Cyber-attackers aim for critical infrastructure

A joint report and survey by Trend Micro and the Organisation of American States (OAS) has been released, focusing on the instances of cyber-attacks against critical infrastructures. The report on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Americas...

More news on Regin cyber-attack malware

Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team has published its research on Regin – the first cyber-attack platform known to penetrate and monitor GSM networks in addition to other “standard” spying tasks. The attackers behind this platform have compromised...

Preparing for a cyber-attack

Cyber-attacks are a threat to businesses of all types and of all sizes, from the giant enterprises to the smaller SMEs. A popular maxim is that there are two types of companies – those who have been breached, and those who have been breached but don’t know it....

eBay users’ details are under threat

eBay is asking its users to change their passwords because of a cyber-attack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data. The company says it has no evidence of the compromise resulting in unauthorised activity for eBay...

Malicious Android apps top 10m

By late January 2014, Kaspersky Lab had accumulated about 200 000 unique samples of mobile malware, up 34% from November 2013 when over 148 000 samples had been recorded. And the security outfit says that cyber-scammers are continuing to focus their attention on...