Showing posts with label botnets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label botnets. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Denial of Service Assault On Computers

Cyber attack on U.S. and South Korean government agencies, companies and institutions have been called the “most aggressive in recent memory”.  
Attackers use “botnets” or networks of “zombie” personal computers, which they have infected with a virus.  Denial of service comes in...

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Cyber Attack Expense Vary By Method of Attack

Average Annual Cyber crime cost weighted by attack frequency in 2011.
Denial of Service              $187,506
Web-Based Attack            $141,647
Malicious Code                 $126,787
Malicious Insiders             $105,353
Pfishing And...

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Cyber Liability Insurance Needed For New Social Networking Scams

Cybercriminals are using pfishing tactics to gain information from social network sites to tap into corporate networks to steal sensitive data that can result in breach of privacy lawsuits and the need for Cyber Liability insurance for both techs firms and regular businesses alike.
Here are...

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