Cybercriminal jailed for 30 years in Turkey

Thursday, 8 January 2009, 8:04 PM CET

According to reports, Maksym Yastremskiy, also known as "Maksik", sold hundreds of thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information, and was one of the gang charged in August 2008 with stealing customer information.

SIEM: the answer to awkward security questions

Thursday, 8 January 2009, 8:02 PM CET

How security information and event management solutions help to ensure your organization doesn’t get caught off-guard.

The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2008 breach report

Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 8:53 PM CET

Reports of data breaches increased dramatically in 2008. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2008 breach report reached 656 reported breaches at the end of 2008, reflecting an increase of 47% over last year’s total of 446. In terms of sub-divisions by type of entity, the rankings have not changed between 2007 and 2008 within the five groups that ITRC monitors.

Majority of companies spend ‘no time’ managing their security systems

Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 11:00 PM CET

Nearly two-thirds of UK businesses do not look after their Internet security effectively, according to new research. A survey undertaken by Network Box, found that just over 65 per cent of companies spend ‘no time’ managing their security systems (anti-virus, anti-spam, content filtering, VPN, intrusion detection and web usage and bandwidth policies).

Tales from the support crypt

Tuesday, 30 December 2008, 9:04 PM CET

Talking viruses, infected physical devices, lights that go out are some of the “problems” Panda Security’s tech support service has had to face. Many of them were not a result of computer viruses, but of confused users. This proves once again, that antivirus manufacturers must make a special effort to increase user knowledge regarding computer security and malware effects.

Security trends of 2008 and predictions for 2009

Wednesday, 24 December 2008, 6:06 PM CET

As a new year approaches we must prepare for new Internet security threats. Every year, new and innovative ways of attacking computer users emerge and continue to increase in volume and severity. To know where we are going it is helpful to look at where we have been. Finding trends in Internet security has become a valuable, if not necessary, action for companies developing software to protect computer users.

Zero-day Web malware blocks surpass yearly average

Wednesday, 24 December 2008, 10:14 AM CET

In its latest report, ScanSafe noted that backdoors and data theft Trojans increased from 13% of all Web malware blocks in October, to 30% of all blocks in November. Backdoors and data theft Trojans allow attackers to target exactly what type of information is stolen.

The rise and rise of rogue security software

Monday, 22 December 2008, 11:32 PM CET

Rogue security software is an application that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides little or no security, generates erroneous alerts, or attempts to lure users into participating in fraudulent transactions.


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