Tagged: Cyber Security & News
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CISPA and the power to cyber snoop – er, what just happened? News
27.04.2012 What just happened to privacy on the web? Have large US internet giants and security agencies been given extra rights to snoop online? These are the questions in my mind after... -
Securing the cloud – Ireland in vanguard of war on cyber crime News
12.01.2012 Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you cannot help but realise the world is under attack from increasingly sophisticated gangs of cyber attackers. -
Hackers target United Nations agency - report News
30.11.2011 A group of hackers calling themselves Teampoison has posted online more than 100 email addresses and login details it claimed to have obtained from the United Nations, calling... -
Massive cyber security breach hits Sweden News
26.10.2011 The login details of some 210,000 Swedes, including politicians and media figures, have been exposed in what is the biggest cyber security breach in the country’s history,... -
Irish-owned AEP bought for US$57.5m News
29.09.2011 UK defence and aerospace company Ultra Electronics has bought Irish-owned AEP Networks for an initial cash consideration of US$57.5m.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, FinancialTags: Cyber security, Mobile Security -
InfoSecurity Ireland group plans to increase activity News
12.09.2011 Group aims to promote Ireland as a centre of excellence in security. -
Mikko Hypponen to present at Irish cyber crime conference News
08.09.2011 Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with the antivirus provider F-Secure, is to give the keynote presentation at this year’s IRISSCERT cyber crime conference in Dublin this... -
Obama’s CIO Vivek Kundra to step down News
17.06.2011 Vivek Kundra, the visionary young CIO appointed by US President Barack Obama, has stepped down from the position. Kundra championed the US Government’s move to cloud computing... -
Gmail accounts breached in China, Google says News
02.06.2011 Attackers based in China have stolen Gmail login details of hundreds of senior US and South Korean government officials and other Asian officials, as well as Chinese political... -
Anonymous members will be 'persecuted', NATO report says News
02.06.2011 A draft report to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has warned that the loose hacktivist collective Anonymous is becoming “more sophisticated” and says measures will be taken to... -
UCD to lead EU initiative for training cyber cops News
01.06.2011 Ireland is spearheading an EU initiative aimed at tackling cyber crime, with the selection of UCD’s Centre for Cybercrime Investigation as a centre of excellence in a €4m... -
Cyber security threats continue against Irish businesses News
24.05.2011 Ireland’s Computer Emergency Response Team is now receiving up to 10 alerts per day from Irish businesses coming under attack by having their systems compromised to host... -
Cyber crime goldmine – less than 1pc of money in world is physical News
16.03.2011 “The internet is where the money is and hackers know this.” That’s the view of Trend Micro cyber crime expert David Perry, who has warned that cyber crime is big business for... -
French finance ministry confirms cyber attack News
07.03.2011 The French finance ministry has confirmed it was the subject of a cyber attack from hackers in December 2010. -
HP to buy cyber security firm ArcSight for US$1.5bn News
13.09.2010 HP revealed today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire security and compliance management company ArcSight for an enterprise value of US$1.5bn, or US$43.50 per...Categories: Security, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Cloud -
Europe’s fight against spam is at a stalemate News
21.01.2010 The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has revealed that no significant progress has been made in the fight against spam and that 95pc of email received throughout Europe is in...Categories: CIO -
EU cyber security agency calls for electronic ID cards News
27.11.2009 Europe’s cyber security agency ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has concluded that electronic ID (eID) cards offer the most secure and reliable...Tags: Online Banking, Cyber security, -
Use of cyber security attacks as a military weapon to increase in frequency News
13.08.2008 The current conflict between Georgia and Russia over the Georgian province of South Ossetia has been marked by an accompanying form of cyber warfare. But this type of online...Categories: CIOTags: Cyber security,