Brian Prince

Say the word phishing, and there are people who would probably begin to think back to a quiet day on a boat. But the...

Researchers at FireEye have spotted a malware campaign using Google Docs to redirect victims and evade callback detection mechanisms. Connecting the malicious server via...

Yahoo is taking action to clean up inactive accounts, but some fear they may be opening up a new door to clever attackers. On...

Oracle pushed out patches for 40 security vulnerabilities in Java SE today. Virtually all of the vulnerabilities can be exploited over a network without...

Data volumes are exploding, a reality that is forcing businesses to find new ways to protect that information and draw value from it.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden remained defiant in an online question and answer session hosted today by the Guardian newspaper.

Analyst firm Gartner predicts that by 2019, 90 percent of organizations will have personal data on IT systems they don't own or control –...

Researchers at Trusteer say they have found a version of Zeus using man-in-the-browser techniques to present visitors to job-hunting site CareerBuilder.com with an ad...

The Zeus/ZBOT Trojan is no newcomer to the malware scene, but that hardly means it does not have any new tricks up its sleeve.

Microsoft is urging businesses to prioritize a patch for Microsoft Office in order to thwart a spate of ongoing, targeted attacks that have appeared...

A spate of attacks targeting users in Vietnam and India are infecting users with a backdoor designed to steal massive amounts of information. According...

Google has increased the amount of award money in its bounty program for researchers who discover and report vulnerabilities in Google products.

Microsoft is planning for a relatively quiet Patch Tuesday next week that features only one critical security bulletin.The 'Critical' bulletin addresses issues in Internet...

Crime may not always pay, but the companies that experience data breaches certainly do.

A cyber-espionage campaign discovered by Kaspersky Lab has hit more than 350 businesses and government agencies throughout the world. According to Kaspersky Lab, the...

UPDATE: McAfee said on June 7 its figures on Koobface were incorrect, and that the Koobface malware has actually declined. An old face has been appearing...

Seven days – that is how long Google believes security researchers should have to give vendors to provide mitigations or a patch before disclosing...

Hackers are being accused of accessing design plans for more than two dozen sensitive U.S. weapons systems in a report by the Pentagon's Defense...

Google plans to upgrade its SSL certificate ecosystem to tighten security. On Aug. 1, Google will begin switching to the new 2048-bit certificates to...

Bring-your-own device (BYOD) sounds like a great idea to improve productivity, but the challenges it poses from a security and IT management perspective continue...