Tagged: Cyber Crime & News
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The death of privacy News
24.05.2012 A better understanding of privacy is required at all levels of society, writes John Kennedy. He warns that 21st-century technology will stretch the limits and our notions of... -
Internet security player Total Defense to create 100 jobs in Dublin News
08.05.2012 Total Defense Internet Security, a former subsidiary of CA, is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin as part of an IDA-supported investment. It is understood 21 people have been... -
India tops for spam, malicious spam increases - Sophos News
24.04.2012 India has overtaken the United States in one year to become the top global contributor of spam, and though basic marketing spam has decreased, the amount of phishing and... -
Reddit users to be sued over member’s suicide? News
13.04.2012 Reports have been circulating this week that nine members of the content-sharing website Reddit allegedly urged a fellow user of the site to follow through with his plans to... -
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... -
European Cybercrime Centre to crack down on cyber threats News
05.04.2012 The European Commission is proposing to set up a European Cybercrime Centre in the Hague to focus on online fraud, e-crime and identity theft.Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Search Engines, Science, Online Business, Mobile, Internet, Government, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO -
LulzSec hackers reborn with military dating website attack? News
28.03.2012 Hacker group LulzSec has apparently undergone a type of resurrection. A new flurry of hackers, calling themselves LulzSec reborn, are claiming to have exposed more than 170,000... -
Zeus sting – Microsoft strikes at heart of cybercrime botnet empire News
26.03.2012 A consortium led by Microsoft has struck at the heart of the major cybercrime empire behind the Zeus and SpyEye botnets which have been stealing information for identity theft.Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
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. -
Top tips to avoid being a cyber crime victim News
07.02.2012 Today is Safer Internet Day, with countries around the globe holding events to educate parents, teachers and children about using the web, especially social media, more safely....Tags: Hacking, Gaming, Cyber Crime, Phishing, Microsoft, Trend Micro, Twitter, Internet, Bullying, Facebook -
Industry to teach web safety in Irish schools for Safer Internet Day News
30.01.2012 Across the globe, this year’s Safer Internet Day will be happening on 7 February. As part of the digital safety drive, industry volunteers from Microsoft Ireland, UPC and O2...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Security, Search Engines, Multimedia, Mobile, Media, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, AppsTags: Phishing, O2, Online Abuse, Internet, Microsoft, UPC, Cyber Crime, NCTE, European Union, digital, -
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 -
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 -
Get inside the mind of a cyber criminal News
08.11.2011 Based on their book The Psychology of Cyber Crime, two lecturers from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) will hold a seminar tomorrow to look at how... -
Weekend news roundup News
07.11.2011 A roundup of the weekend's tech coverage in the papers, including the strange humour and intelligence of Siri, how watching the kids could be a new way of stopping cyber crime...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Search, Economy, Digital Business, Design -
Hague: 'Nations must work together to fight cyber crime' News
18.10.2011 OP-ED: UK foreign secretary Rt Hon William Hague MP says nations must stand together in the fight against cyber crime. He has invited an Irish delegation led by Lucinda...Categories: Web, Servers, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Government, Education, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
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