Mike Lennon

Payment Processor Global Payments Confirms Security BreachEarly Friday morning, reports surfaced that VISA and MasterCard had started to notify banks regarding a potential security...

Update: Global Payments, Inc. Confirms Security Breach.Reports are spreading this morning about a potential breach that has occurred a U.S.-based credit card processor, and...

The U.S. Government has Big Plans for Big Data. The Obama Administration Is Putting $200M Toward it, and Looking For Ideas.

AVG Technologies, the recently gone public provider of Internet security and utility software, this week launched a feature designed to help provide customers with...

On the heels of news earlier this week that Microsoft led an operation that resulted in the takedown of several Zeus botnets, on Wednesday...

CloudLock, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm that helps companies secure data stored in the cloud, today announced that it has secured $8.7 million in a...

Good Technology, a provider of mobile device security and management solutions for enterprises, today launched a secure browser for Android devices designed to provide...

ThreatMetrix, a provider of technologies to help organizations thwart cybercrime, today that it has closed a Series D round of financing in the amount...

In an effort to help users get a better idea of the security status of their MySQL databases, McAfee today released a free open-source...

Today, Microsoft announced that in collaboration with partners from the financial services industry including FS-ISAC and NACHA, The Electronic Payments Association, and Kyrus Tech,...

New Duqu Variant Discovered in IranIt’s been an interesting week in developments related to Duqu, the complex cyber-espionage malware often referred to as “Son...

Silver Tail Systems, a provider of fraud prevention solutions for Web sites, this week announced a new offering that provides site operators with real-time...

Dell today said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SonicWALL, Inc., a security vendor best known for its firewalls and and data...

Just yesterday, SecurityWeek reported on a recent incident where senior military and government officials were duped into “friending” someone on Facebook that was pretending...

We’ve all been warned, and for the most part are aware of the privacy and security risks associated social media when we share our...

Baltimore-based data protection vendor SafeNet, today said that is has acquired Cryptocard, a privately held provider of authentication solutions.

 USCC Releases Report on Chinese Capabilities for Cyber Operations and Cyber Espionage

Kaspersky Lab Researchers Say Parts of Duqu Are Written in an Unknown Programming Language, Uses Asynchronous Commutations

Trend Micro today announced that it has hired Tom Kellermann for a newly created position in the company, U.S. Vice President of Cybersecurity.