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WASHINGTON - Outgoing US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday warned of a "major cyber event" in the future that would have a "serious" impact on American society. In what she described as "a kind of open letter to my successor," Napolitano warned of terrorist threats, major weather events and the need to reinforce US border security.

MobileIron, a provider of mobile security and management solutions, announced the availability of Anyware by MobileIron, a new cloud-based solution for enterprise mobility management (EMM) that was purpose built to manage mobile apps, content, and devices.

Check Point has launched the latest release of its Software Blade Architecture (Check Point R77), which offers a new “ThreatCloud Emulation” Service designed to help organizations detect and stop zero-day and other advanced malware attacks.

Researchers at Arbor Networks have uncovered a new variant of a notorious distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) toolkit has been bolstered with new DDoS mitigation defenses.

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook said Tuesday it received more than 25,000 government data requests in the first half of 2013, with the largest number from the United States.

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WASHINGTON - Revelations about vast US data collection programs are starting to hit American tech companies, which are ramping up pressure for increased transparency to try to mitigate the damage.

Security researchers are recommending Java users upgrade to the latest version due to a new exploit that has made its way into the Neutrino exploit kit. In a tweet, F-Secure's Timo Hirvonen warned that an exploit for CVE-2013-2463 is circulating a week after proof-of-concept code for an exploit appeared.

Internet users in China had their service briefly disrupted after distributed denial-of-service attacks hit the country's .cn top-level domain. According to China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the first attack occurred early Sunday and was followed by a second attack. Service was gradually restored over the course of several hours.

Trend Micro has teamed up with VMware to integrate Trend Micro's Deep Security with VMware’s NSX platform used for network virtualization, giving joint customers a security solution that automates security deployments in virtualized data centers.

HyTrust, a provider of policy management and access control solutions for virtual and cloud environments, announced that it has raised $18.5 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round.

US Spy Agency Broke Encryption on UN Communications: ReportBERLIN - The US National Security Agency broke the encryption securing the United Nations' internal video conferencing at its New York headquarters, German news weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday, citing secret NSA documents.

LONDON - Britain's Guardian newspaper said Friday it is teaming up with the New York Times to work on documents obtained by fugitive US security employee Edward Snowden because of "intense pressure" from the British government.

Microsoft on Friday announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO and will step down within the next 12 months.Ballmer will continue to serve as CEO until his successor is selected, the company said. 

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said Friday he is "confident" that vast surveillance programs are not being abused but admitted that Americans have "legitimate" concerns. "We do have to do a better job of giving people confidence in how these programs work," Obama told CNN in an interview.

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Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (DHS S&T) directorate intends to award NUARI a $9.9 million contract to develop technologies that will help organizations understand how to respond in the event of a cyber attack.

LONDON - Britain is running a secret Internet surveillance station in the Middle East, a report said Thursday citing the latest leaked documents obtained by fugitive US security contractor Edward Snowden.

Application security is being challenged by a disconnect between developers and executives, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute.

LONDON - Britain's High Court ruled Thursday that material seized from the Brazilian partner of a journalist working to publish secrets from US leaker Edward Snowden can only be partially examined by police.