Steve Ragan

Earlier this week, SecurityWeek reported on news that Cambridge University researchers discovered a backdoor on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chip used by the...

Apple has released a document that examines the security technology and features implemented within iOS, the platform that operates the consumer market’s most successful...

CSIS Security Group researchers have discovered what they are calling the "World’s smallest trojan-banker," a piece of malware that proves dangerous things can come...

Simurgh, a privacy tool used in Iran and Syria to bypass Internet censorship and governmental monitoring, is being circulated with a backdoor. The compromised...

McAfee Finds Nearly One in Every Six PC's Have Zero ProtectionAccording to a global study by McAfee, Intel’s security operation, one-in-six computers globally are...

Industry Botnet Group: A Collaborative Effort to Combat Botnets

Continuing the series of protests conducted in an effort to support students in Quebec, where Anonymous targeted 13 government and police websites, the associative...

In an effort to help organizations responsible for maintaining the nation’s critical infrastructure address targeted cyber threats, ICS-CERT has published guidance addressing intrusion detection and mitigation...

Hacker Faces Charges After Hacking Point-of-Sale Systems at More Than 150 Subway RestaurantsLast year, four Romanian nationals were charged for their role in an...

Metasploit is a powerful and popular tool for penetration testers and security experts. However, it’s also a goldmine for the darker side of the...

Some Say China Falsely Accused Over Backdoor Discovered on FPGA Chip Used by U.S. MilitaryOver the holiday weekend, news that Cambridge University researchers discovered...

Lawmakers warning anyone who will listen about terrorist-based or state sponsored cyber attacks have gained an unexpected source of confirmation; the terrorists themselves.“This is...

Researchers at F-Secure have discovered a PDF being circulated online that is using the upcoming Olympic summer games in London as bait. The interesting...

McAfee recently released its quarterly threats report for Q1 2012, detailing the increase in malware across all platforms. According to the data, PC-based malware...

Serco Says Server Intrusion via "Sophisicated Cyber Attack" Affected Federal Retirement Plan

FBI Sends Warning to InfraGard Members of Possible Memorial Day Attacks On Thursday, the FBI issued an alert to InfraGard members, warning them about...

Nominum, a vendor that focuses on DNS and security solutions for enterprises and service providers, announced a new addition to its Nominum Mobile Suite...

Intel has released a single sign-on application that will enable enterprises to use Salesforce.com credentials on all of the Force.com applications, in addition to...

For those purists within the auditing and network exploration community, there is good news this week – Nmap version 6.0 has been released to...

The popularity of the Android platform, combined with the openness that it represents, has created model that allows developers of all shapes and sizes...