Cyber Security Spending To Hit $46 Billion By 2013
Global cyber protection spending on critical infrastructure is expected to reach $46 billion by the end of the year, a recent research by ABI Research suggests. According to the study, …
Nearly All Computer Users In Africa Are Victims Of Cybercrime
Practically everybody in Africa has been a cybercrime victim in one way or another, Ida Jallow, Regional Officer of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for Africa, said in an interview …
EU Approves Harsher Punishments For Cyber Criminals, Botnet Creators
Cyber criminals will be soon have harsher penalties imposed on them under a new directive approved by the European Parliament, various media have reported. The new legislation is intended to …
Android Malware Spreads From Compromised Yahoo! Accounts
According to the latest research from Virus Bulletin (VB), the volume of spam sent from compromised accounts in the Yahoo! system has experienced a boost lately which VB believes is …
Spammers Use Web Hosts To Beat Anti-Spam Protection
According to the latest spam-filter test conducted by the Virus Bulletin magazine, spammers are increasingly using web hosting firms to send unwanted emails instead of relying on malware and botnets …
FBI And Microsoft Defeat Citadel Trojan Botnets
The FBI and Microsoft have brought down over 1,000 Citadel Trojan botnets. They are responsible for the theft of personal online banking identity data, according to a statement by global …
How Your Emails Can Get Attacked
In order to fight and avoid spam emails, users need to understand how their email address has become target to spammers in the first place. Spammers can access email addresses …
BT Leaves Yahoo! E-mail Over Hacking Complaints
UK-based communications group BT has decided to stop using Yahoo! as an e-mail provider, following continuous complaints from its user base of six million over hacking and spam attacks to …