Corporations and government agencies can expect more frequent and severe cyberattacks this year as mobile and point-of-sale devices and Windows XP users come under siege, network security firm VeriSign (VRSN) said Thursday in a list of top 10 cyberthreats and trends for 2015. VeriSign researchers say cybercriminals continued to employ Microsoft (MSFT)’s Windows-based banking Trojans as a key tactic last year. They also significantly changed their
VeriSign (VRSN), a provider of Internet infrastructure services, added 400,000 to 425,000 new dot-com and dot-net Web addresses last quarter, far short of the midpoint of the company’s forecast of 300,000 to 800,000, Cowen & Co. analyst Gregg Moskowitz said in a research report Tuesday. “This represents by far the slowest quarter-to-quarter growth we’ve seen in the past five-plus years, with June particularly disappointing, and comes well below
Cyberattacks against businesses are increasing and becoming more sophisticated, says a study released Thursday by security provider and domain registry firm VeriSign (VRSN). Media companies have replaced financial services companies as the No. 1 target of data thieves, says VeriSign, though it also found a growing number of industries becoming popular targets. Cyberattacks against companies in Q1 rose 6% from the year-earlier quarter, though the