Security News

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...

Free badge program helps determine security of open source software (Help Net Security)
2016-05-04 12:45

The Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a project managed by The Linux Foundation that aims to improve the security of critical open source projects, issued its first round of CII Best Practices...

Credential Stealing as an Attack Vector (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-04 11:51

Traditional computer security concerns itself with vulnerabilities. We employ antivirus software to detect malware that exploits vulnerabilities. We have automatic patching systems to fix...