According to the United Nations (UN), the war on the Internet has now become a reality. The UN has urged the international community to further cooperate for a better track down of cybercriminals. The war on the Internet has actually started, as mentioned by the UN members, at an international conference that brought together technology
Read More...EU needs to strengthen its sanctions against Cybercriminals and will be subject to stricter European sanctions under a draft directive adopted by the European Parliament on July 4th. For several years, cybercrime cases have continued to grow, thus getting more intense and diversified on a more global scale and this is why there are more sanctions against
Read More...22 million users of Yahoo Japan had to be stealing access by cybercriminals who illegally enter the portal administrative system data. A spokesman for Yahoo Japan who spoke on the subject admits, “we do not know whether information about personal data was stolen or not, but we have serious doubts, given the volume of demand
Read More...The closed environment of hacking market has become very competitive, prompting hackers to evolve. For their business to survive, cybercriminals must bring a marketing dimension in their activities. The competition begins with the creation of malware. Hackers even call for designers to create a logo and the most attractive user interface. They also have to
Read More...The benefits of a VPN are numerous. Here are the 3 main ones that VPN providers offer: – Security The main function of a VPN is to secure your Internet connection. It creates a secure tunnel which is encrypted between your computer and Le VPN. Then any surfing occurs behind Le VPN tunnel. So, what
Read More...While cybercrime continues to rise (increases), reaching five billion euros a year, governments and public authorities mobilize themselves on an international level: In the United States, earlier this year, Barack Obama announced the signing of a decree to strengthen the security of critical infrastructure against cyber-attacks in the fields of electricity, finance and aviation. Almost
Read More...In July 2009, the Internet on computer was very slow for several days throughout South Korea and many sites were unavailable, including official government websites. According to the information service in South Korea, North Korea was behind the attack. However, for this large-scale attack, computers located in several countries, including Belgium, were involved. These computers
Read More...Identity theft has always been a concern, but it becomes even a bigger risk today, as many details of our private lives are openly accessible on the Internet. This makes it easier for hackers to steal someone’s identity — which can be worth thousands of dollars and can give many nightmares to those who have
Read More...The UK government has announced a new initiative within its national strategy for cyber security, a new deal against Cyber crime. Its Partnership for Reducing Cyber Crime (PRCC) aims at fighting against the growing threat of organized cyber criminals acting globally, through shared efforts from the police, industry experts and academics. The government is determined to
Read More...Europol, European union police, has announced the dismantling of a gang of criminals. Its members are accused of having infected hundreds of thousands of computers via a ransonmware, i.e. such type of malicious program that locks the user’s files in exchange for the payment of a ransom. For payment, criminals do pose as police officers.
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