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Changing nature of DDoS attacks
The volume of packets-per-second (PPS) has almost quadrupled compared to Q3 2010, illustrating a significant increase in the size and diversity of DDoS attacks over the past …
Expect an escalation in targeted attacks
Organizations and Internet users can expect an escalation in targeted attacks, growing social media threats and an increase in mobile malware, according to the M86 Security. …
What hides behind the get-rich-working-from-home offers?
Do you ever get tempted to click on one of the myriad of work-from-home, get-paid-huge-money adverts that are littering the Internet? Do you ever wonder if those claims are …
Cyber crooks should get tougher sentences, says PCeU chief
Cyber fraudsters and robbers often receive considerably lighter sentences that their real-world counterparts, says Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, the head of …
100% of enterprises reported cyber attacks
Attacks are becoming more difficult to defend against and are expensive to mitigate, with traditional safeguards falling short, according to F5 Networks. With both …
Scammers sending out bogus job offers
Cyber scammers do not hesitate using every scrap of information there is on the Internet in order to gain users’ trust and misuse it for their malicious purposes. Also, …
Block cipher encryption effectively hides banking Trojan
Brazilian malware peddlers have turned to encrypting banking Trojans with block ciphers, effectively bypassing most AV software. Kaspersky Lab’s Dmitry Bestuzhev says …
How does cell phone money laundering work?
In Russia, most cell phone SIM cards are prepaid. One of the major Russian operators offers a legal service that allows anyone to transfer the prepaid amount of money from a …
Cybercriminals exploiting user inexperience
Noteworthy threats in October 2011 included the return of a rogue web browser, a phony hacking tool for Gmail account password recovery and malware disguised as advertisements …
FBI arrests six for DNS hijacking scam worth $14 million
Charges against six Estonian nationals and one Russian national for engaging in a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with malware more than four …
The 12 scams of Christmas
‘Tis the season for consumers to spend more time online – shopping for gifts, looking for great holiday deals on new digital gadgets, e-planning family …
Global phishing trends and domain name use
A new survey by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reveals that phishing attacks perpetrated against Chinese e-commerce and banking sites soared by 44 percent in the first …
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