Tagged: Cyber Criminals
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Microsoft and Symantec bust US$1bn a year click fraud ring News
07.02.2013 Microsoft and Symantec have taken down the command and control servers used by a cyber fraud ring that netted criminals stg£700,000 (US$1bn) a year via a threat called... -
Online scammers target Permanent TSB customers News
02.01.2013 IT experts at ESET Ireland say they have seen a massive run of targeted scam emails hitting Irish inboxes with various attempts to scam Permanent TSB customers. -
Fresh fraud alert over PBX hacking as firms face large bills News
21.12.2012 Businesses have been warned about the risk of a fresh round of telecoms fraud, after a number of recent PBX phone system hackings that in some cases cost victims thousands of euro.Categories: Security, Risk Management, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Digital Business, Communications -
Beware of Late Late Toy Show SMS scam - UK cyber thieves target Irish consumers News
28.11.2012 Consumers in Ireland are being alerted to a premium rate number scam by UK cyber-criminals, whereby unsuspecting punters are being manipulated into believing they have won... -
Phishing attacks jump 19pc as social networks spread - report News
30.10.2012 Global phishing attacks increased by 19pc during the first half of this year and the popularity of social networks has helped cyber-criminals steal more information, the RSA’s... -
Banks warned of Trojan spree as cyber-criminals get away with US$5m heist News
05.10.2012 A Trojan heist on 30 US financial institutions that saw cyber-criminals make off with US$5m is a warning shot for Irish banks to be on the lookout for sophisticated threats. -
Microsoft reveals PCs are being infected by cyber thieves before they reach consumers (clarification) News
14.09.2012 Microsoft has revealed that cyber-criminals are infiltrating unsecure computer supply chains to introduce counterfeit software embedded with malware for the purpose of secretly...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
World’s cyber police, sleuths and crime experts converge in Cork News
14.09.2012 International police, cybercrime experts and leading security organisations are in Cork this week to develop and discuss technologies and techniques to battle the growing threat... -
Beware of fake Tesco gift certificate email and Facebook scam News
06.09.2012 Internet users have been warned that emails and Facebook wall posts offering Tesco vouchers are an actual scam that cyber-criminals are using to direct users to fraudulent... -
Cyber-criminals take on mobile phone users with London 2012 Olympics scams – report News
08.08.2012 A report from GFI Software out today suggests that cyber-criminals are starting to target mobile phone users, with the company’s security researchers having identified a number...Categories: Search, Phones, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Cyber-criminals to take advantage of London 2012 Olympics News
16.07.2012 Cyber-criminals are expected to leverage the London 2012 Olympics’ presence on social media, and data storage giant EMC’s security division RSA is warning fans to be wary of... -
Cyber-criminals turn focus to Apple and Android devices - report News
08.06.2012 Cyber-criminals are increasingly turning their attention away from their traditional domain of Windows products toward Apple and Android devices as usage of these products... -
Cyber-criminals catch on to online hotel booking craze News
14.05.2012 Cyber-criminals appear to be capitalising onto the trend of people booking their holidays online. Hotline.ie has issued an appeal for people to be aware of fake booking... -
Anonymous hackers take down UK government sites News
10.04.2012 Hackers associated with Anonymous apparently caused three UK government websites to crash over the weekend, in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to protest the... -
IT chiefs warned over patching priorities News
28.02.2012 IT managers who spend their time patching their Microsoft applications to avoid leaving vulnerabilities for cyber criminals to exploit may be focusing on the wrong target, a... -
Dublin sixth riskiest online city, survey says News
21.02.2012 Dublin has ranked as the sixth riskiest city for cyber crime and cyber crime factors, a survey by internet security firm Norton and research group Sperling's BestPlaces suggests. -
Google to educate consumers about cyber crime News
18.01.2012 To combat the growing problem of cyber crime, Google has decided to take matters into its own hands. Yesterday in the US, it started Good to Know, a consumer education campaign...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Internet, Global CIO, Education, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
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. -
Ireland besieged! Online attacks to increase in 2012 (infographic) News
10.01.2012 Every 24 hours, some 13,000 infected files are detected in Ireland, with fake antivirus programmes being the most common, Trend Micro said today.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Consumer Tech, CIO -
Facebook locks down 45,000 accounts to block Ramnit worm News
06.01.2012 Facebook has locked down 45,000 accounts infected by a new strain of the Ramnit worm that was recently adapted to enable cyber crime gangs to target Facebook details as a means...