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The Comodohacker story: How one cybercriminal turned Web on its head

The Comodohacker story: How one cybercriminal turned Web on its head

The recent announcement by VASCO Data Security International that its subsidiary DigiNotar had gone bankrupt added yet another layer to an already shocking story of just how dangerous and widespread... Read More

Posted on October 5th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

How domain name registrars can help us win the war against the botnets

How domain name registrars can help us win the war against the botnets

Earlier this year, Trend Micro managed to co-operate with Spanish? Domain name registrar CDMON to enable us to take out one of the command and control servers of an infamous... Read More

Posted on May 16th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

Sony butts heads with hacker group following data breach

Sony butts heads with hacker group following data breach

Sony has engaged in a war of words with hacker group Anonymous over the recent cyber attack that resulted in the ongoing suspension of two of its online gaming services.... Read More

Posted on May 6th, 2011 | Read More | 2 Comments

Report: Virtualization growing in popularity

Report: Virtualization growing in popularity

According to a recent Computerworld report, recent years seen a dramatic rise in the number of organizations choosing to utilize virtualization as part of their IT infrastructure solutions. Server virtualization... Read More

Posted on April 14th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

SMB cloud adoption doubled in last six months, study says

SMB cloud adoption doubled in last six months, study says

As IT budgets continue to unfreeze and small- and medium-sized businesses find themselves with a little more spending money, many are turning to cloud computing solutions to enhance their operations.... Read More

Posted on April 12th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

Congressional testimony from government experts paints grim picture of infrastructure security

Congressional testimony from government experts paints grim picture of infrastructure security

Despite the increasing clarity of the threat to U.S. national security emanating from cyberspace, the country is woefully unprepared to meet it, according to testimony from government IT experts at... Read More

Posted on April 12th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

Russian Security Service proposes ban on Gmail, Skype, Hotmail

Russian Security Service proposes ban on Gmail, Skype, Hotmail

  In an echo of the move by governments including India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to ban the use of certain encrypted Blackberry services last year, the... Read More

Posted on April 9th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

New type of cloud emerges: Exploits as a Service (EaaS)

New type of cloud emerges: Exploits as a Service (EaaS)

For years now, if you knew where to shop on the shady side of the Internet cloud, you could pick up a botnet for cheap. But it was so much... Read More

Posted on April 8th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

Data mining for bad guys

Data mining for bad guys

My notification mail from Hilton HHonors   Over the past three days many of us have woken up to an unwelcome sight in our email inboxes. A notification that your... Read More

Posted on April 5th, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

Intelligence as a Service

Intelligence as a Service

In a startling development, Internet start-up company Flair Loop have announced the release of their flagship offering IntaaS, or Intelligence as a Service.   Product details are limited at launch,... Read More

Posted on April 1st, 2011 | Read More | Be the first to comment

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