Tagged: Cyber Criminals & News
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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, ComputersTags: Hacking, Google, Cyber Attack, Cyber Crime, Cookies, IP, Cyber Criminals, Internet Security, Online, -
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, CIOTags: Ireland, Cloud, Trend Micro, Security, Smartphones, Cyber Criminals, Cyber Crime, Social Media -
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... -
ESET predicts cyber threats for 2012 News
05.01.2012 Mobile malware, Windows 7 threats, targeted attacks and social engineering improvements make up antivirus company ESET's cyber threat predictions for 2012. -
RSA gives SMBs enterprise-class alternative to reliance on passwords News
02.12.2011 RSA Authentication Manager Express, an authentication solution designed to meet the cost and convenience requirements of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has been... -
UK to dispatch ‘Cyber Bobbies’ to police the web News
25.11.2011 ‘Cyber Specials’ look set to be the new face of UK policing as the UK government today revealed its strategy to counter the threat of cyber crime to its stg£100bn a year online...Categories: CIO, Digital Media, Government, Internet, Security, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
96pc of cyber attacks on Irish firms come from organised criminals News
24.11.2011 Irish businesses are battling a rising epidemic of cyber attacks, Irish online security body IRISSCERT has revealed, with the majority of attacks coming from organised criminals.Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, Legal, Hardware, Education, Digital Business -
Cyber criminals may leverage Gaddafi's death News
21.10.2011 Internet users, be warned - cyber criminals may take advantage of people wanting more information about the death of Col Muammar Gaddafi by planting fake websites and links that... -
London Met e-Crime Unit saves UK economy stg£140m News
03.10.2011 The London Met's Police Central e-Crime Unit has saved the UK economy more than £140m in the last six months and is well on course to exceed its four-year harm reduction target.Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Legal, Internet, Government, Digital Business, CIO -
Criminals hijack social media sites with ‘friend in distress’ scams News
23.08.2011 A disturbing new trend has emerged whereby social media savvy cyber criminals are targeting the friend-lists of holiday makers who have gloated about their break or posted... -
NoTW hacking scandal highlights smartphone security News
08.07.2011 The recent news that up to 4,000 people may have been the targets of phone hacking by a private investigator working for News of The World tabloid newspaper serves as a reminder... -
It’s war! Anti-cyber crime alliance formed to defeat hackers News
05.07.2011 A new global organisation that joins tech companies with police forces around the world - the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) – has been formed against...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, Risk Management, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Government -
Targeted malicious attacks worth US$1.3bn to cyber criminals News
01.07.2011 Cyber criminals are shifting their stratagem away from mass spam attacks to more targeted, malicious-style attacks, such as spearphishing. Cisco estimates the overall cost of... -
EU report looks into Irish IT security readiness News
10.06.2011 Irish businesses are more likely to have a formally defined ICT security policy compared with their European peers but use of antivirus and security software among consumers is... -
Irish pretty good with password security - survey News
03.06.2011 Irish internet users’ passwords are more secure than the global average, according to new research.