With 73% of Brits shopping online this Christmas (source: EBAY), online criminals are taking advantage and targeting users looking for the right present*. They lure their victims to malware or phishing traps with emails claiming to offer luxury goods at bargain prices or fake delivery company notifications, for example. Criminals are usually out to get personal data such as login details to online banking sites or credit card information. G Data identifies the top 5 dangers users should be aware of when buying presents online, and offers tips on how to prevent becoming a victim of cyber crime.
Read more →Recent high profile hacks on websites and online networks of large organisations have resulted in Brits feeling concerned about the threat of hacking, and calling for businesses and government to take firmer action.
According to a new report released by Professor Majid Yar, leading cybercrime expert from the University of Hull, commenting on the results of a survey* by PC Tools, 97% of Brits believe online hacking is an issue we, as a society, should be worried about.
Read more →FraudSense, provider of the cloud-based anti-phishing software platform, today announced the availability of a public demo featuring its proprietary real-time anti-phishing detection algorithms.
FraudSense’s next-generation anti-phishing technology is an innovative weapon in the fight against the ever growing threat of phishing attacks as it enables FraudSense-powered applications and services to identify, target and remove forged websites the moment they become active.
Read more →One in ten parents in the UK feels it’s appropriate for children as young as four years old to own a mobile phone, while one in ten kids under the age of ten already owns an iPhone, according to a survey by Westcoastcloud, the supplier of cloud-based internet security services.
Westcoastcloud commissioned the survey to coincide with the release of its iPad internet security product for schools, Netintelligence, as an App on iTunes. The report found that one in twenty primary school children now own an iPad.
Read more →In their ongoing assault against botnet operators and the hosting companies that allow anonymous domain registrations which facilitate them, Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft and Kyrus Tech have successfully worked together to take out the Kelihos botnet, originally named Hlux by Kaspersky Lab. Kelihos was used for delivering billions of spam messages, stealing personal data, performing DDoS attacks and many other criminal activities, via an estimated 40,000 computers.
Microsoft has also taken legal action against 24 individuals in connection with the infrastructure behind the botnet, in a civil case that enabled the takedown of the domains being used to command and control the botnet. Microsoft’s legal action included declarations submitted to court, to which contributions were made by Kaspersky Lab, and also a direct declaration from Kyrus Tech, providing detailed information and evidence regarding the Kelihos botnet.
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