Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defences, according to a new report from Symantec. …
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UAE urges students to become cyber ambassadors in new initiative
The "Cybersecurity" ambassador initiative was launched to build a secure e-culture as it is considered a competitive initiative to empower Emirati students as cybersecurity ambassadors.1 2945
Ransomware uses browser history for credibility – report
The authors of police-themed ransomware have started using the browsing histories from infected computers in order to make their scams …
Microsoft, Symantec take down botnet
Microsoft and Symantec on Wednesday announced that they have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal …
Obama to issue executive order on cyber security
United States President Barack Obama is expected to issue an executive order on cyber security following his upcoming State of …
Anonymous attacks against Israeli sites continued Friday
Anonymous-led denial of service attacks continued unabated for the second day Friday against Israeli government and corporate websites in retaliation …
VMware: Leaked source code dates to 2004, customers should patch
VMware warned on Sunday that more of its source code for its ESX hypervisor technology could become public after another …
Russian 'cyber-bandits' arrested for Amazon DDoS attacks
A Russian accused of being behind DDoS attacks carried out on Amazon and other US sites in 2008 has been …
Olympics facing threat from cyberattacks, says UK official
A Home Office official has warned once again that with the Olympic Games only weeks away the country faces an …
Flame's Windows Update hack required world-class cryptanalysis, researchers say
The Flame cyber-espionage malware makes use of a previously unknown cryptographic attack variant that required world-class cryptanalysis to develop, experts …
Google warns users of 'state-sponsored' hacks
Google began warning users today of its Gmail online email services when it suspects they may be targets of “state-sponsored” …