New research from Trusteer’s risk analysis team showing which countries are top of the hit list of cyber criminals using the SpyEye Trojan, 60% of the SpyEye bots target financial institutions customers in the US. This is followed by the UK with 53%, Canada with 31%, Germany 29%, and Australia 20%.
With the most recent British Crime Survey suggesting a 14% increase in burglary at homes across England and Wales in 2010-11[1], the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has issued its top tips for home security.
As the summer holidays approach, many people across the country will be looking forward to getting away from it all, leaving their everyday lives behind and escaping to sunnier climes for a couple of weeks. However, leaving a property empty for any length of time exposes property and possessions to risk from opportunistic burglary, a risk that can be effectively minimised by the deployment of a few basic security measures.
The AVAST Virus Lab has identified un-patched and often pirated versions of Windows XP as the main vector for rootkits infections. Data from a six-month study catalogued over 630,000 samples and found that 74% of infections originated from Windows XP machines, compared to 17% for Vista and only 12% from Windows 7 machines.
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