Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission increased its planned cyber security budget by …
Skype says scam calls on a steady decline
Skype has been battling wily adversaries who are abusing the Internet calling application to direct people to scam websites, but …
Cyber criminals increasingly abusing .eu domains
Cyber criminals are increasingly using .eu domain names in their attack campaigns, according to data from multiple security companies. “Numerous …
BYOD puts the employee in control, says Blue Coat
With the advent of mobility and the influx of BYOD in enterprise, employers are struggling to keep control of their …
Symantec: Ransom malware gangs making huge profits
The problem of ransom malware has reached epidemic proportions and could be extracting fraudulent payments from as many as 3 …
Malware targeting Android users increased nearly six-fold in Q3
High-risk and dangerous applications targeting users of Google’s Android platform increased from nearly 30,000 in June to almost 175,000 in …
Cybercriminals sell access to compromised corporate systems
A service discovered in the criminal underground is renting access to thousands of corporate servers that have been hacked through …
Android malware exploding: Trend Micro
The amount of mobile Android malware has surged this year, from a count of 30,000 malware specimens in June to almost 175,000 …
Infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black market
Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels …
EFF criticises controversial Philippines cybercrime law
The U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation criticised new cybercrime legislation that went into effect Wednesday in the Philippines, which has sparked …
IT: First port of call
After it was decided that its current IT infrastructure was out dated and upgrades weren’t possible, the Port of Fujairah took on …
Mobile malware up 2,180% in security scare
Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach, and aggressive advertising are some of the threats facing vulnerable mobile devices, such as smartphones …
Microsoft flaunts new Exchange version
Microsoft is set to demonstrate the reasons it believes enterprises need to adopt the new version of its Exchange email …
Cybercriminals turn focus to bank employees
Bank employees, not customers, are now the main target of financial cyber attacks, according to the FBI. In a warning …
Mobile security increasingly at risk
Security threats to your mobile device such as malware, fraudulent lures such as SMS spoofing, and toll fraud, are all becoming favourites of …
GITEX Preview: WatchGuard Technologies
Stand location: ZL-B2 1. What are your company’s key products and services? Since 1996, WatchGuard Technologies has been the advanced …
Comguard unveils next-gen UTM from WatchGuard in the region
Comguard, the authorised distributor for WatchGuard Technologies today announced the launch of the new WatchGuard XTM 5 Series of Unified Threat Management that the company claims has the fastest throughput in its price class without sacrificing security efficacy, manageability and ease of use.
Probox is latest 'Dropbox for the enterprise'
Storage integrator Proact has launched Probox, a new file-sharing and storage service claiming to be a “Dropbox for the …
Web applications are attacked one out of three days
A typical web application is attacked at least once every three days, according to a report released by data security …