Ransomware continues to pose a threat

Ransomware continues to pose a threat


Ransomware continues to pose a threat

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:18 AM PST

The great majority of cybercriminals is in it for the money. Some choose to steal it indirectly by using information-stealing malware to gain access to users' online banking accounts or to get the...

Former TSA employee sentenced for hacking agency's databases

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:04 AM PST

A former TSA worker has been found guilty and has been sentenced to two years in prison and a $60,587.07 fine to be payed to the TSA. He was accused of tampering with the agency's databases and try...

Gamers breached medical server to play Call of Duty

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:39 AM PST

An office server on which the New Hampshire Seacoast Radiology had stored sensitive personal and medical information of more than 230,000 patients has been breached in November by hackers who used its...

Bogus airline charge leads to Zeus Trojan

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:35 AM PST

A recent spam campaign is targeting frequent users of a popular German airline carrier, baiting them with a exorbitant bogus fee that has apparently been charged to their credit card: Puzzled by ...

Safety advice to protect connected devices

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:30 AM PST

If you were one of the millions of people who received tech gifts during the holidays, beware. Computer and cybercrimes have risen by more than 22% according to the most recent statistics from 2009. ...

Data breach notifications in Europe

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:44 AM PST

Recent high profile incidents of personal data loss in Europe have prompted wide discussion about the level of security applied to personal information shared, processed, stored and transmitted electr...

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