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Companies are failing when it comes to prioritizing security investments based on risk, a new survey on cybersecurity has found.

Symantec has acquired mobile security and management solutions provider NitroDesk in an effort to expand its enterprise mobile offerings. The terms of the deal, which closed last week, were not disclosed.

Image-based social network Pinterest has launched a bug bounty program powered by the crowdsourced-driven vulnerability disclosure platform Bugcrowd.

Vulnerability disclosure platform HackerOne has secured $9 million in a Series A round of funding, and has appointed Katie Moussouris, former senior security strategist lead at Microsoft, as the company’s chief policy officer.

WASHINGTON - Fugitive self-proclaimed spy Edward Snowden said Wednesday he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of US intelligence secrets, saying abuses of constitutional rights left him no choice.

TrueCrypt is not safe to use since it might contain unfixed security issues, warns a message apparently coming from the developers of the encryption software.

Microsoft has launched a new online service designed to provide IT professionals a list of the security bulletins relevant for the products used by their organizations.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden should "man up" and return to the United States to face justice for revealing US security secrets.

SAN FRANCISCO - Mobile security startup Lookout is turning smartphones and tablets against gadget thieves with a new feature that -- when possible -- will snap a picture of the culprit.

Political conflicts in the physical world have played out in the digital world more than once in the past. According to new research from FireEye, it may be happening yet again for people in Russia and the Ukraine.

Juniper Networks to Receive $175 Million in Cash and Equity from Palo Alto Networks

A new report from BitSight Technologies found that both the retail and healthcare and pharmaceuticals sectors lag behind the financial industry in cybersecurity.

According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide threat intelligence security services spending will increase from $905.5 million in 2014 to more than $1.4 billion in 2018.

Experts Respond to Reports of Restrictions for Chinese Hackers Attending US-Based Security ConferencesA large majority of the IT security community seems to agree that preventing Chinese researchers from attending conferences in the United States is a bad idea.

A new banking Trojan disguised as the popular messaging app WeChat is being used by cybercriminals to harvest the financial data of Android users in China. WeChat, developed by Chinese company Tencent, has over 355 million users, and since many of them use it to make payments, the application a tempting target for cybercriminals.

Security executives are charged with improving security monitoring, analytics, operations, and business enablement across the enterprise. One of the biggest challenges they face is achieving more efficacy, especially in light of the recent uptick in data breaches and their ability to circumvent existing security controls. So, what can be done?

Digital music service Spotify alerted users on Tuesday after detecting unauthorized access to systems and internal company data.