Pro Cat delivers virus clues to Japanese police Unusual methods employed by hacker in cat and mouse games with authorities 9 Jan
Life 91% of cyberattacks begin with spear phishing email Spear phishing makes use of information about a target to make attacks more specific and 'personal' 29 Nov
Pro Ransomware and skills shortage focus for IRISSCERT Thursday 22 November for fourth cybercrime conference 19 Nov
Life Chinese ex-hacker says working for the government would be too boring Working for China's civil service is probably the last kind of job a Chinese hacker would want 8 Nov
Pro Zero-day PDF exploit reportedly defeats Adobe Reader sandbox protection The exploit targets a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe Reader, Group-IB researchers say 8 Nov
Pro Patch now as more stolen code leaks, warns VMware The source code, part of which was released in April, comes from VMware's ESX hypervisor 5 Nov
Pro Undetected access allows botnet-like abuse of cloud computing Some cloud providers don't detect attacks launched from their networks, researchers say 1 Nov
Life Bank phishing gang arrested after hotel swoop First joint ops as UK Cyber Crime Unit merger nears 31 Oct
Life Philippines Supreme Court blocks draconian cyber law Court to hear petitions against proposals in January 10 Oct
Pro New cybercrime laws not necessary, says EU chief Mixed message as EU draws up new cybercrime 'strategy' 5 Oct
Life EFF criticises controversial Philippines cybercrime law Government gets powers to stifle free speech online 4 Oct
Life US woman fined $163 million for huge ‘scareware’ fraud Bogus alerts conned 1 million consumers 4 Oct
Pro The real cost of cybercrime Many figures have been thrown out about the cost of cybercrime, but do they actually mean anything to Irish organisations? ALEX MEEHAN investigates 1 Oct
Uncategorized Fighting the good fight If users won't change and neither will the hackers, where does that leave us for cybersecurity? 17 Aug
Pro Cybercrime booms as sophistication rises Increasingly targeted and personalised attacks sees 27% increase from Q1 2012, says Trend Micro 27 Jul
Pro Global hacking increases in Q2 NCC Group reports increase in hacks originating in Russia, China and the US 25 Jul
Life Phishing web sites hit all-time high New detection technology accounts in part for the rise, showing how cybercriminals are still hard at work 20 Jul
Pro Europol leads cybersecurity protection alliance Cybercrime consultation of business, government, law enforcement, security agencies and pros 19 Jul
Pro Hacktivism being exploited by criminals and governments Big Brother gets tie-died, according to a McAfee report 4 Jul
Pro A third of Irish companies experienced a breach in last year Average cost to Irish businesses exceeds 3 Jul
Pro ‘Operation High Roller’ hack nets €60 million International fraud ring use automation to steal 27 Jun
Pro AutoCAD malware could be sign of industrial espionage ESET points to evidence of file-stealing malware that sends files to China 26 Jun
Life Dutch citizen charged with fraud, identity theft in hacking case Schrooten and accomplice caused millions in damages 12 Jun
Life Government, industry come together for makeITsecure campaign Initiative highlights dangers of more people going online 7 Jun
Pro Java and Flash vulnerabilities being exploited by cyber-spies Such activity is often paid for, or sanctioned by, government agencies 18 May
Life House passes CISPA, despite privacy concerns Critic worries that the bill would create a 'Wild West of information sharing' 27 Apr
Pro Cyber-crime now a major burden on financial services But sector still prefers secrecy and make-do, finds PwC 27 Mar
Uncategorized A very Pyrrhic victory Perhaps the recent hacktivist arrests are an example of when a win is not so full of win 8 Mar
Pro Anonymous threatens to hit root Internet servers The threat from the hacktivist group is unlikely to be successful, said an expert 20 Feb
Pro DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks 2011 brought the first DDoS attacks against IPv6 networks, but their number remains insignificant 17 Feb
Life Google, Microsoft and Facebook battle phishing with new specification Internet giants out to banish bogus email 31 Jan
Life Anonymous retaliates for Megaupload shutdown, attacks DoJ, others Hacker collective attacks sites run by US government and content organisations 20 Jan
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