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Cyber Attacks Don’t Die, They Evolve

07/19/2018 Jorge Gonzalez

Cybersecurity often feels like taking one step forward and two steps back. An attack will appear, the security community will respond, and eventually the threat will be eradicated. Then, a few months down the road, the threat reappears in a newer and stronger form. Most commonly, it’s evolved to specifically bypass the defenses created to combat it. This has always been true of cyberattacks. The earliest hackers searched for ways to tweak or re-purpose code after encountering a new defense. Or, rather than search for new vulnerabilities, they found new…

Research shows retailers in 2011 made most anti-fraud progress in over a decade

01/29/201201/28/2012 Julie Campbell

Visa-owned CyberSource has unveiled the outcomes of its thirteenth annual e-commerce fraud survey, which showed that retailers are beginning to make important headway in the battle against fraud, even though it is ongoing. The percentage of the number of orders that were found to be fraudulent fell to 0.6 percent in 2011, from having been 0.9 percent in 2010. It has now reached the lowest point that has been seen in the thirteen years since the annual study began. However, the survey also found that the cost of fighting against…

AVG releases report to shed light on the mobile security threat environment worldwide

01/26/201201/26/2012 L. Green

Leading internet and mobile security provider, AVG Technologies, has unveiled its “AVG Community Powered Threat Report – Q4 2011” which helped to provide a better understanding of the worldwide mobile security threat environment through background information, trend analysis, and insight. Among the most notable elements within the quarterly report is the information that it shared regarding QR code risks, rootkit persistence, and the theft of digital certificates through the bypassing of mobile phone security. Though cybercrime was once simply a matter of vandalizing sites and other elements of the web,…

The 2011 top tech headlines

12/28/201112/28/2011 Jesse Collins

This year saw a number of major events in the technology industry, bringing surprising and attention grabbing headlines to the news throughout every month. Among the top stories in 2011 in the tech industry were the following: • The death of Steve Jobs – This was one of the top stories of the year for any category, not just tech. His passing brought about a reaction barely seen for the head of a corporation. On October 5 – a mere six weeks after he announced that he was retiring from…

Increase in hacking crimes expected next year on mobile devices, in social networks, and enterprises

12/07/201112/07/2011 Julie Campbell

Next year is expected to open up new possibilities for businesses and consumers in terms of the various things that will be possible on mobile and in the social sphere, but at the same time it will also pave the way for a wide range of new cybercrime that will be making their attacks in all new ways. This year already showed notable gains for hackers, both in the frequency and the quantity of the data breaches they have accomplished. Companies of all sizes – including those that boast significant…