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Dell Bolsters Security of Commercial PCs with New Encryption, Advanced Authentication, and Malware Protection SolutionsDell has unveiled a comprehensive security suite that combines encryption, authentication, and malware prevention, to protect its business PC customers from a variety of attacks.

TURKU - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden was still in a transit zone at a Moscow airport and the sooner he selected his final destination the better.

Silent Circle, a startup providing private encrypted communications solutions, this week released Silent Circle Management Console, a secure web-based portal that allows organizations to purchase, assign and manage licenses for employees using the company’s peer-to-peer encrypted communications tools on their devices.

Researchers from Seculert have shared details on the malware behind a string of attacks used by several Chinese-speaking groups over the last four years to target different worldwide organizations and nation-states. The most recent set of attacks targeted dozens of organizations in South Korea.

Smartphone make BlackBerry today announced the availability of its latest mobile security offering designed to separate work-related apps and data from personal apps and data, on iOS and Android-based devices.

Lastline, a provider of malware protection solutions catering to businesses, today announced that it has raised $10 million in funding led by venture capital firms Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures.

Microsoft's Katie Moussouris joins Ryan Naraine to explain the thinking behind the new bug bounty programs and why it will entice security researchers to report critical vulnerabilities to the world's largest software maker. 

Over the last several days, weeks really for some, people have noticed an uptick in the amount of spam coming from compromised Yahoo accounts. SecurityWeek staff has witnessed this uptick in spam as well. But this spam run is designed to spread malware to Android devices, so it’s likely not as simple as a weak password issue.

SEOUL - South Korea issued a cyber attack alert Tuesday after hackers penetrated a number of official websites, including the presidential Blue House, on the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.

HONG KONG - Edward Snowden took up a position at a US government defense contractor specifically to gather evidence on Washington's surveillance programs, he told the South China Morning Post in remarks published Tuesday.

The makers of the Pushdo malware – also known as Cutwail - have adopted new strategies to hide command-and-control [C&C] traffic after surviving multiple takedowns.

Over the weekend, an Iranian government agency boasted that they’d successfully blocked a cyberattack that had targeted the networks of the Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).

WASHINGTON - The CIA prides itself on secrecy but the spy agency unveiled a revamped website Monday that promises a user-friendly layout and a "sleeker, more modern web experience." Borrowing the jargon of corporate marketing, the Central Intelligence Agency touted its new online look for job-seekers or people interested in the spy service's origins.

Say the word phishing, and there are people who would probably begin to think back to a quiet day on a boat. But the kind of phishing that begins with a "ph" is far from relaxing, and it is on the rise.

MOSCOW, June 24, 2013 (AFP) - Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden's stop in Moscow is an unexpected windfall for the Russian secret services even if it risks worsening the already strained relations between the Kremlin and Washington.

Looking at BYOD from the viewpoint of data matters most. New York’s Mobile Helix is shifting away from train of thought that says security is about managing the device, and has instead produced a platform that will enable applications – no matter how they’re coded – to run securely no matter where they are accessed.

BEIJING - China interceded to allow Edward Snowden's dramatic flight from Hong Kong, calculating that infuriating the United States for now was necessary to prevent deeper corrosion to their relationship, analysts and media said Monday.

In a previous SecurityWeek column, I wrote about the security considerations for software defined networking (SDN). Whether or not SDN becomes the next evolution of networking, this new architecture clearly showcases the move towards a more dynamic and agile environment.

Facebook on Friday said that phone numbers and email addresses belonging to roughly 6 million of its users had been improperly shared due to a software bug in the Facebook platform.The bug was discovered and reported by a security researcher to Facebook’s White Hat program.