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Summary:Mobile ransomware, insurance claims and striking the supply chain are all expected to make an appearance in 2015. By Charlie Osborne Sony is still smarting over a cataclysmic cyberattack, US banks, Target and Staples have all been targeted, and it seems hackers are always one step ahead. But what can we expect from next year? […]

For more than a decade, a powerful app called Metasploit has been the most important tool in the hacking world: An open-source Swiss Army knife of hacks that puts the latest exploits in the hands of anyone who’s interested, from random criminals to the thousands of security professionals who rely on the app to scour

BY TRICIA DURYEE NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden doesn’t want the government snooping on what you are researching or purchasing on Amazon.com, or what he called “the world’s largest library.” “Let’s encrypt your browsing habits. Let’s encrypt the world’s library,” he said, during a talk on Friday at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., reports The

Survey shows 83% believe Internet access should be a basic human right By Lucas Mearian An international survey of Internet users has found that more than 39% have taken steps to protect their online privacy and security as a result of spying revelations by one-time NSA employee Edward Snowden. The survey, conducted by the Centre

Summary:​Google has blacklisted over 11,000 domains after a malware campaign, dubbed SoakSoak, compromised more than 100,000 websites using the WordPress content management system. More than 11,000 domains have been blacklisted by Google as malicious after a malware campaign compromised sites using the WordPress content management system. The campaign, dubbed SoakSoak after the first domain used

Summary:​Google has blacklisted over 11,000 domains after a malware campaign, dubbed SoakSoak, compromised more than 100,000 websites using the WordPress content management system. By Leon Spencer More than 11,000 domains have been blacklisted by Google as malicious after a malware campaign compromised sites using the WordPress content management system. The campaign, dubbed SoakSoak after the

If you thought Heartbleed was bad, one of the standout tech trends of 2015 is expected to be bigger and bolder online attacks — which means that consumers could be spending much of next year changing passwords across an ever-growing number of sites. However, Dashlane’s new Password Changer service, launched in beta last week, automates

Microsoft is the latest to add the option to pay with the buzzed-about cryptocurrency, but only in select marketplaces. Microsoft is jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon. The company announced that as of Dec. 11 in the United States, “by using BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, you can trade-in bitcoin—at current market value—and add

by V3 Staff The cyber threat facing businesses, governments and even end users has been growing at an alarming rate for many years, but 2014 has been a particularly harrowing year for security professionals. We’ve seen everything from ‘mega data breaches’ that exposed thousands, if not millions, of people’s personal and financial information, to advanced threats

Chris Hoffman It’s been an apocalyptic year for Linux security, with a sophisticated Trojan and security holes over 20 years old. The Shellshock bug left Linux desktops and servers wide open for anyone to own. Security updates fixed these problems—but you may not even be getting those patches. Security revelations in 2014 shattered the myth