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BlackBerry issued a security advisory Tuesday to address a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to impersonate a legitimate user on a local machine or network.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google joined Internet rights activists on Tuesday in a virtual protest aimed at getting US law makers to reign in online snooping. Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Yahoo-owned Tumblr were on the roster of backers of an online protest called "The Day We Fight Back."

Microsoft added two new security updates into the mix of Patch Tuesday bulletins being released today.

Locked doors can keep out burglars, but any homeowner knows that misplaced keys can be a headache.

Operational Risk Assessments: Not Glamorous, But IndispensablePUNTA CANA - KASPERSKY LAB SECURITY ANALYST SUMMIT - It may not be the most glamorous security role, but when it comes to operational risk assessment, someone has got to do it.

Prolexic Technologies, a provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services that was recently acquired by Akamai Technologies, today warned organizations about a new version of an attack toolkit that makes it easy for attackers to launch DNS flood attacks.

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Web performance and security firm CloudFlare said late Monday that a customer running on its platform was hit with a massive DDoS attack today that affected service in much of Europe and then into some of its US infrastructure.

FireEye, a provider of solutions that help companies block advanced cyber attacks, has expanded its FireEye Security Platform in an effort to offer customers a single solution that spans from threat detection and alerts to remediation.

A new Trojan is being used to pick-pocket bitcoins from Mac OS X users. The malware, dubbed OSX/CoinThief.A, was discovered by Secure Mac, and works by sniffing web traffic for login information for popular bitcoin sites. 

PUNTA CANA – Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have unveiled details on a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign that the security firm is calling the most advanced it has ever seen.

Palo Alto Networks unveiled its most powerful and fastest next-generation firewall on Monday, touting throughput speeds up to 120 Gbps of core firewall functionality.

Another shot has been fired at the security of a popular photo messaging service that has recently been in the crosshairs of security researchers.

Sophos announced on Monday that it has acquired Cyberoam Technologies, an Ahmedabad, India-based network security company.The acquisition expands Sophos' portfolio in network security, and will combine Cyberoam's Unified Threat Management (UTM), next-generation firewalls with Sophos' existing security UTM and wireless security offerings.

AVAST Software, a software maker best known for its free antivirus offerings, announced on Feb. 5 that it has received an investment from CVC Capital Partners that valued the software company at $1 billion.

WASHINGTON - The US military is spending millions to build "vanishing" technology that self-destructs on the battlefield, like the tape recorder that goes up in smoke in the "Mission: Impossible" television show.

WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency collects less than 30 percent of all US phone calls, much less than previously thought, according to media reports.

SAN FRANCISCO - Californian leaders want to make it compulsory for smartphones or tablets sold in the state to have built-in "kill switches" to counter the rocketing number of thefts of the devices.

WASHINGTON - Government requests for Twitter user information are on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more transparency.

NEW YORK - The accused mastermind of the online black market bazaar Silk Road pleaded not guilty Friday to drug and money laundering charges in federal court in New York. Ross William Ulbricht, 29, wearing a blue prison suit for his arraignment, denied four criminal charges in a case that has opened a window onto the shadowy world of online crime.