Cyber Security
Cyber-attacks greater national threat than physical attacks: Survey
80% of C-level executives and IT security professionals believe that cyber-attacks pose a greater risk to their nation than physical attacks, while 51% believe a cyber-attacker is currently in their corporate network, or has been in the past year.
USA vs the world: The problems with PRISM
Security professionals are 'surprised the public is surprised' over PRISM revelations
Growing divide between USA and rest of the world apparent in PRISM stance
Interpol lays out response blueprint for global cybercrime war
To better facilitate international police cooperation in combating cybercrime, which typically span multiple borders, the International Criminal Police Organisation, otherwise known as Interpol, is establishing a Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI), which will open in Singapore in 2014.
Social media worm resurgent, spam surges: McAfee
There has been a significant spike in instances of the Koobface social networking worm and a dramatic increase in spam, McAfee Labs said after releasing its McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2013.
Adaptive identities coming to forefront of security: RSA
As more enterprises take up bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives amidst the continuing shift toward cloud computing, identity management has come to forefront of security concerns.
RSA Silver Tail enlists big data analytics for cyber-defence
RSA has released the next iteration of its Silver Tail web threat detection solution, designed to help organisations better visualise website activity in order to identify normal behaviour from that of the potentially malicious.
New attacks targeting ministries, media and others: Trend Micro
Trend Micro has reported a new targeted attack campaign called 'Safe' which compromised government ministries, technology firms, media outlets, academic institutions and non-governmental organisations from over 100 countries.
CyberSecurity Malaysia conference, expo and awards in November
CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM) has announced it would be holding its flagship event, the Cyber Security Malaysia Awards, Conference & Exhibition 2013 (CSM-ACE 2013), from Nov 13-14 in Kuala Lumpur.
Bitcoin botnet ZeroAccess tops threat list: Fortinet
Bitcoin mining botnet ZeroAccess was the number one threat this quarter, according to the latest FortiGuard threat landscape report, while two new Android adware variants have climbed the watch list in the last 90 days.
Love is a battlefield, beware honey traps: Kaspersky
The next time you’re online on the hunt for a significant other, be mindful that others are hunting you as well – fraudsters.
