Twitter beefs up security after wave of attacks on media sites
Written by v2r on May 23, 2013 – 8:18 am -Twitter has introduced a new two-factor security system – an optional “extra layer” of security which should help to prevent unauthorised access to accounts. The move comes in the wake of a series of high-profile attacks on Twitter accounts owned by media organisations including Associated Press and the Financial ...
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Small business cybercrime costs $6,000 a year, says British group
Written by v2r on May 22, 2013 – 2:04 pm -Small business cybercrime costs an average of £4,000 ($6000) a year, according to the British Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). A report by the group found that 41 per cent of the FSB’s membership have been a victim of cybercrime in the past year. The most common threat is virus infections, with 20% of small businesses falli...
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Cyber attacks on America “will get worse”, warns NSA director
Written by v2r on May 21, 2013 – 1:43 pm -Cyber attacks on America will continue to escalate, according to National Security Director Keith Alexander, speaking to the Reuters Cybersecurity Summit in Washington. “Disruptive and destructive attacks on our country will get worse,” said Alexander, the leading U.S. general in charge of the nation’s cybersecurity. ...
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FBI shares information on cyber attacks with US banks
Written by v2r on May 19, 2013 – 9:14 pm -The FBI has offered temporary security clearances to officers from financial institutions in order to share information into repeated cyber attacks with US banks which have disrupted online banking websites in recent months. Bank security officers were invited to a classified video conference held at 40 FBI field offices around the...
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Mainstream media only offer a “snapshot” of scope of cybercrime, says British intelligence head
Written by v2r on May 17, 2013 – 7:01 pm -Mainstream media reports offer a mere “snapshot” of the scope of cybercrime, according to the head of British intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). “Cyberspace is contested every day, every hour, every minute, every second,” said Sir Iain Lobban, Director of GCHQ. Sir Iain contributed an article...
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Government regulation poses challenges for bank security, says Australian banker
Written by v2r on May 15, 2013 – 4:30 pm -Government regulation of IT security poses challenges for bank security teams, a leading Australian bank IT security expert has claimed. Regulation forces companies to focus on complying with rules, and may divert attention from other areas, said Andrew Dell, head of IT security services at the National Australia Bank. “The regul...
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Worldwide $45m ATM cyber-heist highlights vulnerabilities in card security
Written by v2r on May 11, 2013 – 8:09 am -An international gang of cyber thieves stole $45 million using bank ATMs in a heist spread across 27 countries. The attack showed off some of the vulnerabilities of current financial security systems. U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said that the suspects had “participated in a massive 21st century bank heist that reached across ...
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How Cybercriminals Are Getting Better At Stealing Your Money
Written by v2r on May 10, 2013 – 5:56 pm -Recent incidents highlight how frequently – and creatively – cybercriminals try to steal data. From “homemade browsers” to million-user data breaches, to the daily theft carried out every day by infostealers and phishing attacks, every day. All this stolen information ends up for sale in the underground to t...
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Name.com resets passwords after security breach
Written by v2r on May 9, 2013 – 7:24 am -Domain name registrar and web hosting company Name.com has been hit by a large-scale security breach – which the company said was motivated by an attempt to gain information on one, large commercial account. The company has reset all passwords as a precaution after the attack, and warned customers that information including u...
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Group of senators propose new law to battle cyber theft
Written by v2r on May 8, 2013 – 2:48 pm -A proposed new law, the Deter Cyber Theft Act, would help defend U.S. companies against data theft and computer espionage by foreign interests, a bipartisan group of senators said this week. Republican and Democratic senators including John McCain and Carl Levin proposed the Deter Cyber Theft Act, which aims to curb the loss of “...
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