Brian Prince

A team of security researchers have demonstrated how a security flaw in Android 4.0.4 can be exploited by a rootkit.

Researchers at AlienVault believe an updated version of the Sykipot Trojan is being used to target the aerospace industry.

Microsoft has identified two of the 39 defendants in an ongoing legal assault on botnet activity. 

A new whitepaper from McAfee takes a look at the emergence of hacktivism and the implications of how digital protest movements may evolve in...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated how the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be...

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has agreed to pay a $1.7 million federal fine to settle possible violations of the...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing hotel company Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries for security failures that resulted in three data...

Researchers at McAfee and Guardian Analytics have uncovered a heavily automated, sophisticated fraud operation that may have attempted to steal at least $78 million...

U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper plans to implement new measures designed to stop the leaks of classified information, according to a news...

HTML5 brings with it the promise of increased functionality. More functionality however, as usual, comes with a price – an increased attack surface.

Face.com, the facial recognition start-up recently purchased by Facebook, has patched a vulnerability in its KLIK application that could have enabled attackers to compromise...

A new survey commissioned by security firm Fortinet reports that many young employees are willing to circumvent corporate business policies regarding their personal devices.

Organizations are talking the talk when it comes to risk-based security management, but not everyone is walking the walk, according to a new study...

A new report from McAfee and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory lays out some of the security challenges facing critical infrastructure companies in the United...

If security is only a strong as the weakest link in the chain, the part of the chain linking the office of the chief...

A federal grand jury in California has indicted British citizen Ryan Cleary in connection with a hacking campaign last year that hit Sony Pictures...

Microsoft patched more than two dozen security vulnerabilities across several of its products and rolled out a new update feature in response to the...

A court in the U.K. sentenced six men for their roles in managing online forums that coached identity thieves in how to commit fraud....

South Korean police arrested a man from Seoul last week in connection with a plot to use infected video games to launch cyber attacks...

Researchers are warning organizations that a recently-fixed authentication vulnerability in MySQL is simple to exploit.The authentication bypass, called "tragically comedic" by Rapid7's HD Moore,...