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Cybercrime
Prevention is better than cure: These eleven threats could compromise your corporate systems in 2015
We don’t know what next year has in store for us, yet predictions are always useful to be better prepared for what might be around…
The USA aims to turn veterans into cyber-warriors
Paradoxically, there is a hole in cyber-security, at least when it comes to personnel. Even though businesses and institutions are increasingly aware of the importance…
The largest ever theft of passwords uncovered
What appears to be the greatest theft of user credentials in history has been reported by Hold Security, a small US security firm. No less…
Details of 105.8 million banking accounts stolen in South Korea
According to PandaLabs, South Korean credit rating company Korea Credit Bureau (KCB) has fallen victim to a cyber-attack resulting in the theft of personal…
Cybercriminals: computer genius or professional criminals?
Much to my surprise, one of the aspects about the Mariposa case that has attracted most attention in the media is that the criminals involved…
Big data needs big government
Edited by Ian Andrews, March 2010 Last week’s edition of the influential London-based journal The Economist led with some interesting statistics on the amount of…
Mariposa botnet
In May 2009, Defence Intelligence announced the discovery of a new botnet, dubbed “Mariposaâ€. This discovery was followed by months of investigation, aimed at bringing…