A 41-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced to 46 months in prison by a court in the U.S. state of Minnesota for his role in a cybercrime scheme involving a botnet powered by the Linux malware known as Ebury. Maxim Senakh was indicted in the U.S. in January 2015 and was later arrested by authorities in Finland. His extradition to the United States was approved in January 2016 and, earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and consp...
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When it comes to protecting their data, healthcare organizations are increasingly finding themselves caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place....
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From a number of recent surveys, it’s clear that more and more organisations are happy to accept that they will suffer a network security breach at some point and it is simply a matter of time. Clearing up the mess post-issue and how to do it seems to be the focus now – which is a bit of a shame since there are a number of ways to endeavour to avoid the mess in the first place....
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The number of new malware strains fell for the first time in 2015, but it wasn’t all good news as cyber-criminals have begun to use other techniques to get the same results, according to Kaspersky Lab. The Moscow-based AV firm claimed that malware reached saturation point this year, with the number of new files detected by its products dropping by 15,000—from 325,000 in 2014 to 310,000. Kaspersky Lab researchers believe the reason for this drop off is that the cyber-criminals be...
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As the number of software vulnerabilities increases, and people connect across personal and corporate devices using a multitude of different platforms each day, time and time again, patch management has proven to be one of the most effective practices users can take in securing their PCs....
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The Homeland Security Department has decided to extend a contract for help on a biennial cyberattack drill with Booz Allen Hamilton....
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