The UK’s Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) is claiming to have kept an astonishing £1.01 billion out of the hands of cybercrooks over the past two-and-a-half years. But just how accurate is that figure? John Hawes investigates…
Naked Security – Sophos
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Cybercrooks target SMBs with new types of attacks
CSO And, according to Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012, 6,300 new mobile malware samples appear every month and the number of known malicious samples for Android increased more than eight times. Trojans, the bulk of the threats, drain victim's … Brute … |
Thieves drained $ 800,000 from a fuel distribution company in the US state of North Carolina earlier this month – a loss that the company attributes to its bank’s having recently upgraded security systems. Unfortunately, its insurance policy won’t come close to covering its losses. 
Naked Security – Sophos
Online stalking, spams, phishing attacks and illegal content including pornography are the various tools used by cybercrooks and parents need to exercise extra caution to protect children, they say. Do you think ITBP is justified in asking reimbursing …
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