The Treasury said it had recorded one hack attack last year, and one in 2001-02 and 2002-03. The majority of hacking attempts came from within, the MoD said, describing fifteen attempts as "internal misuse of resources", compared to 10 attacks last...
The research, led by analyst house IDC, predicts concerns over hacking, DoS and virus attacks have pushed security so far up the boardroom agenda it will fuel the markets growth. IT security spending in Western Europe is set to double from $2.1bn...
The survey, by research firm Evans Data found that 27 per cent of US and Canadian financial institutions suffered a hack attempt during 2001 whereas the figure for non-financial companies was 12 per cent.
The Russian President's new website has managed to deflect the best efforts of 100 hackers who have been attacking it since it went online 24 hours ago. Although the site has not been up on the web for very long, President Vladimir Putin is said to...
Netsky.Q, which first appeared on 29 March, is designed to attack certain websites that distribute either file-sharing clients or hacking and cracking tools. However, because the worm only attacks the main www.edonkey2000.com address, it is still...
External attacks by hackers, organised criminal gangs and phishing fraudsters are responsible for a dramatic increase in the number and severity of security breaches among UK businesses. Chris Potter, partner at PwC, told silicon.com that the...