Preparing for war: how far are we from a mass mobile cyber battle?

Security is not just a concern for smartphone users – mobile operators can also be hit, and ignorance could cost them dearly

The demand for smarter mobile devices and multimedia content has seen a tremendous growth in the number of smartphones and tablets across the world. While PC shipments are dropping, personal mobile devices are destined for a bright future. There are reports that already claim up to 40% of internet time is spent on mobile devices, and there's no doubt they will become increasingly important in the personal as well as professional lives of millions of people.

Why we are losing the cyber security war and what we can do about it

If this year’s attacks on Adobe, LexisNexis, NASDAQ, US Airways, and dozens of other large and technologically sophisticated US enterprises didn’t provide sufficient evidence that we are losing the cyber security war, the ongoing breaches by Anonymous make it undeniable. Why are the world’s most IT savvy companies unable to keep attackers out of their networks?

Soon: Computers with common sense!

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Businesses failing to fight IT security threats, but the biggest problem is staff, PwC survey shows

Information technology hackers can still get the better of businesses, with companies around the world failing to keep a step ahead of information security threats, new research has found.

And it is not just anonymous external hackers that businesses need to worry about, but their staff, with the biggest internal risk to a company’s IT security identified as its people.

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Biggest cyber security threats to businesses

As we round out our 2013 business and IT plans, cyber criminals are resolving to implement increasingly sophisticated threats targeting specific computer systems and organisations big and small.

In the past year, businesses have seen several serious hacks and breaches.

As the arms race between attackers and businesses continues to evolve in 2013, IT departments and security professionals will need to stay on top of the changing tactics and approaches used by criminal hackers in order to protect their organisations.

Below are Check Point’s top resolutions and the greatest security threats to businesses:

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Malware goes smart, too

IT SECURITY experts’ predictions that 2013 would see an increase in malware designed for mobile phones have come true. Experts say the rise of new and already known mobile malware will continue.
“Expectations have been met; we register a higher amount of modifications of so-far known malware,” Gabriel Braniša, analyst at IT security company ESET, who specialises in malware for Android-based mobile devices, told The Slovak Spectator, adding that the first example of so-called ransomware, i.e. malicious software which blocks a device and requires a ransom to unblock it, has also surfaced.

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