A Chinese cyberespionage group operating out of Shanghai has been launching targeted attacks against the U.S. defense and European aerospace industries, a security vendor reported.
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10 Jun |
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Corporate employees familiar with Dropbox should take extra precautions to avoid becoming a victim of a phishing attack that uses the popular file-sharing service.
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07 Jun |
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AT&T's plans for a location-based service that would track a mobile phone user to prevent credit-card fraud has raised concerns among privacy advocates who want strict rules on the use of the data.
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06 Jun |
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Apple's march toward seamless integration between the Mac, iPhone and iPad worries some security experts who say companies may find it more difficult to prevent data leakage on the devices.
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05 Jun |
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Security researchers have discovered multipurpose malware capable of stealing payment card numbers from electronic cash registers and data entered in Web forms through a browser.
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04 Jun |
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The multinational effort that led to the disruption of the Gameover Zeus botnet that distributed the infamous Cryptolocker ransomware highlights what is possible when companies become more open with information during cybersecurity investigations, experts say.
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03 Jun |
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University researchers are testing whether a distributed computing system could be used to prevent a major blackout during a cyberattack on the nation's power grid.
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01 Jun |
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The first line of defense against a social media-related attack recently perpetrated by a suspected Iranian hacker group is to teach employees how to spot cyberspies, experts say.
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30 May |
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Companies across industries are likely to face a much larger malware threat during geopolitical conflicts, research shows.
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29 May |
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IBM researchers have developed a technique that website operators, cloud service providers and mobile application developers could use to spot a fraudster who has stolen an account holder's credentials.
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28 May |
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Companies that fail to continually watch for employee and executive fraud typically lose 5 percent of revenues each year to insider cunning, which amounts to nearly $3.7 trillion globally, a report found.
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23 May |
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The eBay database breach that led to the theft of customers' passwords and personal information started with the compromise of employee login credentials, a reminder that companies should check the safeguards in place for protecting such critical information.
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22 May |
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Companies have shortened the amount of time between malware infection and discovery, but too few organizations detect the breach on their own, a security report found.
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21 May |
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The international raids that led to the arrests of nearly 100 people suspected of trading in the notorious BlackShades Trojan shows that countries are learning how to cooperate at a large scale in chasing cybercriminals, experts say.
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20 May |
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Google and Facebook are finding cunning scams in which shysters advertise 800 numbers for bogus tech support that typically leads to people giving up personal data and downloading malicious software.
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17 May |
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