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LAGOS - Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it was hunting a 38-year-old bank worker on Wednesday for allegedly stealing $38 million from his employers by hacking into computer systems.

A researcher has uncovered a vulnerability on one of Twitter's subdomains that could have been exploited to delete all the payment cards used by customers to pay for advertisements.

Adobe released security updates on Tuesday for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The updates, originally set to be released last week, had been delayed due to issues identified during regression testing.

What's old is new again. In a follow-up to a report earlier this year on the reappearance of visual basic code in malicious documents, researchers at Sophos have found that the trend has not only continued - it's increased.

I recently spoke to a reporter preparing a story on California’s new smartphone “Kill Switch” law. This law requires mobile devices sold in California starting July 1, 2015 to include an opt-in feature allowing consumers to remotely render a device useless in case of theft. While I support this, some don’t.

JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banks in the United States, has confirmed that its systems were breached this summer, but investigators say there's no evidence that the attackers had gained access to highly sensitive information.

WASHINGTON - The US military is building a new cyber defense corps that can be used to protect the nation and possibly for offensive purposes, the commander of the unit said Tuesday.

A Trojan spotted earlier this year targeting banks in the Czech Republic has expanded its target list and become more global. 

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Middle Eastern petrochemical organizations have been targeted in cyberattacks leveraging the notorious Citadel Trojan, researchers at IBM-owned Trusteer reported on Monday.

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the Web browser installed by default on a large number of Android devices, researchers have warned.

Demands for Google users' data have shot up 150 percent worldwide since 2009, according to the latest edition of Google's Transparency report. According to Google, there has been a 250 percent increase during that period in the U.S. In the first half of this year, demands for information in the U.S. jumped 19 percent.

At the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit taking place in the United Arab Emirates, the IT research and advisory firm's analysts are discussing the latest mobile security trends and threats.

WikiLeaks today released new information on FinFisher, and a list of countries that have acquired licenses for the controversial suite of IT surveillance software.

Recently, at a round table discussion, I heard someone make the statement, “In five years, there will be no more security analysts. They will be replaced by technology.” This is not the first time I have heard a statement along these lines. I suppose that these sorts of statements are attention grabbing and headline worthy, but I think they are a bit naïve to say the least.

The former chief technology officer of one of the world's most popular digital currency services has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in federal court.

The popular IRC network Freenode is asking users to change their passwords after some servers have been compromised by an unknown third party.

A security researcher has uncovered several vulnerabilities, including a critical issue that exposed sensitive information, on the website of home automation company Nest Labs.

This year, the network security industry celebrated the 25th anniversary of the firewall.

BERLIN - The US National Security Agency and British intelligence services are able to secretly access data from telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom and several other German operators, according to Der Spiegel weekly.