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The notorious remote access Trojan (RAT) known as PlugX (Korplug) has been used by a threat group to target users in Afghanistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.PlugX has been observed in numerous targeted attacks since 2012, particularly in campaigns launched by Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.

Microsoft has acquired Israeli cyber security startup Aorato, a company focused on protecting Active Directory deployments. The Herzelia, Israel-based company makes an “Directory Services Application Firewall” (DAF) which analyzes Active Directory-related traffic to detect attacks.

BrowserStack, the cross-browser testing service, has provided more details on the attack in which a hacker gained access to information belonging to some of the company's customers.

Researchers hacked several of the latest popular smartphones during the Mobile Pwn2Own competition that took place alongside the PacSec Applied Security Conference in Tokyo on November 12-13.

SAN FRANCISCO - Cyberattackers believed to have been working from China broke through defenses of the US weather service recently, according to a Washington Post report.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has shut down employee VPN (virtual private network) access and suspended telecommuting until further notice for employees at Postal Service headquarters.

WASHINGTON - Americans are worried about being tracked -- both by the government and by online marketers.  

A study commissioned by Incapsula shows that, not surprisingly, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can have a serious financial impact on many targeted organizations.

Point-of-sale malware has been at the center of numerous high-profile breaches this year. Many of those attacks have involved three pieces of malware – BlackPOS, FrameworkPOS and Backoff.

Network security products are disaggregated into smaller elementary security functions. Compared to a typical network security product, each function is more basic, more stable, simpler to operate and control, more resource efficient, and can be provisioned pervasively, anywhere and per need throughout the network.

Researchers at security firm G Data have uncovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) that appears to have been developed by the group behind the notorious Snake (also known as Turla or Uroburos) espionage toolkit.

 Dutchman Has Bitcoin 'Wallets' Inserted in HandsTHE HAGUE - A Dutch bitcoin entrepreneur has had two microchips containing the virtual currency injected into his hands to help him make contactless payments.

Attackers are increasingly leveraging large Domain Name System (DNS) TXT records in an effort to amplify the impact of their distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering and Research Team (PLXsert) warned on Tuesday.

Security firm Trend Micro announced that its cloud and data center platform, Deep Security, is now available for Amazon Web Services (AWS) on AWS Marketplace, the online store for software and services running on Amaznon's popular cloud platform.

Today’s attackers are far more sophisticated than they were a decade ago. While some continue to use brute-force methods, many have shifted to hijacking insider credentials as a preferred method of breach.

Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player on all platforms to fix a total of 18 vulnerabilities, many of which can be exploited for arbitrary code execution.Adobe is advising Windows and Mac users to update their installations to Adobe Flash Player 15.0.0.223. Linux users should update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.418.

Microsoft released 14 security bulletins today as part of Patch Tuesday, including a critical update for Internet Explorer.

Cyber Espionage Group Uses USB Malware to Steal Data From Closed NetworksResearchers from security firm ESET have analyzed a malicious tool used by a notorious cyber espionage group to steal valuable information from air-gapped networks.

Researchers with Kaspersky Lab say they have identified the first victims of the infamous Stuxnet worm discovered in 2010.

The “Top Tech Trends” report from Gartner two years ago predicted that worldwide IP traffic would quadruple by 2015, with the number of people online reaching nearly 3 billion and data volumes increasing to 8 zettabytes. Every day we perceive how this groundswell of network usage is fueled by business digitalization, new media formats and the use of devices with new capabilities.