Aug 27, 2013
Over the past few months, hundreds of South Africa’s approximately 6,19-million registered Facebook users have become the victims of cloning. This practice, which is also known as deep mining, is when cybercriminals lift a user’s name and profile picture from their...
Aug 1, 2013
Cars are now a genuine target for cybercriminals, and it is possible for attackers to gain control of a vehicle while it is in motion – with disastrous consequences. Alex Fidgen, a director at IT security company MWR InfoSecurity, comments: “It is feasible that...
Jul 5, 2013
Hacking and anti-cyber-warfare training exercises could be the way to support the UK government and play a major role in the training of IT security experts in the future. The suggestion has been made by IT security company MWR InfoSecurity, which attracted security...
Feb 13, 2013
Retailers, and especially e-commerce sites, came under increasing attack from hackers during 2012, with cybercriminals targeting customers’ private information in order to steal directly from them. This is one of the findings of a Trustwave Global Security...
Jan 9, 2013
Recent widespread hacking attacks on a number of US banks could be part of a cyber-warfare initiative, possibly engineered by Iran. The New York Times reports that US authorities believe Iran is responsible for the attacks, allegedly in retaliation for the recent...
