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PasswordBox, a maker of software solutions that help users keep track of passwords across computers and mobile devices, today announced it has raised $6 Million in a Series A funding round. The San Francisco-based company said that it plans to use the funds to continue scaling and growing its team.

Performing a Vendor Risk Management Process as Part of Normal Business Operations is an Important Step in Securing the Supply Chain

Popular Mac news and information site MacRumors.Com said that its forums site was hacked on Monday, according to a notice alerting readers that usernames, email addresses and (hashed) passwords were likely obtained by the attacker(s).

LONDON - Dozens of London-based banks joined other financial institutions in the capital on Tuesday for a giant exercise to test their defenses against a cyber-attack, officials said. Government officials, regulators and the Bank of England oversaw the exercise, dubbed "Waking Shark II".

Microsoft swatted a recently-discovered, zero-day bug being used in a watering hole attack as part of this month's Patch Tuesday update.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a method for stealing a pin code for a smartphone using the device's microphone and camera.

Most everyone is familiar with the expression, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”  Yet few are heeding this cautionary tale as thousands of businesses and millions of people continue to fall victim to fraudulent schemes every year. The Internet has only accelerated the rate in which businesses and users are subjected to malicious behavior aimed at separating them from their money or critical information.

Qualys, a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, announced on Monday that the company has appointed Ann Johnson as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Symantec said on Tuesday that Francis deSouza, president of products and services, is leaving the company on December 1st to become President of Illumina, a San Diego, Calif.-based company that makes life science tools and integrated systems to analyze genetic variation and function.

SINGAPORE - Five local men are being questioned for allegedly hacking the websites of Singapore's president and prime minister, police said Tuesday, amid a rash of cyber attacks in the city-state.

According to a recent survey (PDF) of 240 information security professionals around the globe, network operations and applications owners to determine how security management affects organizations’ agility with regards to connectivity of critical applications in the modern data center.

F-Secure Labs announced that it discovered 259 new mobile threat families and variants of existing families in the third quarter of 2013, according to the new Mobile Threat Report for July-September 2013. Two hundred fifty two of these were Android threats and the remaining seven were Symbian. The number is an increase from the 205 threat families and variants found in the second quarter.

Trend Micro Observes Sustained Wave of Apple-related Phishing Sites and Online Banking Malware Increase

FBI Seeks Information Regarding Several Cyber Fugitives

Just recently, reports of a banking Trojan modified to look for SAP GUI (graphical user interface) installations reignited discussion about vulnerabilities impacting SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems.

Cloud security vendor CipherCloud announced a new product designed to bring its data encryption technology to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Trustwave announced on Monday that it has acquired Application Security, Inc., (AppSec) a provider of database security solutions.

What is the state of cyber security in critical infrastructure?  Still immature by most standards, but improving steadily thanks to a strong effort from industry.  That was the message received during last week’s ISA Automation Week conference in Nashville, TN. In my

Every organization is a potential target for a cyberattack. The impact can be devastating, from loss of data and customer trust to significant financial losses. In fact, the overall security environment has become so demanding that there has been a growing focus on developing a new breed of security leaders.