Saturday, 26 April 2025

Cybercriminals’ interest in Bitcoin has continued to grow alongside the mainstream media’s heavy coverage of the currency and its high rate of adoption by both consumers and businesses. The surge in demand for Bitcoins in the Chinese market led to the currency’s sharp increase in value, as well as making BTC China the largest Bitcoin exchange. While a recent ban by the Chinese government on dealing with third party Bitcoin exchanges has already taken its toll on the currency’s value, we’ve also seen cybercriminals going after the consumers who use Bitcoins. Trusteer’s security team has recently analysed a malware variant that actively targets BTC China and other Bitcoin exchanges.

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Lancope, Inc. has announced the results of a Ponemon Institute report entitled, “Cyber Security Incident Response: Are we as prepared as we think?” Findings show that while security threats are imminent, CEOs and other members of the management team are in the dark about potential cyber-attacks against their companies. The research also shows that, as a result, Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) often lack the resources necessary to fend off the continuous onslaught of advanced threats facing today’s organisations.

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Throughout the year, metrics were collected from all DDoS attacks launched against the company’s global client base by the Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert) using proprietary techniques and equipment. Through digital forensics and post-attack analysis, PLXsert is able to build a global view of the evolving DDoS threat.

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LONDON (UK): Lancope, Inc. unveils new, operationalised security capabilities enabling its StealthWatch® System customers to quickly and efficiently track and halt damaging network threats. The new Operational Network & Security Intelligence (ONSI) dashboard and User-defined Threat Criteria feature deliver dynamic and actionable security data to StealthWatch System users, fostering high levels of business continuity.

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  2. Barclays data leak analysis
  3. To Be Forewarned Is To Be Forearmed: The Rise of Web Intelligence
  4. Cybercrime strikes more fears than NSA spying, new survey finds
  5. Killer Music: Hackers exploit vulnerabilities in media players to infect PCs with advanced malware
  6. Privacy vs. Security: The Challenge and the Opportunity...how Biometrics and Cybersecurity are Changing the Future
  7. Counter Terror Expo 2014 brings cyber security challenges to the front burner
  8. Bank of England works with CREST to deliver cyber-security framework
  9. First seven companies certified to the Government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme
  10. Skyscape secures Cyber Essentials Plus Certification
  11. GCHQ certifies Master's Degrees in Cyber Security
  12. ISACA releases European Guidance on Cybersecurity
  13. ICS and SCADA community still lack "integrated engineering, ICS technical, and cyber security specialists," says expert
  14. CloudMask launches in the UK to protect data in the cloud following new reforms
  15. AIG launches cyber cover for SMEs



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