Cybercrime is gaining ground in the real world with same approaches being used by cybercriminals and traditional criminals as well. We also note that more and more cases of crime involving the use of digital media, “says the French security information Club ( CLUSIF ) in its 2013 Panorama. According to Eric Freyssinet, Head of
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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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McAfee has just unveiled its latest analysis of the main cybercrime trends for the third quarter of 2013 : it shows that cybercriminals have not taken much holiday this summer. “During this summer, we have added 20 million of new samples in the McAfee” zoo”, which now gathers a total of 170 million elements”. We
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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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The booming use of smartphones and mobile tablets make these tools to be very vulnerable to cybercriminals attacks who keep on refining their techniques. Users are just not aware of the risks, and technologies are yet unsuited to fight those attacks. “Today a smartphone is more like a computer than a phone, its basic use
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While mobile cybercrime keeps on rising, smartphones owners are not careful enough. 41 % of the French smartphone users have been a victim of cybercrime in the past twelve months, compared to only 29% in Europe and 38 % worldwide, according to a Symantec study. While the French are more affected by mobile cybercrime than
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According to a new U.S. survey, more and more web users would like to be anonymous online, but still think it is not possible to avoid observation by specific people or organisations. In a survey of 792 American internet users, 86 % said they have taken specific actions to delete or mask their digital footprints:
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Alcatel-Lucent said there had been a recent “strong growth” of malware and cybercriminals targeting smartphones and broadband devices. This increase is parallel to the number of tablets and/or smartphones users worldwide. KindSight, one of Alcatel-Lucent subsidiaries just released a safety report for the second quarter of 2013. It thus provides the top 20 security threats
Read More...According to the U.S. firm Juniper, malware targeting Internet phones have experienced a phenomenal increase, the attacks on smartphones have increased by 614% between March 2012 and March 2013. According to the same study developed by Juniper, a company based in the Californian Silicon Valley published on June 26th, Google Android operating system could be
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
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