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Cybercrime Is World's Biggest Criminal Growth Industry

According to a new report, no crime is growing faster in the US than cybercrime, and it is increasing in size, sophistication, and cost.

Critical SQLite Flaw Leaves Millions of Apps Vulnerable to Hackers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in widely used SQLite database software that exposes billions of deployments to hackers.

Symantec and Fortinet Team Up to Deliver Comprehensive Cloud Security Service

Cyber security firms Symantec and Fortinet have announced an expansive partnership that aims to deliver comprehensive security services across endpoint, network and cloud environments.

Old and New OpenSSH Backdoors Threaten Linux Servers

OpenSSH, a suite of networking software that allows secure communications over an unsecured network, is the most common tool for system administrators to manage rented Linux servers. And given that over one-third of public-facing internet servers run Linux, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that[...]

Kubernetes Vulnerability Hits Top of Severity Scale

The security issue strikes at some of the basic reasons for the rising popularity of containers as an architecture and Kubernetes as an orchestration mechanism.

Backdoors Up 44%, Ransomware Up 43% from 2017

Nearly one in three computers was hit with a malware attack this year, and ransomware and backdoors continue to pose a risk.

New Report Details Rise, Spread of Email-based Attacks

Criminal hackers are sold on the value of email and social media, and they're adapting their use of those channels to maintain the impact of their attacks. A new report indicates how powerful those adaptions are and just how important communication channels remain to criminals.

Losses from Online Payment Fraud to Reach $48 Billion Annually

A new study from Juniper Research has found that annual online payment fraud losses from eCommerce, airline ticketing, money transfer and banking services, will reach $48 billion by 2023; up from the $22 billion in losses projected for 2018.

Tens of Thousands of E-Commerce Sites at Heightened Security Risk

Report delivered at Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council meeting flags issues in deployments of Magento, a popular e-commerce platform.

Mirai Evolves From IoT Devices to Linux Servers

Researchers from Netscout Alert have discovered what they believe are the first non-IoT versions of Mirai malware in the wild.