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Microsoft: Conficker Still the Top Corporate Network Threat

April 25, 2012 — Companies are still plagued by the Conficker worm, used to create botnets and spread other forms of malware… [Read more at CIO]

World's Most Dangerous Hackers Want to Steal How You Make Money

April 24, 2012 — Black hat hackers that penetrate your organization and steal sensitive information like customers' credit card data are a serious threat. But nation-state-sponsored hackers after the intellectual property that makes your business competitive could be an even larger threat… [Read more at CIO]

Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals Earned $4.5 Billion in 2011, Researchers Estimate

April 23, 2012 — Russian-speaking hackers earned an estimated US$4.5 billion globally using various online criminal tactics and… [Read more at PCWorld]

Most IT and security professionals see Anonymous as serious threat to their companies

April 23, 2012 — Bit9 survey shows that many IT professionals believe hacktivists are likely to target their organizations during the next 6 months… [Read more at Infoworld]

Anonymous Drives Security Fears, But Not Spending

April 23, 2012 — Information security budgets remain focused on stopping malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs), which tend to do more damage in the long run than hacktivists' SQL injection and DDoS attacks… [Read more at InformationWeek]

Hackers Taking Over Your TV? Yes, It Can Happen

April 23, 2012 — Consumer electronics are increasingly getting more sophisticated and are capable of communicating with computers and other devices over a network. While it may sound far-fetched, devices such as TVs, digital picture frames, and e-readers, are perfectly capable of causing problems on your network… [Read more at PCMag]

Can the U.S. prevent a digital sneak attack?

April 19, 2012 — As the United States' technology infrastructure ages, and Internet connectivity becomes ubiquitous, America's largest companies -- and government agencies -- are under fire from cyber attackers around the world… [Read more at CNET]

Twitter spam campaign infects users with fake antivirus programs

April 19, 2012 — Twitter spammers used the BlackHole exploit toolkit to infect users with scareware… [Read more at InfoWorld]

Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with malware

April 19, 2012 — The sites could be infected with JavaScript redirect malware and their servers could be compromised, Google warns… [Read more at InfoWorld]

Russian Charged with Hacking Into Brokerage Accounts

April 18, 2012 — Petr Murmylyuk allegedly caused US$1 million in losses to Fidelity, Scottrade, E*Trade, and Schwab… [Read more at CIO]

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