SecureData and Vanson Bourne, investigated the impact government security initiatives had on end-user organizations in 2014, with nearly half (47%) reporting …
Swiss users inundated with malware-laden spam
Swiss users are being heavily targeted by a number of spam campaigns delivering the Tiny Banker (TinBa or Busy) e-banking Trojan. Starting with Tuesday, the spammy emails seem …
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