In particular, Finjan investigated an attack that used zero-day exploits – malicious software for which there are no security patches – that was designed to steal confidential information.
On Saturday, The Times disclosed that the Director-General of MI5 had written to businessmen with a warning that they were being attacked by Chinese cyberspies. Ian Brown, of Oxford University, a cyber-espionage expert, said that British businesses were more vulnerable than they need to be because of the merger and planned job cuts. Critics say that leaves cybercrime and web-based industrial espionage too far down the agenda.
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