Cybercrime

The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has published its Cyber Threat Landscape analysis of 2012 which puts drive-by-exploits as the top web threat.

As part of an EU drive to combat the growth of cybercrime across member states a new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) based at Europol headquarters in The Hague opens Friday 11th January.

In a story that could be lifted direct from a Hollywood script, a Japanese hacker placed a memory card on the collar of a stray cat found wandering on an island near Tokyo.

New malware that attacks point-of-sale (POS) systems had been detected in 40 countries in recent months. The malware, dubbed “Dexter” is able to skim credit card information from compromised POS systems.