Cybercrime
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Cybercrime cost firms US$1 trillion globally
News In a McAfee survey, CIOs report spending billions of dollars after data thefts, and say fired workers pose a big threat to sensitive data on the network.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Security, Chief Information Officer, Davos, Cybercrime, World Economic Forum, intellectual property, Dubai
Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?
Insight Experts say lawmakers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response to the growing threat of cybercrime.
Tags: Security, Web sites, Legal, Regulations, Crime, Cybercrime, social networking, hacking, financial, bank
Govt red tape adds to security threats
News Bureaucracy and lack of sharing of data between countries impede efforts to address cybersecurity, but work is in progress to resolve issues, notes global industry body.
Tags: Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Howard Schmidt, Impact, Cybersecurity, Singapore, cyberthreats
Saudi faces tough time with cybercrimes
News Government official in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says "close to impossible" to completely eradicate "fast-developing" cybercrime techniques.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Commission, Cybercriminal, Malware, Saudi Arabia, e-mail hacking, network, Cybercrime
Catching up with voyeurism and cybercrime
Blogs The over-the-top coverage by the mainstream media this week on the sex video scandal of a celebrity doctor here has been...
BCS thinktank to help protect 2012 Olympics
News A new British Computer Society group will focus on cybercrime forensics, training and evidence, and will work with the police to counter possible IT security threats to London 2012.
Tags: Hacking, PC security, Conference, Cybercrime, Training, software tool, chairman, U.K., Internet, Olympic Games
Study: Cybercriminals cashing in on economic slide
News McAfee says as governments face economic hardships, the fight against cybercrime is slipping further in funding and support.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Business security, Security Management, Cybercriminal, Monster, Cybercrime, Sales, Sales Manager, Computer
To catch a (cyber) thief
News Head of an FBI undercover sting operation explains how law enforcement cracked an ID theft ring and detailed the increasing influence of Russian organized crime.
Tags: PC security, Phishing, Security, Cybercrime, FBI, San Francisco, agent, financial, network, bank
UK struck by cybercrime wave
News The United Kingdom is suffering a cybercrime wave that has seen online financial fraud jump 20 percent, according to a new report.
Tags: Security, Cybercrime, Financial Fraud, Fraud, RSA Security Inc., e-mail, London, trader, Silicon.com, security adviser
FBI targets rise in cybercrime from US and abroad
News A rise in cybercrime prompts the FBI to work more closely with foreign law enforcement to crack down on attacks that impact the United States.
Tags: Security, Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, FBI, Stock, Russia, agent, financial, network, partnership
Amit Yoran talks cybersecurity
Insight newsmaker Former U.S. cybersecurity director Amit Yoran talks about his year as the "cyberguy" and why he is an "anti-user".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Policy and management, Amit Yoran, Security, NSA, CNCI, Cybersecurity, Information Technology
Cybercitizens called upon to squash hackers
News Symantec's new Internet Security software will utilize power of Web users to snare cybercriminals, asking users to provide data on attempted computer intrusions.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Hacking, Norton Co., Security, Internet Security, Eastern Europe, Symantec Corp., Hacker, Internet
Microsoft OneCare was 'good enough'
Insight newsmaker Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, explains why the security vendor has much to thank Redmond for.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Antivirus software, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Bill Gates, Interpol, Microsoft Corp., antivirus
Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Computer, Security, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration
McAfee launches free online cybercrime help center
News New McAfee Cybercrime Response Unit site offers PC scanning tool and helps people learn whether they are at risk of cybercrime and where to go if they have been victimized.
Tags: PC security, Spam and phishing, Phishing, Cookie, Malware, Security, Site, Fraud, computer, McAfee Inc.
