Tagged: Phishing
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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, Phishing, Cybercrime, 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, Apps -
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 -
2011 a 'watershed' year for security breaches - IBM report News
29.09.2011 This year has been a “watershed” in high-profile security breaches but there have been improvements in other areas, such as a decrease in web application vulnerabilities, a new... -
Cisco report sheds light on advanced persistent threat trend News
10.08.2011 Data breaches during the first half of this year were “seemingly nonstop”, with advanced persistent threats playing a key role in many of the breaches, according to the latest... -
Biggest hacking campaign ever discovered – Operation Shady RAT News
03.08.2011 The biggest hacking campaign ever has been uncovered, which breached computer networks of 72 organisations worldwide, including governments, the UN and defence contractors. -
SMS scam claims to be from Data Protection Commissioner News
12.07.2011 An SMS scam claiming to be from The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is circulating, attempting to steal personal information. -
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Smartphone owners will blame mobile operators for data loss News
09.06.2011 Mobile operators risk serious reputational and financial damage if data is lost, a study of 1,000 smartphone users by AdaptiveMobile has revealed. -
Phishing fears follow cyber attack on 200,000 Citigroup customers News
09.06.2011 The nature of the data stolen in the latest cyber attack that has seen 200,000 accounts – or 1pc of US banking giant Citigroup’s customer base – hacked by a cyber gang will make... -
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... -
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... -
Sony servers now hit by phishing scam News
20.05.2011 Sony’s cyber security woes are continuing. Security player F-Secure has discovered the presence of a phishing site on certain Sony websites in Thailand and Italy. -
Millions of email addresses stolen in cyber attack News
04.04.2011 A cyber attack on US marketing firm Epsilon has resulted in millions of email addresses being stolen by hackers. The attack could impact customers of major banks, hotels and... -
Cyber crime and you News
24.03.2011 Cyber crime is big business and with the growth of social networking, smartphones, spam and scams, most people are easy pickings for ruthless cyber criminals. -
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... -
Irish web users are 2nd-fewest virus recipients in EU News
08.02.2011 Ireland had the second-lowest share of internet users catching a virus or computer infection, an EU for Safer Internet Day study suggests.Tags: Credit Cards, Phishing, Privacy, Online, Parental Controls, Child Safety, Malware, Virus , Ireland, EU 27, EU -
Cyber criminals heavily target social networkers News
19.01.2011 Scams and attacks like clickjacking and surveys, unheard of a few years ago, are now popping up on a daily basis on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, resulting in...Tags: Sophos, Cyber Criminals, Clickjacking, Malware, Phishing, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn -
Irish security firm beats McAfee, Sophos and Symantec News
12.01.2011 A security company from the West of Ireland has outperformed security industry giants like McAfee, Sophos, WebRoot and Symantec. SpamTitan achieved the highest spam catch rate... -
The 'dirty dozen' – spam gets more malicious News
11.01.2011 Cyber criminals are raising their game – despite giving the impression that spamming levels had dipped since Christmas - they are using the botnet for more sophisticated...Categories: Software, Social Media, Security, Search Engines, Operating Systems, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Management, Computers