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The last time I saw Barnaby Jack, at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, he was bleary-eyed at the hotel bar with a drink in his hand. It was not yet 10:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON - Edward Snowden's father came out swinging in support of his fugitive son Friday, saying the intelligence leaker did "what he knew was right." The former National Security Agency contractor has been holed up in a Moscow airport for weeks after revealing secret details on vast US surveillance programs, sparking an uproar both at home and abroad.

WASHINGTON - US lawmakers vowed to step up their campaign against government surveillance programs on Thursday after narrowly failing in a bid to end spying practices they have decried as unconstitutional.

Researchers Discover Credit Card Phishing With a New TwistComputer security researchers have stumbled upon a nifty trick being using by identity thieves to hijack credit card data during transactions on e-commerce sites.

WASHINGTON - The United States has told Russia it will not seek the death penalty nor torture fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, in an attempt to convince Moscow to turn him over. The assurances came in a letter obtained by AFP Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder sent to Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov.

Security response personnel at Stanford University are investigating a security breach that may have exposed sensitive information of users of Stanford University Network (SUNet) computer system.

The organizers of the Black Hat security conference have issued a statement on the unexpected death of famed hacker Barnaby Jack, who died in San Francisco on Thursday, saying the planned talk on vulnerabilities in implantable medical devices by Jack on Thursday will not be replaced.

What is it about public cloud that breaks traditional endpoint security? First, let’s consider how traditional endpoint anti-malware ended-up where it is today. In the early days, anti-malware was applied computer-by-computer. We still do that, for the most part, with our home computers today. As systems became more connected, and the concept of datacenters grew, the end-user operating system of the age made the leap to servers, much to the chagrin of Novell.

Threat Sharing Service Aggregates Threat Intelligence from Companies, Governance Bodies, Law Enforcement, and Service Providers

Reports that researchers have figured out how to hack femtocells to eavesdrop on calls have serious implications for the enterprise, security experts say.

Well known hacker Barnaby Jack has died, sending a shock through the security community with the biggest hacker-focused security conference of the year just days away.

Security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek join the podcast to talk about their work hacking the into modern vehicles to manipulate steering, acceleration, speedo

WASHINGTON - Computer geeks already knew it was possible to hack into a car's computerized systems and potentially alter some electronic control functions. But new research to be presented next week shows the vulnerabilities are greater and the potential for mischief worse than believed, in a wake-up call for the automobile industry.

Authorities in Japan arrested a well-known professional poker player for his role in an operation that spammed out emails with links spreading Google Android malware. Masaaki Kagawa, 50, president of Tokyo-based Koei Planning, was among nine people arrested for their roles in the operation, according to Symantec. Kagawa is known as an avid poker player who has won more than a million dollars in competitions worldwide.

In a few days, security researchers, vendors, feds and hackers of all stripes will descend upon Las Vegas for Black Hat USA.

Dozens of companies are vying for contracts to be part of the Department of Homeland Security's new shopping hub where federal, state, and local agencies can buy services to protect their computer networks, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.

NEW YORK CITY - US authorities indicted five men on Thursday on charges of running a global hacking operation that enabled them to steal the bank card numbers of more than 160 million people.

RSA has acquired San Francisco startup PassBan to beef up its identity access management portfolio.

Global Hacking Operation Targeted Major Payment Processors, Retailers and Financial InstitutionsThe U.S. Attorney's Office today unsealed an indictment charging four Russians and a Ukrainian with a multi-million hacking scheme that netted 160 million credit card numbers from several major American and international corporations.