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The U.S. hosts more than two-fifths of all malicious links and more than a quarter of all the botnet command and control servers in the world, according to a new report from IBM's X-Force team.

Last week, Microsoft released 14 security bulletins as part of Patch Tuesday for November 2014. The updates contained four rated as critical, including a vulnerability that affects the Windows Secure Channel (SChannel) security package.

Two independent research groups have already managed to bypass the protection mechanisms provided by the latest version of Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET).

GENEVA - The head of the private agency that acts as gatekeeper for the Internet called Tuesday for international discussions to ensure control of the web remains decentralized.

The Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) used by a new variant of the Matsnu Trojan (also known as Trustezeb) relies on an interesting technique to avoid detection by security solutions.

TRUSTe Reaches Agreement With FTC on Privacy Seal Program Charges

OpenSOC Big Data Security Analytics Framework Consumes and Monitors Network Traffic and Machine Exhaust Data of a Data Center

A survey of companies in the U.K. more than half are willing to hire a hacker to help deal with a shortfall of cyber-security professionals.

Security experts are warning Steam users about a piece of malware that is being distributed by cybercriminals via the entertainment platform's chat feature.Steam is an online entertainment platform for games and software that currently has more than 75 million user accounts.

One percent does not sound like a lot, but multiple it by the right number, and it can be.

Report Shows Increase in Number of Hacked Mobile Apps

More Signal, Less Noise! With a Large Volume of Even the Highest Priority Security Alerts, Analysts Cannot Successfully Review Each Alert

The U.S. State Department has shut down an unclassified network and email system in response to suspicious activity recently detected by the government.

Three individuals suspected of being involved in the creation and distribution of a recently uncovered piece of malware referred to as "WireLurker" have been arrested and charged, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Public Security said on Friday.

Last week, Microsoft released 14 security bulletins as part of Patch Tuesday for November 2014. The updates contained four rated as critical, but one has been receiving the most of attention: A vulnerability that affects Windows Secure Channel (SChannel) security package in Windows.

Kaspersky Lab recently analyzed the activities of a threat group that has been targeting executive business travelers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Smartphone maker BlackBerry announced several new offerings targeted to its enterprise customers this week, in order to help organizations securely connect employees and help them access the corporate information and systems required to get their jobs done.

Researchers have published a paper detailing a new attack method that can be leveraged to silently modify the digital ballots used in the Internet voting process.