When it comes to cybercrime, who would be the better crime fighter, Batman or Superman? I started pondering this question recently after taking a break from studying a depressingly tall pile of cybercrime surveys and stumbling across a trailer on YouTube for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (I was actually looking for a Supertramp … More Batman v Superman: Dawn of Cybercrime Justice?
The Top Ten Threats 1. Win32/Adware.MultiPlug Previous Ranking: 1 Percentage Detected: 3.39% Win32/Adware.Multiplug is a Possible Unwanted Application that once it gets a foothold on the users system might cause applications to display pop-up advertising windows during internet browsing. 2. Win32/Bundpil Previous Ranking: 2 Percentage Detected: 2.03% Win32/Bundpil.A is a worm that spreads via removable … More Monthly Threat Report: May 2015
ESET Ireland warns of an email, titled “Important – To all Employee’s”, which has an infected attachment that contains a trojan The email has been observed to come from an Irish email address and targets other Irish emails. The title “Important – To all Employee’s” (spelling error included) prompts receivers to open an archived attachment … More A trojan is being directly emailed to the Irish
As many as 56 million login credentials may be at risk because of cloud services used incorrectly by app developers, according to new research from the University of Darmstadt. Following a test of 750,000 Android and iOS applications, the research team discovered that data including passwords, email addresses and health records could be accessed by eavesdropping criminals. As noted by … More 56 million login credentials at risk from app vulnerability
Irish businesses have been criticized for their IT security standards after it was revealed that a significant majority are not currently meeting the legal requirements, reports the Irish Times. According to a new survey of 200 Irish companies, conducted by Red C for A&L Goodbody, around 65 percent do not have any written cybersecurity policy in … More Irish businesses may be penalized over inadequate IT security
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