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First CyberRX Exercise Outlines Areas for Improvement for Healthcare Organizations

After details of the critical “Heartbleed” vulnerability in OpenSSL emerged earlier this month, there has been widespread concern among system administrators, network security teams, software developers and essentially anyone with any technical connection to the Internet.

Point-of-sale (PoS) attacks are declining, while Web application attacks and cyber-espionage is increasing, according to the latest edition of the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).

Oracle issued an advisory today listing both security updates and detailing what is known and unknown about the Heartbleed vulnerability's impact on Oracle products.

Damballa, a provider of threat protection and containment solutions, has raised $13 million to capitalize on growing demand for its automated breach defense platform.

Attackers are targeting Facebook users with Google Android malware in an attempt to beat a common authentication mechanism used by banks. Known as iBanking, the mobile malware has the capability to steal SMS messages and redirect incoming phone calls. It can also capture audio using the device's microphone.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) announced that it has signed a $8.5 million agreement with the Israel National Cyber Bureau to develop CyberSpark, which includes a National Cyber Research Center adjacent to BGU’s campus.

FireHost, a Dallas-based cloud hosting provider that has made security the focus of its offerings, recently announced a $25 million Series E funding round led by its longtime investor, The Stephens Group, a family-owned private equity firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will not visit China on his Asia tour next week, but its broadening shadow will be cast everywhere he goes at a time of complex regional disputes and questions about US strategy.

MUSCAT - Hackers on Sunday targeted the website of Oman's official news agency, singling out and mocking Algeria's newly re-elected president Abdelaziz Bouteflika as a handicapped "dictator". Oman News Agency said its website had been hacked and that "false" reports were posted on the site.

Kaspersky Lab Names Chris Doggett as Managing Director, North America SAN FRANCISCO - Kaspersky Lab announced a major leadership change to its North American operations this week, while at the same time revealing its strategic plans for expansion in the enterprise IT security market.

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Attackers Exploit Heartbleed Vulnerability to Circumvent Multi-factor Authentication on VPNs and Hijack Active User Sessions

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing short in the area of cybersecurity.

Akamai Publishes Prolexic Q1 2014 Global DDoS Attack Report Attackers are shifting away from traditional botnet-based distributed denial of service (DDoS)attacks in favor of other techniques to launch larger attacks, Akamai Technologies said in its latest report.

WASHINGTON - Security flaws in many satellite telecommunications systems leave them open to hackers, raising potential risks for aviation, shipping, military and other sectors, security researchers said Thursday. A paper released by the security firm IOActive found "multiple high risk vulnerabilities" in all the satellite systems studied.

There has been significant chatter recently about threat intelligence management – specifically how a platform for managing such should be defined. Two industry analysts, Dr.

MOSCOW -  Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Thursday joined a phone-in with Russian President Vladimir Putin, quizzing him over the extent of Moscow's surveillance activities.

Microsoft has updated its free Threat Modeling tool with new features designed to offer organizations more flexibility and help them implement a secure development lifecycle.