Articles Tagged with ''cybercrime''

In last month’s column, we explored the Top Five Reasons to Report Computer Intrusions to Law Enforcement.  This month’s column will provide you with a sense of what your company, as a victim of a computer intrusion, should expect when working with the Feds.

Ever since the days of Jesse James, banks have always been a target of those after fast cash, but now, cybercrime is becoming the new Wild West of quiet, quick theft. Find out what the enterprise can do to mitigate cyber risks to its financial assets.

The information security function fully meets needs in only 17 percent of organizations, according to EY’s 16^th annual Global Information Security Survey 2013, which tracks the level of awareness and action in response to cyber threats, canvassing the opinion of more than 1,900 senior executives globally.

The cost, frequency and time to resolve cyberattacks continue to rise for the fourth consecutive year, says a report by the Ponemon Institute.

As many as 508,000 U.S. jobs may have been lost as a result of cybercrime, as well as $100 billion in losses, a new report says. 

MBR-related malware reports increased 30 percent in the first quarter, and McAfee Labs note a resurgence in social media worms as well.

An alleged $6 billion money-laundering cyber network that helped hide illegal transactions worldwide has been busted.

An alleged international gang of cyber thieves managed to steal $45 million from thousands of ATMs in carefully coordinated attacks conducted in a matter of hours.

The latest report of Chinese cyber-espionage hits U.S. defense computers as the nation increases its defense budget and works to build an aircraft carrier fleet and stealth planes.