The US Government is under fire to beef up security against cyber attacks. Industry experts made it apparent that the US Government needs to increase cyber security efforts to the Senate Commerce, Science Committee and Transportation Committee after a number of analysts gathered to inform the Government that more regulation is vital to face cyber threats. The committee wants to create legislation which could enable Governments and businesses to work together to protect critical computer systems
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U.S. Urged To Curb Hackers as Cyber Attacks Increase
More than 74000 computers and 2500 organizations have been hacked by the notorious Zeus Trojan. Newsmakers have made huge headlines by dubbing the Zeus Trojan “Kneber”, and have falsely claimed it is a new virus, when it is actually just a variant of Zeus. The cyber attacks, which took place over the past year and a half, were designed to steal login credentials to bank sites, social networks, and e-mail systems
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Password Stealing Zeus Trojan Hacks Over 74000 PCs
In December 2009 and January 2010, Trojans made up six of the top 10 malware detections for security researchers. A malicious Trojan virus has shot to the number one spot on a malware detection list recently.
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Top 10 Trojans from Recent Malware Detections
Corrupt emails falsely linked to the Canada Revenue Agency CRA are being used for a cyber phishing scam. According to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) the reward is only $386
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Canadians Lured By Cash Service Phishing Scam
Phishing attacks do not just target online banking and e-payment systems anymore, now the focus is on almost any site which asks for sensitive information.
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Fake IRS Site: Open Phishing Season for Taxpayers