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Indian firms face deficit in cyber security infra: Websense

The study surveyed 545 IT and IT security practitioners in India with an average of 8 years experience in the field, he added.

8 top cyber security threats for 2010

The number of malicious sites is rising day by day and it looks like it is only gong to rise further. Take a look at the list of security predictions and trends anticipated for 2010.

'Breaking news' is now a raging scam on Facebook

Security firm Symantec confirms the trend. It has observed spammers trying to capitalise on related news headlines by sending out malicious threats less than a day after the news was released, according to a post on its official blog.

Malicious websites cash in on Bhutto's death

If you search for Benazir Bhutto on the Net, chances are that you would reach a malicious website that will steal your money and personal details stored on the computer and may even crash the system. All this if you do not have a genuine anti-virus installed on the PC.

Beware net surfers: greeting card virus is here!

A new virus is doing the rounds of the Internet world. According to Websense Security Labs, the malicious code is being sent within e-mails.

'Cyber criminals to try more targetted attacks in 2014'

The security firm predicted cybercriminals will focus their attacks more on data stored in the cloud versus data stored on the network.

Cyber attacks to fall in 2015, but will be more sophisticated

According to Websense's cybersecurity predictions for 2015, as mobile apps are using auto-login capability these devices will face more attacks from cyber criminals for more credential-stealing or authentication attacks that can be used at a later date.

Beware! Cyber criminals are on the prowl

Hackers are armed with new web threats to trap gullible Internet users.

Forwarding e-mails? Big risk to offices

Employees who forward office documents and emails to personal email accounts pose the greatest security risk to an organisation, according to a report by Websense.

There's malice in this search

Searches apart, there's a lot of phishing too.

Cyber-slacking hits IT productivity

The study, the details of which the company executives highlighted here on Thursday said, an average employee fritters away 5.3 hours in a week in doing internet surfing, not related to business. The employee productivity loss in manufacturing was 4.2 hours/week, said the report.

Beware! Your computer files can be held hostage