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Cyberwar risks calamity, Eugene Kaspersky warns UK Government and spooks
Computerworld New Zealand As an illustration of his point, the number of malware samples analysed by Kaspersky Lab had risen from 700 per day in 2006 to 7,000 per day by 2011. Today the number including polymorphic variants had … The sophistication of threats had also risen … |
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Small businesses urged to increase computer security
New Zealand Herald A computer security expert is urging small businesses in New Zealand to step up their computer protection against online fraudsters. New research by the Symantec Corporation, which has just published its latest Internet Security Threat, shows 62 per … Cyberattacks increasingly targeting small businesses, report says |
Scammers have stepped up a cold-calling con which convinces computer users to hand over cash to fix a non-existent virus. The Government’s Scamwatch service has received about 500 reports so far this year, compared with 450 reports for all of last year.
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Online criminals are using the horrific New Zealand earthquake to scam compassionate, generous people out of money. A week after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, killing an estimated 240 people, online bad guys …
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