News
-
Neiman Marcus victim of cyber security attack 11.01.14
NEW YORK (AP) — Luxury merchant Neiman Marcus says thieves may have stolen customers’ credit card and debit card information and made unauthorized charges over the holiday season. The hacking marks the second retailer after Target Corp. to be a victim of a cyber security attack in recent weeks. Neiman Marcus’s spokeswoman Ginger Reeder said […]
-
Cyber crime on the rise in Andhra Pradesh 08.01.14
Hyderabad: Over 600 cyber crime cases, including online job frauds, abusive mails, cases pertaining to gender offences on social networking sites and transmission of obscene content, were reported in Andhra Pradesh in 2013 as against 490 registered in the previous year. Under Hyderabad Police Commissionerate limits, cyber crime showed almost 150 percent rise with 162 […]
-
Three ideas to combat cybercrime 06.01.14
When thieves hacked into credit and debit card data of as many as 40 million Target customers over the holidays, the breach rattled nerves and roiled Christmas shopping. But the truth is, if you shopped at Target between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 while thieves were hacking data, you’re unlikely to lose a dime. Federal […]
-
Firms unite to fight cyber crime 30.12.13
Several IT firms in the West Midlands are leading the fight against hackers with the help of a computer game. Serious Games in Coventry have teamed up with a cyber security specialist and a team of organisational psychologists from Aston University in Birmingham, to create software they hope will be used alongside business training. Cyber […]
-
Microsoft’s cybercrime unit files case 23.12.13
When Microsoft opened its sleek new Cybercrime Centre last month, the company said it was designed to showcase some of its latest technologies and to bring together different units that work on fighting everything from malware to intellectual-property theft. Now, Microsoft is filing its first case emerging from the work of the Cybercrime Centre team. […]
-
Microsoft’s cybercrime unit files first case 19.12.13
When Microsoft opened its sleek new Cybercrime Center last month, the company said the center was designed to showcase some of its latest technologies and to bring together different units that work on fighting everything from malware to intellectual-property theft. Now, Microsoft is filing its first case emerging from the work of the Cybercrime Center […]