More than 515 million of smartphone and 131 million tablets have been sold worldwide upto today. These mobile Internet users are of much interest to hackers, especially since 75% of them do not protect their smartphone. This is quite worrying especially when you know that in 2012, malicious applications have been multiplied by 82. By
Read More...In 2012 only, according to Symantec group, cybercrime amounts to a cost to consumers of $110 billion, affecting almost 1.5 million people per day in their business. As people spend more time online, so do criminals. Even bank accounts are being compromised and cellphones hacked. More and more cybercriminals operate internationally, often using substantial infrastructure.
Read More...Have you ever wondered what happens with stolen passwords? Only a few years ago, a computer damaged by a virus because malware could induce some fraudulent uses as spam or a stop on some features. But these days, cybercriminals go much further with the data stolen by pirated systems, including passwords and logins associated email
Read More...According to a report by Symantec, 556 million people have been a victim of threats in the form of scams in 2012, all over the world. This represents a cost of € 83 billion and at least 18 victims every second. As of today, experts do consider that at least 100 million of malware exist,
Read More...The UK government has signed up a World Economic Forum (WEF) cybercrime initiative, which aims at protecting the growth of global e-commerce. Through signing this WEF Principles on Cyber Resilience, the UK joins more than 70 companies and government bodies across 25 countries which commit themselves in securing digital networks from cyber-attacks. The idea put
Read More...2012 may have been the year of Internet theft passwords with the help of authentification tools have become booming cases. You have probably received some requests by email to send money or messages offering exceptional offers but containing corrupt links from friends or relatives whose email accounts had been hacked. Passwords and cookies are simple
Read More...On January 30th, the New York Times announced that Chinese hackers had infiltrated its own computers for the past four months, following its report published in late October on the business fortune that the family of the Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao has developped. Chinese hackers who attached the New York Times managed to grab e-mails
Read More...According to McAfee company recent Threat Predictions report, cybercrime will still be growing in 2013, trends up. “Cybercriminals and hacktivists will strengthen and evolve the techniques and tools they use to assault our privacy, bank accounts, mobile devices, businesses, organizations and homes,” said Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs. Indeed the report commented
Read More...The British government is preparing to launch a major aducation awareness program threats, aimed primarily at consumers and businesses. According to the Guardian, the program should focus on children at school and adults. It aims to raise awareness of the consequences of the publication of personal information on the Internet. The objective would be to develop
Read More...Hacking is often a booming activity, every year in January. In Belgium, no less than 170 websites have already been hacked since January 1st 2013, as revealed by Belsec, a blog specialized in Internet security. The site Gezinsbond which represents the league for Flemish families, is on the list of the victims. “We took the
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