Distributed breaches increase in 2010: CompTIA 

Distributed breaches increase in 2010: CompTIA

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 11 November 2010 12:43 PM
'Micro-breaches' continue to hit.
Malware plague continues unabated 

Malware plague continues unabated

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 24 July 2009 3:24 PM
2009 on course to break all records for new malware samples.
California laws will increase penalties for patient data snoopers 

California laws will increase penalties for patient data snoopers

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 2 October 2008 10:08 AM
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week signed legislation into law that will pose harsher penalties for hospital workers who pry into sensitive patient data.
F-Secure: 100-percent increase in malware this year 

F-Secure: 100-percent increase in malware this year

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 6 December 2007 11:47 AM
Researchers at anti-virus vendor F-Secure have noted a 100-percent increase over last year in the amount of malware detected during 2007.
MessageLabs: Expect increase in VoIP, social networking attacks 

MessageLabs: Expect increase in VoIP, social networking attacks

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 December 2006 9:28 AM
Voice over IP (VoIP) hacking attacks will surge next year as more businesses implement the technology, according to one message security vendor.
From Black Hat: Webroot CTO: Spyware threats on the increase 

From Black Hat: Webroot CTO: Spyware threats on the increase

By Ericka Chickowski, 3 August 2006 2:48 PM
Experts convened at BlackHat on Wednesday reported that the spyware threat continues to increase and it will remain unbeatable while jurisdictional issues between government ...
Malware targeting Linux on the increase 

Malware targeting Linux on the increase

By William Eazel, 8 May 2006 10:03 AM
The number of malicious programs that attacked Linux operating systems during 2005 was more than double the previous year’s figure, according to new research.
McAfee: Massive increase in rootkit use 

McAfee: Massive increase in rootkit use

By Dan Kaplan, 17 April 2006 9:32 PM
The number of malicious programs employing stealth technology to make them virtually undetectable by PCs is rapidly increasing, giving rise to more sophisticated Windows-based ...
Online stalking on the increase  

Online stalking on the increase

By William Eazel, 28 February 2006 9:30 AM
Cyber stalking is a growing problem with typical abusers being white collar workers without criminal records, according to the 2005 Cyberstalking statistics released today by ...
IM and P2P network attacks increase 2200 percent 

IM and P2P network attacks increase 2200 percent

By René Millman, 13 January 2006 3:25 PM
The number of attacks on instant messaging and peer-to-peer networks have increased over twenty-fold in one year, according to new research.
Firm: IM threats to increase next year 

Firm: IM threats to increase next year

By Frank Washkuch, 27 December 2005 8:32 PM
Cybercriminals will become yet more sophisticated in 2006, discovering new vulnerabilities in instant messaging systems and mobile security, one firm noted in a year-end study.
Write down your passwords, increase security 

Write down your passwords, increase security

By Melissa Loveday, 20 July 2005 5:14 PM
Security buffs have urged employees to write down their passwords in hopes that people will not use the same weak phrase repeatedly, thereby increasing security.
Mobile phone viruses on the increase 

Mobile phone viruses on the increase

By David Quainton, 25 April 2005 5:08 PM
52 viruses are capable of infecting mobile phones and some reports are suggesting the figure could even be as high as 71, according to the findings of a new study.
IM worms on the increase 

IM worms on the increase

By René Millman, 20 April 2005 12:55 PM
Worms propagating via instant messaging (IM) applications are on the increase according to a new study.
Virus attacks, recovery costs increase 

Virus attacks, recovery costs increase

By Marcia Savage, 5 April 2005 7:59 PM
Companies and government agencies dealt with more virus "disasters" and spent more time and money recovering from them last year compared to 2003, according to a survey by ICSA ...
Increase in cybersecurity research funding advised 

Increase in cybersecurity research funding advised

By Marcia Savage, 21 March 2005 10:47 PM
The federal government needs to put more dollars into research of civilian cybersecurity, the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) said in a recent report.
Virus alerts increase by 600 per cent 

Virus alerts increase by 600 per cent

By Dan Ilett, 5 April 2004 2:37 PM
A war of insults between worm writers has caused virus alerts to rise by more than 600 per cent.
Financial scams to increase in 2004 

Financial scams to increase in 2004

By Ron Condon, 9 January 2004 12:38 PM
Panda predicts more financial scams for 2004.
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