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Google has released a new network traffic security testing tool that can be used to check if devices and applications are impacted by Transport Layer Security/ Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) vulnerabilities and if the cryptographic protocols are configured correctly.

Facebook released on Tuesday a report detailing the number of request for data the company received in the first six months of 2014.

Hackers are not to blame as much as some might assume when it comes to the security of the healthcare industry.

How Tokenization Can be Used for Securing Payment Card Transactions and Data

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab released information outlining the inner workings of the BlackEnergy malware at the center of cyber-espionage attacks.

American Express has launched a new services designed to protect online and mobile payments by replacing sensitive card information with tokens.

LONDON - Social media sites have become "the command-and-control networks of choice for terrorists", a senior British spy said Tuesday, warning that some US technology companies are "in denial" over the issue.

Symantec announced on Tuesday that Balaji Yelamanchili has been named executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Security Products at the company.

Telemedicine Firm Cytta Corp. Targeted by HackersLas Vegas, Nevada-based telemedicine company Cytta Corp. reported on Monday that hackers managed to change the organization's officer and director information in the Nevada Secretary of State corporate filing system.

For some cyber-criminals, faking a data breach is all it takes to inflict real economic and reputation damage on a company without having to spend time and effort to actually break in and steal data.

Researchers at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom have discovered a flaw in Visa's contactless credit cards that can be leveraged to steal large amounts of money from cardholders without knowing their PIN.

Researchers at Fortinet said they have encountered a new version of the notorious Backoff malware targeting point-of-sale systems.

That the cyber threat landscape is growing increasingly rocky for many businesses is difficult to dispute.

Researchers have identified an information leak and access control bypass vulnerability in the popular WP eCommerce plugin for WordPress.

DDoS Attacks on Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement Linked to Chinese Threat ActorsA series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched recently against websites related to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong appear to be connected to a Chinese threat actor.

Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) is a crucial part of your compliance and safety profile, but to be effective at protecting your database, you need to understand its limitations. What is DAM?

Facebook has created a special .onion address that enables users of the Tor anonymity network to access the social media website.

SEOUL - North Korea's state media on Monday blasted South Korea's spy agency for alleging that Pyongyang hacked tens of thousands of smartphones in the South using malware disguised in mobile gaming apps.

Welcome back to Feedback Friday! An unclassified computer network at the White House was breached recently and the main suspects are hackers allegedly working for the Russian government.

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay was sentenced to three years and six months in jail Friday in the largest hacking case in Denmark's history. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 30, was sentenced at a Copenhagen district court a day after he was found guilty of "hacking and aggravated vandalism".