e-Security

Cybercriminals prefer to be paid in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, which offers them a sufficiently high level of anonymity.

This lack of awareness can cause women to pay less attention to protecting themselves against cyberthreats.

In total, the group has been able to attack more than 3,000 victims in more than 50 countries globally, with over one million files stolen, Kaspersky Labs said.

Fortinet said the black market for patient data is?up to twenty times more valuable?than that for credit card data often stolen in retail breaches.

Kaspersky Lab experts have attributed the spyware as the handiwork of the Equation Group of the NSA -- a threat so great that it surpasses anything known in terms of complexity and sophistication of techniques, and that has been active for almost two decades.

An analysis conducted by IBM Security found over 60 percent of leading dating mobile apps they studied to be potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information and corporate data at risk.

IBM researchers have announced plans for a cloud-based technology that holds potential to help consumers better protect online personal data, including date of birth, home address and credit card numbers.

About 30 years ago, the personal computer began to make its way into regular use and it went on to transform society and the way we live our lives.

London-based security firm Sophos has released its Security Threat Trends 2015 report that exposes the biggest security risks on the horizon and explains the real-world impact of evolving cyber threats on businesses and consumers in the New Year.

US President Barack Obama said Sunday, Dec. 21, that he regards the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) as an "act of cyber vandalism" rather than an "act of war," while reiterating the US will respond proportionately.