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What are we to make of Hollywood’s latest obsession with all things cyber? Between the recently released movie, Blackhat, and the forthcoming CSI CYBER TV series, the powers that be have clearly decided this subject is exciting enough to attract an audience.

A security flaw affecting several Netgear Wi-Fi router models can be exploited to gain access to various pieces of information, including the administrator password, a researcher has warned.

Tokyo - More than 25 billion cyberattacks on the Japanese government and other bodies were logged in 2014, an agency said Tuesday, with 40 percent of them traced to China.

Siemens has released service packs and updates to address several vulnerabilities affecting the company’s SIMATIC STEP 7 and SIMATIC WinCC solutions.Researchers identified a total of four security holes affecting SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal), an engineering application used to configure and program SIMATIC controllers and standard PCs running WinAC RTX.

The developers of the advanced purely-functional programming language Haskell are investigating a data breach identified by the organization’s hosting provider.

Security firm Gemalto released a report on 2014 data breaches recently and the news was not good.

Capabilities of "Equation Group" Surpass Anything Known in Terms of Complexity and Sophistication of Cyber Attack Techniques

A Chinese cyber-gang operating under the radar has been able to siphon a small fortune from mobile bankers in South Korea during the past two years, according to a new report.

Chinese Bitcoin exchange Bter has suspended its services following the theft of 7,170 BTC, worth roughly $1.7 million.

Credit card companies MasterCard and Visa announced last week plans to roll out new cybersecurity features and expand existing technologies to protect consumers, merchants and banks against fraud and other threats.

Researchers at Trend Micro have been monitoring the activities of a threat group focusing its efforts on stealing sensitive information from Israeli organizations.

After being criticized by some members of the industry for its strict vulnerability disclosure policy, Google has decided to make some changes based on the feedback it has received.

A multinational gang of cybercriminals infiltrated more than 100 banks across 30 countries and made off with up to one billion dollars over a period of roughly two years, Kaspersky Lab said on Saturday.Kaspersky Lab, INTERPOL, Europol and authorities from different countries joined forces to to uncover the plot, which is being called an "unprecedented cyber robbery."

Pakistani officials on Saturday arrested two men wanted for cyber crimes by Interpol and the FBI for defrauding several companies and individuals of over 50 million dollars.

For most Oscar nominees, the weeks before the February 22 ceremony are a whirlpool of stress. But Laura Poitras, up for best documentary for "Citizenfour," insists it is like going for a healthy walk -- compared to what she went through to get here.

Apple has extended its two-factor authentication (2FA) feature to the FaceTime and iMessage communication services to allow users to protect their accounts and their data.

Personal weather stations developed by Netatmo send Wi-Fi passwords and other information to the company’s servers in clear text, a researcher reported on Thursday.

Platform to Facilitate Broader Sharing of Threat Intelligence Obtained Through FireEye’s Platform

U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver remarks at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University on Friday, Feb. 13th. The Summit brings together major stakeholders on consumer financial protection issues to discuss how all members of our financial system can work together to further protect American consumers and their financial data, now and in the future.