Articles about Cyber Crime

The Evolution of Hackers and Attack Vectors

Too many CEOs believe that the "stealthy hackers" their IT teams warn them of are simply boogeymen they’re using to beat leadership into budgetary submission. The truth is these attackers are very real and they’re picking off organizations whose executives fail to make security a companywide priority. Continue Reading »

Lessons Learned From Lockheed

The recent cyber attack on Lockheed Martin turned out to be good news. The largest defense contractor in the U.S. turned out to have a level of security that even the best hackers sponsored by the country behind all of this couldn’t break. At this point nobody knows for sure where the attack really came from. Continue Reading »

The State of Our IT Security Vulnerabilities

Latest report from IBM finds that the gap between exploits and vulnerability disclosure is narrowing. Continue Reading »

What Stuxnet Means for the Process Industry

The recent Stuxnet and Aurora attacks have shown us that malware development has become a professional job. These threats targeting the process industry were written by highly intelligent developers, financed by huge investors and possibly even by governments. Continue Reading »

Weaponized Malware: How Criminals are Using Digital Certificates

The recent cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear facility using the Stuxnet virus should worry all of us – not just those in close proximity who were in danger of being blown into the next world by the actions of a computer virus. Continue Reading »

Hacktivism 101

Hacktivism is the use of cyber attacks and sabotage to communicate politically motivated causes and it is as old as the Internet.  Continue Reading »

The Cost of Insecurity

Study shows that malware attacks are having a negative impact on IT operational costs. Continue Reading »

Will High-Speed Malware Crash the Internet?

Network security systems are under pressure. You might not be experiencing it yet, but you will soon. The dual challenge of dealing with more attacks at higher speeds threatens to undermine the stability of the most important commercial platforms of the 21st century, namely the Internet. Continue Reading »

Cyber Monday: Can't Trust that Day

Cyber Monday has come and gone, and so far online retailers have given two very large thumbs up on the amount of revenue generated. Continue Reading »

Seeing Is Believing in Security

With the advent of the holiday shopping season, interest in all things related to online security starts to rise. Continue Reading »

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