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Cybercrime rises 168% in just one year
MUMBAI: A global cybercrime syndicate's bizarre 'employee of the month' competition, in which a Ferrari has been offered for a blueprint of the best online scam, made headlines earlier this week. Closer home, cybercrime has seen an alarming 168% rise in just a year. From 63 in 2012, the number of cases went up to 169 in 2013, as per Mumbai Police.
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Verizon, RSA Partner on New Cybersecurity Program; Eddie Schwartz Comments
Verizon and RSA have reached an agreement for Verizon Enterprise Solutions to help EMC Corp. subsidiary run its managed security partner program. Verizon’s clients will have access to new cyber defense technologies such as big data security analytics, critical incident response and risk management under the partnership, Verizon said Monday.
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Cybercrime without cyber-rules
In a welfare state, citizens have access to electricity, water, roads, education and health. Since citizens pay for these amenities through taxes, they expect services from the state in times of need. Increasingly, with the ubiquity of the internet, access to the web is also being considered a right.
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Cyber criminals set to create bigger mobile threats
SINGAPORE: As the number of smartphone and tablet users grows, so are the threats, as cyber criminals shift their focus to the greater dependence on mobile technology. In a 2014 Security Round-up Report for the first quarter, security firm Trend Micro warned that mobile malware is set to grow in numbers and get smarter at gathering personal information such as banking credentials.
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Police want to learn hackers’ tricks in order to nail them
The picture painted by cybersecurity experts is sobering: A sharp growth in banking malware, more malicious mobile apps and more data breaches resulting in more than 552 million identities exposed last year. eBay last week announced a major network security breach involving customer data. In Singapore, several cyberattacks including the defacement of the Istana and Ang Mo Kio Town Council websites were recorded last year, with arrests made.
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Cyber Security: Need for computer emergency response teams in Africa
Nkechi Isaac, media practitioner, recently said cybercrime, which is crime committed on the cyber space and/or the internet, is one of the fastest growing areas of crime. Isaac further said more and more criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity that modern information and communication technologies offer in order to commit a diverse range of criminal activities.
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