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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

retail giant Target was battling a wide-ranging computer intrusion that compromised more than 40 million customer payment cards over the previous month. ChronoPay internal emails show that Freefrog was one of its investment projects that facilitated the sale of pirated Mp3 files. 18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S.