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BRUSSELS - Ever since becoming the seat of the European Union and NATO, Brussels has been a spy hub -- with recent claims of US snooping on EU offices only the latest in a history going back to the Cold War.

Recently, I’ve read a number of reports on IT outsourcing. From those reports, one clear thing has emerged: North American companies have begun to outsource a part — or all — of their IT more in the past two years than they have at any previous time.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his country had never extradited anyone before and added that US fugitive Edward Snowden could remain in Moscow if he stopped issuing his leaks.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama have ordered the chiefs of their respective security agencies to find a way out of the impasse caused by fugitive leaker Edward Snowden's stay in a Moscow airport, a senior official said on Monday.

New data from the U.S Department of Homeland Security revealed that the department's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) responded to more than 200 incident between Oct. 2012 and May 2013.

Steven Spielberg certainly knows how to leave an indelible impression. So much so that when I see the words “DDoS attacks,” I also see a big ol’ Great White and can’t help but hear John Williams’ infamous score. Dun dun . . . dun dun . . .

Attackers Used Brute Force Attacks Against Internet-Facing Controls Systems at Gas Compressor StationsIn its latest monthly report designed to promote preparedness, information sharing, and collaboration across infrastructure sectors, The Department of Homeland Security’s ICS-CERT publicly revealed information on a series of attacks that targeted gas compressor station operators earlier this year.

BRUSSELS - A long-awaited trade deal between the European Union and the United States could be in jeopardy over allegations that Washington bugged EU offices, European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding warned on Sunday.

BRUSSELS - The European Union angrily demanded answers from the United States on Sunday over allegations Washington had bugged its offices, the latest spying claim attributed to fugitive leaker Edward Snowden.

WASHINGTON - Hunted as a US traitor and at the center of a diplomatic row, Edward Snowden got off to a less spectacular start in life: he is a self-confessed geek and high school dropout.

While it changes nothing about NSA leaker Edward Snowden's situation, the Pentagon has said that new whistleblower protections for Department of Defense (DoD) contractors will go into effect July 1. So starting Monday, many of the existing loopholes will be closed, but it isn’t clear if this will help stem the flow of information to the public form connected insiders.

RedHack, a Turkish collective of activists and hackers parallel to Anonymous (but they are not Anons themselves), has claimed responsibility for the discovery of authentication issues within the portal used by the Istanbul Special Provincial Administration (ioi.gov.tr).

WASHINGTON - The US Defense Department has restricted military access to information leaked to the media by fugitive Edward Snowden, so as to protect classified documents, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. "The Department of Defense is not blocking any websites," Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart told AFP, in response to a Guardian report.

Apple's push to position iOS 7 as an enterprise-ready mobile operating system has received a big boost with the addition of new features covering encryption, data security and configuration.

Earlier this week, security researchers at Symantec attributed parts of recent cyber-attacks against South Korea to a hacker crew known as DarkSeoul.

I recently wrote in this space about the rise of the phrase “continuous monitoring” and the confusion it causes.  In a nutshell, federal organizations, facing FISMA mandates, have very clear guidance on the meaning of the phrase.  What they mean by it makes a ton of sense, but doesn’t match what many people outside the B

Anti-spam Test Director at Virus Bulletin, Martijn Grooten, joins Ryan Naraine on the podcast to talk about plans for the VB 2013 conference and emerging trends in th

WASHINGTON - A former high-ranking US military officer is being probed for allegedly leaking details about a US cyberattack on Iran, a US media report said Thursday.

A group of researchers at Duke University have created a new tool designed to keep malicious applications from stealing user passwords from smartphones running Google Android. Dubbed ScreenPass, the code runs as part of the phone's operating system and works as a crossing guard of sorts between local apps and remote servers.

WASHINGTON - The US military is reviewing its rules of engagement to deal with the growing threat of cyber crime, military chief Martin Dempsey said Thursday. Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking officer in the US military, said the review was in response to soaring cyber attacks.