A new report from the Ponemon Institute reveals that the global cost of cybercrime to businesses shows no signs of slowing down.
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Jean-Ian Boutin: Banking trojan threat is not going anywhere
In an exclusive for We Live Security, Jean-Ian Boutin, a malware researcher at ESET, shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of banking trojans.
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Cybercrime ‘more threatening than ever’
Cybercrime is more aggressive and confrontational than it has ever been, Europol’s latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) has stated.
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Curbing the For-Profit Cybercrime Food Chain
Researchers with Google and a handful of universities believe security practitioners need to focus on evaluating how cybercriminals adapt to interventions instead of trying to protect users.
Global information security spend grows by 5% in 2015
Gartner reveals that spending on information security across the world will have increased by 4.7% by the end of this year.
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90% of large businesses in the UK experienced data breach
UK businesses need to protect themselves from cybercrime, as government data reveals that up to 90 percent of major businesses in the country experienced an attack in 2014.
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The evolution of ransomware: From PC Cyborg to a service for sale
A look back at how ransomware – a type of malware used mostly for hijacking user data – has evolved from the days of PC Cyborg to today’s service for sale.
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UK businesses ‘number one target for cybercriminals’
The UK has become the number one target for cybercriminals, with its businesses increasingly under attack.
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Cybercrime ‘a growing concern’ for Americans
A finance expert says that cybercrime is a major worry for American citizens. And, with up to one billion data records breached in the US alone last year, there is a lot to be concerned about.
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Mozilla’s Bugzilla breached
A cybercriminal has stolen and used “security sensitive information” from Mozilla’s Bugzilla to launch attacks on Firefox users, it has been revealed.
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