Monday, 21 May 2012
F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen calls for the establishment of ‘Internetpol’ to tackle organized crime on the Web.
The challenge of bringing cybercriminals to justice is a critical issue today, as evidenced by several high-profile cases that have been in the news recently.
Education needed to curb rampant cybercrime and terrorism, the EC-Council Asia Pacific Roundtable Forum (ECC|RF) concludes.
2008 has been a year of growth - in amounts of malware, in infections, in the number of botnets, and in criminal profits. What is needed is growth in punishment for these criminal activities, says F-Secure.
Cybercrime is the fastest-growing segment of the IT industry. Anti-virus and firewalls are no longer enough. Wing Fei Chia, security response manager at F-Secure, discusses the challenges facing cyber law enforcement organizations and end users.
Yet another major security breach compromising users’ personal data occurred last month, in this case the second such attack on the same company in less than 18 months, gushing millions of users’ data onto the black market. The implications for users whose data is compromised are significant, but what can be done to remedy the situation?
The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) has opened its global headquarters in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
The headline story on the South China Morning Post today reminds everyone to be vigilant. In the Internet Age, no one is 100% immune. Two Asia-based security experts offer advice on how to avoid these sticky situations.
A malware expert at the Computer Forensics show says despite notable gains for the industry, the danger posed by cyberwarfare and organized crime pose a host of major challenges.
With a population of 4.6 million people, of which 67% use the Internet, Kapersky Lab sees Singapore as vulnerable to the ever-growing threat of cybercriminals.
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