One in three teens are tempted to hack for money

Friday 3 April, 2009 – Yesterday’s kids used to wash their Dad’s car or tidy their bedrooms to earn pocket money. But a new survey* released today by internet security firm, Trend Micro, has suggested that British teens might be tempted by dodgy online methods to make money. One in three teens (aged 12 – 18) admitted they would consider hacking or spying on people online if it meant they could make some fast cash. The survey exposes lack of ‘e-morals’ at a time where kids are spending a significant amount of their time online.

The survey, which polled 1,000 teens and parents across the UK, revealed that kids don’t appear to have any sense of ‘netiquette’ when it comes to their online behaviour. It found:

Published: 02 April 2009
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Farnborough, United Kingdom, 1st April 2009 - Comments on the need to stay protected by Microsoft's Commercial Market Strategy Director in the Middle East and Africa highlight the need not to overlook the security requirements of branch offices, says Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Finjan's Chief Technology Officer. 

"The comments of Microsoft's Mark Chaban, which came after Chinese cyber spies had been found to have infiltrated into the online networks of companies around the world are very relevant to the needs of branch offices," he said.
 
"Having news reports like this there is a tendency to overlook the fact that we live and work in a global village, and that many companies have branch offices in the Middle East or, of course, that Middle Eastern firms have operations elsewhere in the world," he added.
Published: 31 March 2009
Written by NStinchcombe
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1st April 2009 – London, United Kingdom – BlockMaster (http://www.GetSafeStick.com), a leading provider of secure removable data devices, today issues a stark warning to businesses across the UK that millions of employees with unprotected USBs are at risk of unsolicited viruses and malware.

As staff let their guard down to laugh at April fools’ jokes, hackers specialised in social engineering and intrusion techniques are poised to take advantage of the lack of care paid to network and USB security.

With 20,000,000 unsecure USBs being used in businesses today and around 62 per cent of UK employees leaving their sticks plugged into their computers when unattended, businesses are extremely vulnerable to malware.

Published: 31 March 2009
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SAN JOSE CA - April 1, 2009 – VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) and MasterCard Worldwide today announced a new online seminar for merchants to help them optimize their business through managing fraud and reputational risk.

The new seminar, “Payment Application Vendors and PA-DSS,” expands MasterCard’s PCI Merchant Education Program, an initiative offered to MasterCard acquiring bank customers to provide practical assistance in educating merchants and encouraging broader adoption of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The seminar is available online on demand at www.webcasts.com/mastercardpci.

Published: 31 March 2009
Written by NeonDrum
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New QualysGuard Detection Allows Organizations to Detect the Multiple Variants of the Conficker Worm on their Global Networks

Slough, UK, 31 March, 2009— Qualys, the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that it added remote detection of the Conficker Worm, which has been spreading in corporate networks since November of 2008. This detection was added to QualysGuard® Vulnerability Management in order to help organizations remotely identify the multiple variants of this worm and control its spread within enterprise networks.
 
Conficker is a worm that spreads by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability announced in October 2008. It can spread to corporate network shares that are not protected with strong passwords and by infected USB sticks.
Published: 30 March 2009
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