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At Suits and Spooks New York (June 20-21), Joe Weiss will explain how easy it is to sabotage a nuclear facility through the power station that provides service.

In traditional Warfare Theory, it is accepted that a defending force has an advantage over an attacker. However, in the Cyber Warfare Theory, the common wisdom claims strictly the opposite, and gives the advantage to the attacker, as “The attacker can exploit just one vulnerability to get in, while the defender needs to protect all ways in.”

Researchers at FireEye have identified a spate of attacks coming from a group of Middle Eastern hackers targeting multiple European government organizations and at least one financial institution in the U.S.

Microsoft Ventures, in collaboration with Israel-based venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), has launched a new accelerator program 

While most organizations have patched the Heartbleed bug in their OpenSSL installations, a security expert has uncovered new vectors for exploiting the vulnerability, which can impact enterprise wireless networks, Android devices, and other connected devices.

The Windows PowerShell scripting tool is being increasingly used by malicious actors not only for data theft, but also for ransomware attacks, researchers have warned.

A Romanian national accused of hacking into the online accounts of several public figures, has pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him.

WASHINGTON - The US National Security Agency is scooping up large quantities of images of people for use in facial recognition programs, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing top secret documents.

STOCKHOLM - The co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, was arrested in southern Sweden after two years on the run, Swedish police said on Sunday. "He was arrested and has to serve an eight-month prison sentence," police spokeswoman Carolina Ekeus told AFP.

RiskIQ, a company that helps detect digital threats stemming from the Web, online ad networks and mobile, announced this week that it has raised $25 million in a series B round of financing.

WASHINGTON - The US government released an email Thursday written by Edward Snowden, in a bid to debunk his claim that he raised concerns about mass spying programs before fleeing and engineering huge media leaks.

Jay Radcliffe, a security researcher best known for his work in the field of medical device security and safety, has joined Rapid7.At Rapid7, Radcliffe will work as a researcher and senior security consultant on the company’s professional services team, the company said Thursday.

Rival network security firms Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks have set their differences aside in order to collaborate on a new consortium to help member organizations share malware samples.

The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) announced on Thursday the open source software projects selected for the first round of funding.

CISOs Need to Support Their Peers and Businesses Goals Instead of Just Trying to Achieve Their Own

Alex Yucel, a 24-year-old Swedish national accused of being involved in the creation of the notorious BlackShades RAT, has pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him.

Google has launched a new game to teach Web application developers how to spot cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs in their code.

Analyst firm Gartner is predicting that by 2017, the focus of endpoint security breaches will shift to mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. With nearly 2.2 billion smartphones and tablets expected to be sold in 2014, Gartner believes attackers will continue to pay more attention to mobile devices. By 2017, 75 percent of mobile security breaches will be the result of mobile application misconfigurations, analysts said.

QUITO - Ecuadoran authorities said Thursday they have arrested two people for alleged cyberattacks targeting President Rafael Correa. Correa had charged on March 27 that his Twitter account (@MashiRafael) had been hacked, blaming the attacks on "extreme right" opponents.