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In the past year, U.S. businesses and consumers have experienced more than $18 million in losses stemming from a single strain of ransomware called CryptoWall, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center.
It may be known to hackers and coders worldwide but for most internet users, the so-called 'Deep Web' remains shrouded in mystery, a supposed morass of drugs, deviancy and stolen credit card details.
The Sept. 11 attacks spurred changes to airport security to prevent future hijackings. But should airline passengers also worry about virtual hijacking?
'Census report' of the unindexed parts of the Internet unearths everything from Bitcoin-laundering services to assassins for hire.
The dark web operates behind an understanding of anonymity. Users aren’t supposed to be able to access dark web websites unless their traffic is anonymized using services like Tor. The IP addresses of dark web services are also hidden so that their hosts are not able to tracked — or at least that’s how it’s supposed to work.

For the U.S., the extradition of Ercan Findikoglu shows the value of patience when it comes to pursuing suspected hacker kingpins.

The deep Web is the vast section of the Internet that isn’t accessible via search engines like Google. To get to the deep Web, you have to use specific software like TOR—The Onion Router—which works to anonymize traffic between two points on the “unindexed Internet.”
The deep and dark web may have a reputation for the illegal and illicit, but it can be a lifeline to many in oppressive and dangerous regimes.
Working out who is behind a cyber attack is one of the hardest parts of dealing with any security incident - and it's getting a lot harder.

It took less than a week for a functional exploit for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability to be added to the Magnitude exploit kit, Trend Micro researchers warn...
Trend Micro researchers have unearthed two separate but closely linked malware campaigns attributed to Arab parties.

Contrary to tradeshow presentations, the industry has not failed cybersecurity professionals as many speakers insinuated
Symantec Describes Dual Attack Now Targeting Consumers

Internet security company Kaspersky says software was used to infiltrate venues for international negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme
The targeted cyber-attack on French TV company TV5Monde in April may have been the work of state-backed Russian hackers and not a pro-ISIS group, as originally thought. The hack forced several channels off the air.

Things could get worse before they get better as the FBI, US-CERT and Office of Personnel Management investigate a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of some 4 million current and past federal employees...
Recent point-of-sale malware attacks, and reports about emerging malware strains, highlight why more attention needs to be paid to POS system security.
A new malware program designed to steal payment card details from point-of-sale (PoS) systems is targeting businesses using Oracle Micros products.

The United States is engaged in a proxy war with its enemies, a war where cyberspace is the battlefield, cyber experts say.
There’s a new, easier and free way to store and organize your photos, but beware of the fine print.
There's a new twist in the way feds are seeking to penalize bad actors for making and distributing software used in crimes, suggest recent arrests by Justice Department and FBI officials.

Most virtualization security tools still follow dedicated agent models, but some technologies are starting to offload resources to a dedicated VM and leverage hypervisor APIs.
The hackers who got access to over 100,000 personal records through the Internal Revenue Service's Get Transcript site didn't need all that much information to break in, say experts.
Trend Micro provides peek at methods of amateur, lone-wolf carder.
Everywhere you look, it seems to be that everything is becoming “smart”. On my wrist, I frequently wear a smart watch that monitors how many steps I take, what my heart rate is, and so on...