Cyber crime has come a long way from War Games: Cyber criminals are more advanced than ever. Learn about the history of cyber crime and find out how cybercrime first started and evolved – and most importantly – how to protect yourself from it. Where Does Cyber Crime Come From; Where Doesn’t It Come From
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Cyber Monday is an event, but do you know why we celebrate it? Cyber security is a must for all Internet users and not something anyone can afford to avoid. Take advantage of Le VPN Cyber Monday Special: 2-year plan at only $69.60! Internet Security Is A Subject No One Can Afford To Ignore Cyber
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The cancellation of the European law that requires the retention of communication data, i.e. telephone and email data for at least 6 months brings trouble into the European Union. Leaders in the fight against cybercrime and terrorism who were happy about it are now quite concerned. On April 8th, EU Court of Justice canceled the
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FireEye released its report on advanced threats (ATR), which covers the main malicious activities identified by the FireEye Security Platform in 2013. This report highlights the very rapid growth of cybercrime globally, with 206 countries hosting servers carrying malware. The study analyzed and compared about the 40,000 unique cyber-attacks that took place in 2013, which
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The federal agency shall launch this year its “Malware Investigator”, an interactive malware analysis system. It shall allow companies and individuals to better cope with cyber-attacks. James Comey, who has been recently appointed as the new FBI director, announced that the agency was working on a system analyzing malicious software that would be implemented by
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The European Council and Microsoft have just signed an agreement concerning their cooperation in the new Cybercrime @ Octopus Microsoft Project. This project, which will start on January 1st 2014, aims to help countries around the world to implement the European Council Convention on Cybercrime and strengthen data protection and safeguards of the rule of
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Microsoft just announced the launch of a center to “boost the global fight against cybercrime.” This new center called the Cybercrime Center recently opened on the campus of Microsoft’s U.S. headquarters. The center “will combine the legal and technical expertise of Microsoft and the existing developed innovative tools and technologies” to fight against viruses, infringement
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A new malware is ramping in Switzerland. It targets the word or excel documents and encrypts them before cybercriminals request for a ransom to make them usable again. Hackers use this new ransomware to abuse internet users. They send a program to deal with files from your computer, then they blackmail the victim, requesting for
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Cybercrime is booming, with data hacking, identity theft and other malicious practices that continue to be practiced worldwide. Our digital lifestyle generates an impressive amount of information 2.5 trillion bytes of data each day. This figure reflects the growing number of computers, sensors and screens that surround us. The era of “surround computing” improves our
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Europol and Interpol just had their first joint conference on cybercrime, so as to strengthen international cooperation to address current and future challenges in the cybersecurity. Over 250 professionals attended the 2-day conference in Europol headquarters in The Hague. Participants from 42 countries, representing more than 80 different organizations, either representatives of the authorities in
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