Tagged: Cyber Attack & News
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Cost of a data breach: US$136 per compromised record (infographic) News
06.06.2013 Human errors and system glitches caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, which, on average, cost companies about US$136 per compromised record. However, data breaches caused... -
The five minute CIO: David Cahill News
17.05.2013 This week, the focus switches to security as AIB’s senior information security specialist talks about managing mobile devices, why real-world testing is important and user... -
LivingSocial cyberattacked – users urged to reset their passwords News
27.04.2013 Amazon-owned daily deals site LivingSocial has been hacked, with hackers gaining access to the private details of potentially more than 50m people, including their names, email... -
Financial gain motivates most cyber-attackers - Verizon report News
23.04.2013 Fewer than one in five breaches were carried out by state-sponsored actors as financial gain remains the biggest motivator for attackers, a major new security report has found. -
Irish Government to run cybersecurity planning exercise News
04.04.2013 The Irish Government is planning to run a structured exercise to test its response to simulated cyber security incidents. -
Irish internet users saw little impact of major cyberattack - INEX News
02.04.2013 The exchange that handles 95pc of data traffic from Irish people using the internet has said it was unaffected while a major cyberattack was in progress last week, as a backlash... -
Up to 150 new jobs for Cork as FireEye establishes tech support in the city News
05.03.2013 Potentially up to 150 new jobs will be created in Cork by web and email security player FireEye, which is establishing its EMEA technical support centre in the city.Categories: Software, Security, Internet, Economy, Digital Business, Careers and Employment, Software & Web Development, Web -
Mandiant produces evidence of China’s secret cyber army at work News
19.02.2013 Security player Mandiant has produced a report that purports to show China’s secret cyber armies being built up. It says it has been tracking a single organisation called APT1,... -
Facebook confirms hit by cyber attack, no evidence user data compromised News
16.02.2013 Social networking giant Facebook has confirmed that it has been the victim of an attack by hackers. It says several of its engineers’ computers were hacked using a zero-day Java...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Mobility, Mobile, IT Management, Internet, Digital Media, Data Management, Data Centre -
Twitter joins growing list of media websites to be hacked - 250k accounts compromised News
03.02.2013 It emerged over the weekend that as many as 250,000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised in a hacker attack. Twitter joins a growing array of major sites to be attacked in...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Digital Media -
Hackers break into New York Times, steal employee passwords News
31.01.2013 The New York Times has claimed that hackers based in China managed to infiltrate its computer network and access employee emails. -
Irish IT security player Espion to create 15 senior jobs News
31.01.2013 Fast-growing Irish IT security firm Espion, which is targeting growth in the US$49bn global security services market, has created 15 new jobs on the back of unprecedented demand... -
IT security analysts uncover ‘Red October’ cyber attack News
14.01.2013 Anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab is claiming to have uncovered a major global cyber attack operation that has been running since 2007. Dubbed ‘Red October’, it seems that the cyber...Tags: Malware, Cyber Attack -
Cloud computing: fact or fiction? (Infographic) News
08.01.2013 Cloud computing has nothing to do with the weather and while it’s not entirely safe from cyber attacks, the technology is creating IT jobs and millions of people are using the... -
Cyber security incidents fall in 2012 as hacking and ransomware rise News
27.11.2012 Irish businesses reported fewer security incidents during 2012 than in 2011 but instances of hacking tripled and Denial of Service attacks also increased year on year. -
10 of the spookiest cyber attacks of 2012 (infographic) News
31.10.2012 For the day that’s in it, a new infographic runs down a list of 10 of the scariest cyber attacks this past year. -
Weekend news roundup: Reddit's censorship crisis and who really created the social web? News
15.10.2012 In our roundup of the top tech stories from the weekend, we look at the question that has arisen over who really created the social web, which some say existed long before...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
IEDR seeks gardaí help to investigate attack on .ie namespace News
10.10.2012 Some systems at the .ie domain registry (IEDR) remain offline today, following a security incident yesterday that led to Google and Yahoo’s Irish websites redirecting to a... -
Cyber Cold War begins: US lawmakers strive to block Chinese comms firms Huawei and ZTE News
09.10.2012 US lawmakers are striving to prevent US telecoms companies doing business with Chinese telecoms equipment makers like Huawei and ZTE. The US House of Representatives’...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Social Media, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Government, Communications -
Cybercrime costs up nearly 40pc, attack frequency doubles - study News
09.10.2012 The occurrence of cyberattacks has more than doubled for the third year in a row while the associated costs have increased by nearly 40 pc, the 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study...