Tag Archive for: Breaches

Rising Cases of Malware and Breaches of Cyber-security on Smartphones – HispanicBusiness.com

Rising Cases of Malware and Breaches of Cyber-security on Smartphones
HispanicBusiness.com
The ZeroAccess botnet continues to be the most common malware threat, infecting 0.8 percent of broadband users. In mobile networks, the vast majority of infected devices are either Android phones or Windows laptops tethered to a phone on connected 

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Chinese industrial espionage now a major cause of data breaches, Verizon … – Techworld.com

Chinese industrial espionage now a major cause of data breaches, Verizon
Techworld.com
Industrial espionage by Chinese “state-affiliated actors” was responsible for one in five data breaches reported to Verizon by customers and through a range of global police forces, the company's annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has found.

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SSCC 112 – Keyjacking, Facebook and Opera breaches, Apple’s WPA passwords [PODCAST]

Here you are! Episode #112 of the Sophos Security Chet Chat podcast. News, opinion, advice and research: Chet and Duck bring you their unique and entertaining combination of all four in their regular quarter-hour programme.
Naked Security – Sophos

Verizon report: China behind 96% of all cyber-espionage data breaches

Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report is out and includes data gathered by its own forensics team and data breach info from 19 partner organizations worldwide. The report covers about 621 confirmed breaches and about 47,000 security incidents that occurred in 2012. Security incidents do not necessarily mean the attackers were able to breach an organization and could include DoS attacks. Read…
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