This week in the Russia investigations: Mueller sends the feds to meet some international arrivees; new sanctions on some powerful, wealthy Russians; and Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington. Fade in: A gleaming new Gulfstream 650 ā or maybe it’s a Sukhoi business jet ā sweeps in for a landing at …
Read More »Cybercriminals shift to coinmining as a new revenue source
Cybercriminals are rapidly adding cryptojacking as a new avenue to increase its revenue stream and initiate attacks as the ransomware market becomes overpriced and overcrowded, an industry expert said. Haider Pasha, chief technology officer for emerging markets at Symantec Middle East, told Gulf News that browser-based cryptocurrency mining, also known …
Read More »NEARLY DH4 BILLION LOST IN THE UAE TO CYBERCRIME IN 2017
People in the UAE may feel safe online, but hackers have proven anything but. They stole Dh3.86 billion from 3.72 million consumers in the country over the past year, according to the recently releasedĀ 2017 Norton Cyber Security Insights Report. More than half (52 per cent) of the 1,059 UAE respondents …
Read More »Trump backtracks on cyber unit with Russia after harsh criticism
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber security unit with Russia, tweeting that he did not think it could happen, hours after his proposal was harshly criticized by Republicans who said Moscow could not be trusted. Trump said on Twitter early on Sunday that …
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