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Proposed EU cyber security law will require proactive network security

Last week, the European Commission proposed new legislation to require major tech firms like Google and Facebook to report any security breaches to local cyber crime …

Polish CERT hits Virut botnet

The Polish Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), the national registry of the .pl domain and founder of CERT Polska, has announced on Friday that they took over 23 …

The sharp rise of UK e-crime

News that e-crime accounts for 37% of all retail crime, reflects the changing nature of the threats that today’s retailers are facing. As brands struggle to compete on …

Cyber security needs to be a board level issue

As part of the much talked about Cyber Security Strategy, the UK Government is “committed to helping reduce vulnerability to attack and ensure that the UK is the safest …

Fox IT analysts demystify the Pobelka botnet

Analysts from Dutch-based security audit firm Fox-IT have recently released examined in great detail a botnet that has been around for quite some time, and is still …

Company bosses slacking on hacking

Company bosses across the UK have a complacent attitude toward cybercrime and are inviting criminal attacks due to their sloppy approach to internet security, reveals new …

Europol launches European Cybercrime Centre

The new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) based at Europol headquarters in The Hague will be officially launched on Friday, January 11, and will be the focal point in the …

FISAA legalizes surveillance of EU citizens and their cloud data, claims study

When the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISAA) was extended for another 5 years thanks to a majority vote in the U.S. Senate late last year, there …

Corporate risk hotspots identified

Corporate risk prevention consultancy Riskskill, a division of UKFraud, has opened the New Year with a list of what they believe are the 8 biggest corporate risk hotspots …

Military IT dependence could result in fatal cyber attacks

This week, MPs on the Defence Select Committee have produced a report stating that the UK’s armed forces are now so dependent on IT that they could be “fatally …

EU payment card fraud nets 1.5 billion euros a year to cybercriminals

Although the total number of payment cards (debit and credit) issued in the EU in the previous 12 months reached over 726,000,000 – card fraud has actually been on a …

ENISA summarizes 120 threat reports, identifies top trends

The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has published the first Cyber Threat Landscape analysis of 2012, summarizing over 120 threat reports. The report identifies and …

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