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Security researchers at Symantec have attributed at least part of the recent cyber-attacks against South Korea to a sophisticated hacker crew known as DarkSeoul.

AirWatch, a provider of mobile security and mobile device management solutions, has acquired the Mobility Services Platform (MSP) business from Motorola Solutions.

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft has joined Google in a legal push for permission to disclose more information about secret government requests for data, according to a US court filing made public on Wednesday. Microsoft's legal request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) on June 19th came a day after a similar petition by Google.

DAKAR - US President Barack Obama sought Thursday to calm tensions surrounding fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's stay in a Moscow airport as signs grew that he did not possess documents allowing him to travel further.

Citadel Variant Adds Automatic Language Localization To Target International MarketsResearchers at Trusteer have discovered a new variant of the Citadel Trojan that includes HTML injections that focus on specific domains, including those in social media, banking, and e-commerce.

Traditional Security Technologies Focus on Detecting Strong Indications of Compromise, but Can’t Identify Weaker Indications of Compromise...

The Iowa Department of Human Services on Wednesday warned former patients at the Mental Health Institute in Independence and others, about a possible breach of their confidential information due to a lost backup tape.

WASHINGTON - A total of 328 website domains accused of selling counterfeit goods were seized by US and European authorities in the latest crackdown on online fraud, officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Twitter is holding to a "principled" policy on national security data requests and will "push back" in some cases to protect the privacy of its users, its chief executive said Wednesday.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - The United States is in ongoing discussions with Russian authorities over the fate of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday.

Norwegian browser maker Opera Software has confirmed that a targeted internal network infrastructure attack led to the theft of a code signing certificate that was used to sign malware. The company did not provide specifics of the breach or provide any details on the subsequent malware attacks that took advantage of Opera’s update service.

RUSSELS - The European Commission has written to British Foreign Secretary William Hague demanding answers by the end of the week on leaked reports that Britain's spy services are tapping cables that carry the world's phone calls and Internet traffic.

Security response personnel at HP are "actively working on a fix" for a potentially dangerous backdoor in older versions of its StoreOnce backup product line.

If you lose a database with personal information of residents of different states, what state law or laws apply when it comes to notifying those people of the breach?

A new report from Juniper Networks outlines the trends and the year-over-year growth of the mobile malware market, including the fact that criminals are making a tidy profit as a result of their efforts.

According to the results of a cloud security survey conducted by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by Thales, a growing number of organizations are pushing sensitive and confidential data into the cloud. This movement of data happens with confidence, the study says, despite concerns over data protection.

Scott Hazdra, principal security consultant for Neohapsis, has posed some interesting questions organizations need to ask when developing a cloud security policy. Given the growing need to protect data, cloud security policy development is a crucial first step in the process, but it isn’t as easy as it seems.

A survey of more than 4,000 organizations around the globe gives a mix grade to data security in the cloud.

In a survey of CIOs, system administrators, and compliance auditors, SANS Institute found that the awareness of the Critical Security Controls is very high, and many organizations are actively implementing all or parts of the controls. In fact, only 12 percent of the respondents said they hadn't heard of the Critical Security Controls before, according to the survey, which was jointly commissioned by Tenable Security, IBM, Symantec, and FireEye.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google expanded its Transparency Report on Tuesday to include maps of spots around the world where hackers are laying traps or baiting Internet users.