The UAE’s Adnoc and Enoc are among the list of oil, gas, and energy companies that may come under cyber-attacks on June 20 or closely after that, security firm Symantec has warned....
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The US tax season is about to begin, and right on cue, a new IRS spam campaign has bubbled up in email boxes.The emails claim to be refund notifications from the IRS. But they include a .zip attachment that, when opened, will deliver a mix of payloads. The primary baddie seems to be the multifaced Trojan Kovter, and the secondary one is CoreBOT—not exactly good tidings from the tax man. “Who wouldn’t want to know if they’re really getting a tax refund from the IRS?”...
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Intel has spun out its security division as independent firm McAfee, which says it is dedicated to enabling technology, people and organisations to work together.Intel has completed the spin-off of its security business as a standalone pure-play cyber security company under the McAfee brand and the leadership of chief executive Chris Young....
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Dating site AdultFriendFinder has suffered a major breach, exposing the personal details and sexual preferences of as many as four million members....
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President Barack Obama believes cyber terrorism is one of the biggest threats to national security and says the White House is bracing for a possible doomsday scenario if hackers can successfully penetrate government and business computer systems, the FOX Business Network has learned....
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Philip Quade, former special assistant for cyber to the director of the National Security Agency, has joined the network security company Fortinet as its first chief information security officer.
After more than a three decade-long career in the intelligence community, the former chief of NSA's cyber task force joined Fortinet (FTNT) to take charge of its digital defenses as well as to lead its federal and critical infrastructure business, the company told Fortune. Quade's duties ...
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