December 08, 2015
Ex-Federal Agent Receives Maximum Sentence For Bitcoin Theft
Despite the potential surrounding bitcoin, the alternative payment method has been beleaguered by skepticism and ties to illegal goods ever since it first launched in early 2009. And many have become...
December 07, 2015
The A, B, Cs Of Payments 2015
Well, here we are – just a few short weeks before 2015 is one for the history books. What a year it’s been. In many ways, 2015 was the year...
November 27, 2015
Black Friday: The Bitcoin Edition
Black Friday + bitcoin = bad news. Or at least that’s what one might think. You know, black market sales, the underground operations, the Dark Web. But that’s not what...
November 25, 2015
Fraudsters: They’re Just Like Us!
Chances are that the things on consumers’ holiday wish lists this year are exactly what fraudsters’ wish for too. Michael Reitblat, Co-founder and CEO of Forter, gave MPD CEO Karen...
November 13, 2015
Bitcoin’s Odd Nobel Nod And Blockchain’s Big Bank Bet
One of these is not like the other. Bitcoin has always been a bit of an outsider, but it now seems that it’s trying to find its way into the...
October 08, 2015
Vigilante Hackers Look To Improve Router Security
Security firm Symantec recently came across a newly discovered malware that compromised more than 10,000 routers. But unlike most malware, the so-called Linux.Wifatch malware may actually be doing more good...
October 07, 2015
Cisco’s Security Team Puts The Kibosh On Payment Ransomware
Cisco’s Talos security unit has put an end to one of the most notorious payments exploits that has plagued over 90,000 Internet users every day and extorts over $34 million every...
September 10, 2015
Is The Big Business Of Cybersecurity Paying Off?
From data breaches to cyber fraud, malware attacks to email phishing – cybersecurity threats are everywhere and no one seems to be immune. But even as cybersecurity quickly transforms into...
August 22, 2015
Why The Ashley Madison Hack Is More Scary Than Funny
Still laughing about the Ashley Madison hack? Might just be time to sober up. This time, watching an embarrassing hack unfold might have been a bit of guilty fun -...