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A new banking Trojan that appears to be an evolved version of the notorious Zeus has been analyzed by researchers at Kaspersky Lab.

Millions of small office and home (SOHO) routers are affected by a critical security bug that can be exploited by a remote attacker to hijack the devices, Check Point revealed on Thursday.

Smartphone maker BlackBerry Limited announced on Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Secusmart GmbH, a provider of high-security voice and data encryption and anti-eavesdropping solutions.

A researcher has identified a serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected systems.

Starting with the Target breach from the fall of 2013, it seems like the last year or so has almost been “The Year of PoS Breaches.” P.F. Chang, Michael’s Stores, United Parcel Service and more. If you are a security professional in retail, this is probably your current nightmare – having your phone ring with the message that YOU have been hacked.

The distributed revision control system Git is affected by a serious vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands and take over a developer's machine.

Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner will enjoy more funding in 2015, thanks to a new budget that effectively doubles what it received in 2014. In total, €3.65 million has been allocated to the Office for 2015, according to a Dec.

What will the world of cyber threats look like in 2015?  Will the New Year be defined by continuation, perhaps escalation, of data breaches as experienced by Home Depot,

An attack launched by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group against an unnamed steel plant in Germany resulted in significant damage, according a new report.

Researchers at Trustwave have uncovered a new variant of the Alina point-of-sale (PoS) malware.

The White House called the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures a serious national security matter Thursday, threatening an "appropriate response" as others pointed the finger at Pyongyang.

SAP has patched two serious vulnerabilities affecting users of their SAP BASIS and SAP BusinessObjects enterprise software.

A $20 USB microcontroller that someone can wear around their neck can be used to weaponize mouse clicks and keyboard actions in an effort to install backdoors, evade firewalls and modify DNS settings in a matter of seconds, a researcher has demonstrated.

The ProClima configuration utility developed by Schneider Electric is affected by several command injection vulnerabilities, the Industrial Control Systems Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) reported on Tuesday.

Researchers at cloud security company Alert Logic have discovered a vulnerability in the Linux platform that can lead to privilege escalation. The flaw has been dubbed "Grinch."

If you are in the business of security, chances are your middle name is “control.” You could call it a behavioral bias, an occupational hazard, or just a tendency for those that are trying to keep some assembly of order in the chaotic world of cyber threats.

Currency is a technology that evolves according to the needs of the people who use it. Throughout history, the forcing function for an evolutionary step in currency has usually been to meet an efficiency gap such as arbitrage, auditing, or fraud control. In the 20th century, the most significant evolution occurred when all governments detached the value of their currencies from underlying precious metal reserves.

Hackers Trick Way Into ICANN Computers The private agency that acts as a gatekeeper for the Internet on Wednesday said that hackers tricked their way into its computers.

Sony Pictures on Wednesday cancelled the release of a madcap comedy about North Korea that triggered chilling threats from hackers, as US investigators reportedly blamed Pyongyang for a damaging cyber-raid on the movie giant.