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Microsoft is not just taking down botnets; it is taking them down and naming names.In an amended complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Microsoft named Andrey N. Sabelnikov of St. Petersburg, Russia, as the alleged head of the notorious Kelihos botnet.

AlertEnterprise, a Freemont, California-based provider of security, risk, and compliance management software, today launched AlertEnterprise Compliance Express, a NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliance solution designed for smaller organizations such as Cooperative and Municipal Utilities.

New Solution Helps Enterprises Discover, Understand and Block Malware Utilizing Big Data AnalyticsSourcefire today introduced a new malware protection and analysis solution designed to work alongside traditional endpoint security solutions and help discover malware threats that may have been missed by existing endpoint defenses.

New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) today disclosed that they have suffered from a data breach, including unauthorized access to customer records which include customer names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and, in some cases, financial institution account numbers.

The European Commission stated that on January 25, it will propose several changes to the data protection and privacy rules put into place over 15-years ago. The changes, the commission said, focus on reinforcing individuals’ rights, strengthening the EU market, and ensuring a high level of data protection.The proposed changes will streamline the existing policies and rules currently used by the 27 countries that make up the European Union. While there is plenty of overlap in the EU, there are...

The U.S. Air Force says it knows what caused an RQ-170 drone to crash in Iran, but will not release specific details. What’s certain, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told Reuters, is that Iran had nothing to do with it.

Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins as President & CEOBlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Sunday announced that it has named Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer of the struggling mobile device maker.

On Thursday, Rapid7 announced that a new Metasploit module, designed to target the GE D20 PLC, was ready for use. The SCADA focused addition is part of Project Basecamp, which seeks to prove the flexibility of the Metasploit framework.

I am a millionaire. Actually, I’m a multi-millionaire. Or rather I could be if I helped the honorable Mr. Nagumba get his money out of Nigeria, or helped Barbara get her money out of Brazil, or picked up my unclaimed lottery winnings, or helped another half dozen people in the last month.

Anonymous Launches #OpMegaupload, Launches Massive DDoS Attacks Against Multiple Targets in Retaliation for Action Against Megaupload.ComThe Anonymous collective moved swiftly today, in response to actions taken by the Justice Department against operators of Megaupload.com, a wildly popular file sharing and online storage service.

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security and compliance solutions provider Qualys, this week launched an updated version of its FreeScan service aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) perform a scan on company web sites or publicly facing IP addresses, and letting them know where they may be at risk.

General Dynamics opened a new Cyber Intelligence and Solutions Center located in Annapolis Junction, Maryland today.The 28,000 square foot facility will house experts working cyber threat detection and mitigation solutions.

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Application Security

As AI dramatically shortens the time from vulnerability disclosure to exploitation, enterprises must look beyond patching to reduce application risk.

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A total of 22 patches were releaased, a majority for code execution, privilege escalation, and information disclosure vulnerabilities.

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Late amendments to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would give ministers new powers to restrict risky technology providers as supply chain attacks intensify.

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