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Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry announced on Monday that it plans to open a security innovation center in the Washington, D.C. area. “Building on BlackBerry’s technical experience and leadership in mobile security, the new Center will serve as a hub for collaboration with key government customers and other expert partners,” the company said in an announcement.

Palo Alto Networks announced on Monday that it has acquired Morta Security, a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company operating in stealth mode since 2012.

WASHINGTON - Cyberattacks are the most serious threat facing the United States, even more so than terrorism, according to American defense experts. Almost half of the US national security leaders, or 45.1 percent, who responded to a newly released poll by Defense News -- a specialist publication -- identified cyberwarfare as the principal danger to the country.

Well-known privacy and security expert Bruce Schneier has joined Cambridge, Mass.-based Co3 Systems as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), the company announced Monday.

The sudden death of prominent hacker Barnaby Jack was due to an accidental overdose of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, a coroner's report said.

WASHINGTON - The US government said Friday it is appealing a judge's ruling that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is unconstitutional and "almost Orwellian." The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal with the court following last month's ruling by Judge Richard Leon.

WASHINGTON - More than 250 academics from around the world signed an online petition this week calling for an end to "blanket mass surveillance" by intelligence agencies.

WASHINGTON - Snapchat said Thursday it would be releasing an updated version of its hit app after hackers accessed the phone numbers and usernames of 4.6 million accounts.

WASHINGTON - The US National Security Agency is making strides toward building a "quantum computer" that could break nearly any kind of encryption, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

While 2013 is now behind us, the threat of security breaches is certainly not. 

Skybox Security, a provider of IT security risk analytics, announced on Thursday that it has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Susquehanna Investment Group and other investors.

Snapchat is having a rough start to 2014. Roughly a week after security researchers disclosed details of exploits against the popular photo messaging service, a group of hackers published the user names and associated phone numbers of 4.6 million Snapchat users.

WASHINGTON - The New York Times and Guardian newspapers called Thursday for US leaker Edward Snowden to be granted clemency for his revelations on US government spying.

WASHINGTON - The Syrian Electronic Army hacker group set its sights on Skype's social media accounts Wednesday to accuse Microsoft of spying on user data. Microsoft-owned Skype's Twitter account displayed the message: "Don't use Microsoft emails(hotmail,outlook),They are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to the governments.More details soon #SEA."

Apple has added its name to the list of companies denying they have ever cooperated with the National Security Agency to create backdoors in any of its products.

A pair of security researchers uncovered a way to hack some SD cards and potentially go undetected.

Security Measures Include Monitoring Local Internet and Mobile Network Traffic to Detect Plotting of New Attacks MOSCOW - Successive-day bombings on a railway station and trolleybus in Russia's heartland expose the challenge President Vladimir Putin faces in ensuring a safe Olympics on the edge of the violence-plagued North Caucasus.

Last month, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) released its proposed changes for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

Leaked information about the National Security Agency's operations has reportedly exposed a catalog of tools the spy agency uses to compromise popular software and hardware.

Photo messaging service Snapchat downplayed an attack against its service outlined by last week by security researchers.