Brian Prince

Adobe Systems plugged multiple security holes in Flash Player that today have come under attack in the wild, marking the third security update issued...

Trend Micro has enhanced its ability to identify and block command and control (C&C) communications used by advanced persistent threats (APTs) targeting enterprises.

Attackers are taking advantage of public interest in security firm Mandiant's recent report on state-sponsored hacking by China by using a fake copy of...

IBM's MobileFirst initiative is putting a focus on iOS application security with the release of a new product aimed at developers.

A rogue Google Chrome extension, a fake version of Adobe Flash Player and some Facebook "Likes" are at the center of a scam recently...

The Burger King slogan to "Have it Your Way" probably was not meant as an invitation for hackers, but apparently there are those who...

U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to sign an executive order on cybersecurity has not quelled the debate regarding the necessity of legislation.

The ZeroAccess botnet closed out 2012 as the most active botnet in the wild, according to a malware report from security vendor Kindsight.

The Myanmar government has rejected claims that it is responsible for efforts to hack into the email accounts of foreign and local journalists working...

The name BlackHole looms large over the marketplace for crimeware kits, but a new player is said to have emerged with similar code and...

Microsoft and Symantec teamed up to takedown a notorious botnet tied to click fraud activity on the Web.

SpeedTest.net, a free service that tests the performance of Broadband connections, was compromised and made to serve malware, according to security vendor Invincea. The...

Google blacklisted the domain of netseer.com in response to a malware attack on the site, triggering a chain reaction that led to a number...

Two researchers have uncovered a new vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram TLS (DTLS) protocols that allow attackers to recover plaintext...

A recently discovered piece of malware is using Google Android as a launch pad to turn Windows PCs into listening devices.

Cyber weapons may be cheaper to make than tanks and nuclear arms, but they come with a dangerous caveat – once they are discovered,...

A new report from Arbor Networks shows that while the size of distributed denial-of-service attacks have started to plateau, application-layer and multi-vector attacks continue...

Researchers at Rapid7 have uncovered that roughly 40-50 million network-enabled devices are at risk due to vulnerabilities in the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)...

Oracle's approach to Java security has been under heavy scrutiny of late, with some in the security community renewing calls for enterprises to disable...

Zero-days may make the most noise in the news, but many exploit kits are relying on tried-and-true vulnerabilities to get the job done.