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A Russian man this week was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the development and maintenance of the Citadel banking malware.

Cisco Publishes 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report

A hacker was allegedly able to exploit a vulnerability in Ethereum wallet client Parity and steal over $30 million worth of crypto-currency.

Washington - US and European police on Thursday announced the shutdown of two huge "dark web" marketplaces that allowed the anonymous online trade of drugs, hacking software and guns.

Industrial cybersecurity and threat intelligence firm CyberX announced on Thursday the availability of a new simulation technology that allows organizations to predict breach and attack vectors on their networks.

Antivirus firm Avast announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Piriform, a London, UK-based company that develops the popular cleaning and optimization tool CCleaner.

FedEx-owned international delivery services company TNT Express is still working on restoring systems hit last month by the destructive NotPetya malware attack, but some business data may never be recovered, FedEx said in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing this week.

Network and Endpoint Threat Hunters Corvil and Endgame Combine to Provide Pan-Infrastructure Detection and Response

It’s Time to Stop Measuring Security Success by Only Internal, Readily-available Metrics

Apple this week released security patches for all four of its operating systems to resolve tens of security bugs in each of them.

The Ninebot by Segway miniPRO hoverboard-style electric scooter is affected by several vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of the device and possibly injure the rider, security consulting firm IOActive warned.

Cloud-based endpoint security firm CrowdStrike and Dragos, a company that specializes in protecting industrial control systems (ICS), announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership whose goal is to provide comprehensive cybersecurity services.

For a couple of decades now, the career path of a cybersecurity professional has been evolving just like the rest of the tech industry. Years ago the top title was the dedicated “security officer,” who was generally also the CIO, the CFO, or some other officer of the company.  

The DarkHotel threat group has been using some new methods in attacks aimed at government employees with an interest in North Korea, according to a report published this week by security firm Bitdefender.

Google is taking another step to better protect users from malicious third-party web applications: it is now warning users of newly created web apps and Apps Scripts that are pending verification.

In my last article I shared five steps you can take to turn threat intelligence into a threat operations program, putting yourself in a better position to reduce risk – now and in the future.

Longest Running ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity Conference to take Place Oct. 23-26, 2017 at InterContinental Hotel Atlanta

Mozilla has asked Germany-based security firm Cure53 to conduct an audit of the Firefox Accounts system and researchers identified a total of 15 issues, including vulnerabilities rated critical and high severity.

Digital Transformation is a Massive Undertaking and Must be Entered into With Equal Thought to Security and Business Strategy