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40 Percent Of Companies Risking Cyber Security Catastrophe
Too many European firms are nowhere near ready for a data breach, with no incident response plans in place
How To Explain Phishing To A Five-Year-Old
The definitive definition of phishing (not fishing) from the experts for the kids (and adults, too)
4 Ways To Avoid Having Your Private Data Leaked Online
Greg Day, CTO EMEA at network security firm FireEye, shares his top tips on how businesses and individuals can protect their private data
Syrian Malware Team Thought To Be Behind BlackWorm RAT
A lesser-known group of pro-government hackers is pushing sophisticated malware
New Tool Aims To Decrypt Files Lost To Cryptolocker
DecryptCryptoLocker neutralises the original 'ransomware' strain, but its derivatives still pose danger
Android Malware Posing As Google Play Silently Pilfers Bank Logins
Rogue app pilfers bank logins but the most concerning thing is its ability to conceal its actions, researchers say
Molerats Hackers Target BBC, European Governments
A group known as Molerats has stepped up its activities against government and financial organisations in the US and Europe
Iran Hackers ‘Hitting Dissidents And US Defence’
Most victims of Iranian hacker crews based inside the country, as attackers take up digital espionage in earnest, researchers find
Why Anti-Virus Is Not Dead (Again)
If even anti-virus detractors like FireEye use the technology, it must be very much alive. Tom Brewster takes its temperature
Symantec And Security Starlets Say Anti-Virus Is Dead
Is anti-virus finally dying? Sort of, say Symantec and its rivals
FireEye Discovers Flash Exploit Used To Target Non-Profits
‘Operation Greedy Wonk’ has a special interest in US organisations dealing with foreign policy, defence and socio-cultural issues
Internet Explorer Exposed By New Zero-Day Flaw
A previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being exploited to attack users, but is a foreign government to blame?
Was FireEye’s $1bn Too High A Price For Mandiant?
Relatively-small FireEye can raise the money to buy out Mandiant, because threat detection is important, says Sean Michael Kerner
FireEye Boosts Cyber-Forsenics With Mandiant Purchase
FireEye is to bolster its cyber forensics capabilities with the decision to acquire Mandiant for £608m
European Foreign Ministries Breached By Chinese Hackers
Attackers used information on the Syrian crisis as bait around the time of the G20 meeting in Russia
FireEye: Digital Arms Dealer Might Be Fuelling Advanced Attacks
Chinese digital arms dealer might be at the centre of some highly-advanced, government-sponsored attacks
MoleRats Hackers Hitting Israeli Government With Poison Ivy Malware
MoleRats attackers using Poison Ivy as they attempt to infiltrate global governments
New York Times Hackers Back With Smarter Malware
Hackers, thought to be Chinese, return with updated infrastructure as they try to avoid detection
Zero-Day Catcher FireEye Plans To Go Public In $175m IPO
Popular but loss-making security firm hopes to move on with hefty investment
Researchers Warn Over Internet Explorer 8 Zero-Day Flaw
Attacks in the wild and a fresh Metasploit module make life difficult for Microsoft
InfoSec 2013: China Is ‘Biggest Source Of Advanced Cyber Attacks’
Two reports again claim China is the number one source of serious attacks
New Techniques Help Malware Evade Defences
Companies are now seeing a malware event every three minutes, according to a report by security firm FireEye
Yet Another Java Flaw Exploited In Attacks
FireEye has discovered an unpatched Java bug that is being used to actively attack systems
China Again Implicated In Persistent Cyber Attacks On Defence Bodies
Sophisticated, persistent cyber attacks have hit a host of defence and aerospace firms, FireEye reports
Dell Looks To FireEye For Zero-Day Protection
Texan firm is talking up security at Dell World but is looking to another firm for zero-day protection
How Travis Perkins IT Team Turned A Near Nightmare Into Security Spend
More security budget after a near-miss? Simon Gray tells how his team achieved this difficult task
Grum Botnet Officially Decapitated
The Grum botnet is killed off, meaning we can expect a big dip in spam
Dutch Law Begins Dismantling Grum Spam Botnet
The world's third largest source of spam could soon be history