Leading fraud detection and prevention consultancy UKFraud (www.ukfraud.co.uk) has launched a new risk consultancy operation called Riskskill (www.riskskill.com). The new operation delivers ‘total risk’ assessments for major corporations. These are aimed at solving problems and engineering bespoke risk reduction solutions anywhere across the business including: organisational, management, financial control and IT.
Rittal use pyrotechnics to demonstrate effectiveness of solution, while Dr Mike Lynch OBE lights up seminar theatre with opening keynote
IP EXPO: The starting gun was fired at IP EXPO with a sold-out seminar by Autonomy founder, Dr Mike Lynch OBE and a series of product demos that included enclosure technology specialist, Rittal, setting a server alight to show the product working in an emergency
Counter Terror Expo, 24 – 25 April 2013 at Olympia, London, is continually evolving to reflect the ever changing dynamics of the counter terrorism world.
At Counter Terror Expo 2012, the boundaries were pushed even further with the innovative concept of the Meet the Buyer Programme, which delivered an added value to exhibitors, delegates, and visitors.
Last week reports came out stating that the Dorkbot worm is now targeting Skype users. The worm fools users into downloading the malware, whose payload locks down machines. Once infected, users' contact lists are pinged with the message "LOL is this your new profile pic?" and a .zip file. When the .zip file is clicked it opens a backdoor and installs the worm. The machine is then enlisted into a botnet and users are asked to make a $200 payment within 24 to 48 hours in order to receive their files back.
This ransomware aspect of the worm is a new element compared to the previous strains that affected Facebook and Twitter.
Below is a comment from Dominique Karg, Chief Hacking officer from AlienVault, on why he thinks the Dorkbot will not be as effective as it could have been:
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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