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Cybersecurity Threats 2015: More Espionage, More Apple Malware

2014-12-03 15:53:50| TechNewsWorld

Cyberspies will flourish and hackers will target Apple devices more often in 2015. Until now, Russia, China and the United States have dominated the cyberespionage scene, but their success will start to attract new players to the practice. "We can expect some of the developing economies ... to engage in these activities to protect their growth status," said Websense's Carl Leonard.

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Execs in Asian luxury hotels fall prey to cyber espionage: study

2014-11-10 17:36:25| Wireless - Topix.net

Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated industrial espionage campaign that targets business executives in luxury hotels across Asia once they sign on to computers using in-room wireless connections they consider private and secure. The attacks, which go well beyond typical cybercriminal operations, have claimed thousands of victims dating back to 2009 and continue to do so, Kaspersky Lab, the world's largest private security firm, shows in a report published on Monday.

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Cyber Espionage: Understanding Energetic Bear

2014-10-23 01:00:00| Power Technology

Earlier this year, a cyber attack carried out by a group called Energetic Bear successfully infiltrated the computers and systems of more than 1,000 organisations operating in the global energy sector. Having successfully gained access to sensitive d

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CHINA: Invista settles "industrial espionage" suit

2014-07-16 16:07:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Invista has settled a lawsuit in China related to the alleged theft and infringement by a local engineer of trade secrets related to its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology.

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