A Home Affairs Select Committee has stated that the UK is losing the war on online criminal activity and that the government is too complacent in targeting cyber criminals.
Why help desk employees are a social engineer's favourite target
A new report from the SANS Institute and RSA on help desk security and privacy finds help desk workers are the easiest victims for a determined social engineering criminal.
New Android malware lowers the bar for cyber-criminals
The first tools for injecting legitimate Android apps with open-source software that allows an attacker to control an infected smartphone remotely have been found in the criminal underground.
EU Parliament approves stricter penalties for cyber-attacks
Cyber-criminals could face tougher penalties across the European Union under new rules adopted by the European Parliament, which include the creation of a specific offence of using botnets.
With Carberp source code’s release, security pros expect the worst
With the previously $40,000 Carberp Trojan’s source code now freely available, experts expect exceptionally destructive variants of the malware to flow onto the Internet.
Cyber crime batters small businesses, says Symantec
Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defences, according to a new report from Symantec. …
Criminals hack Adobe certificate server
Criminals broke into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them …