"espionage" news, interviews, and features

News about espionage

• Google and Microsoft investigate Russian ad claims

  Microsoft and Google join Facebook and Twitter in the search for evidence of Russian ad influence

• Macros big again with cybercriminals

  Macro writers got better at evading security mechanisms, and drive-by downloads became harder to do

• Report: Clickfraud malware a gateway to other threats

  Costs US businesses about $6.3 billion a year in wasted ad money.

• Report: Average cost per record breached is $US0.58 cents, discovery times are down

  Other estimates that put the average per-record loss at around $US200.

• Report: Chinese groups behind most state-sponsored attacks in 2014

  But it was Vietnam, not the US, that was the top target

• 'Widely misunderstood' Huawei attempts to put the record straight, vows transparency

  Offers up “complete and unrestricted access” to its software source code and equipment

Features about espionage

• To shine a light on cybercrime, go Dark

  Hang out where the bad guys do on the Dark Web

• 2015 State of Cybercrime: Enterprise fight is stuck in stall

  Cybercrime awareness has hit an all-time high but it isn't necessarily translating to action