The new national cybersecurity body that will be led out of Cork has been launched with a warning that cybercrime is expected to be worth almost €5 trillion in two years.

Cybercriminals ‘will exploit gadgets’ vulnerabilities’

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An international anti-virus and cybersecurity company, Cylance, is to open offices on Cork city’s South Mall: a formal jobs announcement and commitment is due within days. It’s one of several new office moves on the South Mall, with Irish Life Health also taking space on the street from next week.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of US security software developer McAfee increased last year by 7% to €25m.

One of the world’s leading cyber security experts has called on the Government to invest heavily in combatting cyber attacks as new research reveals that more than eight in 10 Irish businesses have been targeted in the past 12 months.

Hackers are using viruses disguised as pornographic mobile apps as “ransomware” to extort large sums of money from users whose devices are blocked until the ransom is paid.

WHAT’S probably the biggest bar complex outside of Cork City centre has come up for sale in boom-town Ballincollig, with a price tag to match.

AS Nama this week brings 588 apartments for sale for €116 million in Dublin, aimed at REITS and overseas investment groups, offers on a smaller scale of apartment blocks maybe of more interest to private buyers conscious of the end of year expiry date of the CGT exemption for investments held for seven years.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of US security software maker, McAfee, last year rose marginally to €23.6m.

The latest efforts to curb a strand of hi-tech criminality that costs the global economy hundreds of billions of euro each year have strong connections to cork business.

The recent leak of nude photos of Hollywood actresses is the work of ‘grubbly little misogynists’ who placed a higher value on the images as they were in the public arena without the women’s consent, says Suzanne Harrington

The Irish operation of software security giant McAfee is seen as a core problem-solving hub and one of the company’s most important bases, according to a senior company officer.

Up to 100 jobs are to be created with the expansion of three companies in Dublin, Cork and Laois.

The crucial role of everything from lip gloss to Twitter, and customer relationship management software in making sales was covered at the Cork Chamber annual conference.

Cybercrime annually costs the global economy about $445bn (€327bn), with the damage to business from intellectual property theft exceeding the some $160bn loss to individuals from hacking, according to research.

Something needs to be done to increase female representation in the science, technology, engineering, and maths sectors, and McAfee is to the forefront, writes Claire O’Sullivan.

Primary schools are learning about internet risks from TY students, Education Correspondent Niall Murray says.

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Homes and businesses have been warned they have just two weeks to secure personal and vital business information on their computers before a gang of international cybercriminals begins another campaign of hacking which has so far netted them €75m.

Aer Lingus have launched a new route between Dublin and San Francisco.

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An alarming number of Irish teenagers are keeping their parents in the dark about what they are up to in cyberspace.

A new study says there is a huge gap between what teenagers are doing online and what their parents are aware of.

Over half of the players selected on the Bord Gáis Energy Under-21 Hurling Team of the Year hail from champions Clare, including team captain Paul Flanagan.

Up to 100 jobs are being created in Cork with the official opening of a global technology centre which will develop wireless technology solutions.

The Antrim Under-21 hurlers' stunning All-Ireland semi-final win over 1/80 favourites Wexford yesterday even left their own manager Kevin Ryan admittedly 'shocked' and 'amazed'.

North Korea is to blame for last month’s cyberattacks on the websites of South Korean media companies and the president and prime minister’s offices, a South Korean investigation concluded today.

Tech giant Qualcomm is to establish its first major Irish facility in Cork with an initial team of up to 100 people, with the potential to scale up to several hundred jobs in the medium term.

Internet technology giants Yahoo and McAfee are to hire 260 people over the next few years.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD said today that companies in Ireland can “compete with the very best on the global stage”.

Two American companies are to create 260 new jobs in Dublin and Cork over the next 12 months.

A €1M fit-out wraps up this weekend as the covers come off Munster’s largest retail letting — UK giant DFS opens its second Irish store, in the office and retail City Gate Park, Mahon, Cork, this Saturday.

A Guatemalan judge has ordered John McAfee released from a Guatemalan detention centre where he has been fighting deportation, a lawyer for the software company founder said.

Software company founder John McAfee says he wants to return to the US and “settle down to whatever normal life” he can.

Fugitive software company founder John McAfee surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize.

Fugitive software company founder John McAfee has surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize.

John McAfee — the antivirus software pioneer who is on the run from police seeking to quiz him about the murder of a neighbour — is about to do the unthinkable: He is about to take time off blogging to concentrate on being chased by police.

Dudley Althaus details the bizarre recent events involving the anti-virus software guru, John McAfee

Software company founder John McAfee is in hiding in Belize as police urge him to come in for questioning to help solve the killing of his neighbour.

People all over the world know his name but not his face — and now John McAfee, founder of the antivirus company, is on the run for killing a man in Central America.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of US security software maker, McAfee last year increased by 9% to €21.7 million.