Malware

This month's news briefs include the massive South Carolina breach, the detection of MiniFlame, and the debacle Barnes & Noble faced after scammers tampered with its devices.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) serves as the national clearinghouse for online complaints, such as Reveton, and is the entity that published an alert Friday about the latest iteration of the Reveton threat.

Judges now may be more apt to take side of small and midsize businesses, not their banks, thanks to a settlement that will allow a small Maine developer to recoup some of its losses from an account takeover.

From mobile devices to the cloud to the supply chain and beyond, next year is certain to bring with it fresh set of information security challenges.

The latest strain of banking trojan Shylock invokes a new method to circumvent the prying eyes of security researchers.

While the malware has targeted businesses in the Middle East and has capabilities reminiscent of other nation-state-backed malware, researchers believe Narilam is less of a threat than such viruses as Flame and Duqu.

With the holiday shopping season unofficially kicking off, additional security steps should be taken by end-users and website owners.

Comparable to the United States' Automated Clearing House (ACH) electronic payment system, SEPA is now being targeted by fraudsters looking for new ways to extort money.