Security News

Viking Horde Malware Co-Ops Android Devices for Ad Fraud (Threatpost)
2016-05-11 16:43

The Viking Horde Android malware campaign can leverage victims' phones for ad fraud, carry out DDoS attacks, send spam, and more, researchers warn.

Online transaction fraud to reach $25 billion by 2020 (Help Net Security)
2016-05-04 13:00

Online transaction fraud is expected to reach $25.6 billion by 2020, up from $10.7 billion last year, according to Juniper Research. This means that by the end of the decade, $4 in every $1,000 of...

Amazon Unlimited Fraud (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-28 13:20

Amazon Unlimited is a all-you-can-read service. You pay one price and can read anything that's in the program. Amazon pays authors out of a fixed pool, on the basis of how many people read their...