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McAfee said Monday that it has agreed to acquire Finnish firewall maker Stonesoft in a deal worth $389 million, giving McAfee, the security unit of Intel, an expanded portfolio of next-generation firewalls and other network security solutions.

On Saturday, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) launched another attack on Twitter, targeting E! Online. The attack comes just one week after Twitter issued a memo to media outlets warning them to protect their account.

WELLINGTON - New Zealand unveiled plans Monday to allow its foreign intelligence agency to spy on local residents, to fill a loophole exposed when Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom was illegally snooped upon.

Two weeks ago, hackers were able to compromise the password of the Associated Press Twitter account, allowing the hackers to send out fictitious tweets to all of the @AP followers.

A new version of the Java exploit kit g01pack has added a second stage to the exploit process in order to bypass detection by antivirus tools, Trusteer's researchers said. The kit has an infection rate estimated at about 1 out of 3,000 machines a month.

WASHINGTON - An Algerian sought in connection with the "SpyEye" computer virus designed to steal financial and personal information was extradited by Thailand to the United States to face charges, officials said Friday.

The Mozilla Foundation has sent a cease and desist letter to Gamma International, the creators of the FinFisher spyware tool, after the Andover, England-based firm used the Firefox brand to hide FinFisher’s real purpose.

Facebook on Thursday began letting people locked out of their profiles get back in with the help of "friends." A new Trusted Contacts account recovery feature lets Facebook users set up lists of friends who can provide codes to unlock accounts.

A new variant of the Ramnit malware is targeting is targeting bankers in the UK with a one-time password [OTP] scam, another example of how attackers are stepping up their social engineering schemes.

While some best practices such as software security training are effective in getting developers to write secure code, following best practices does not necessarily lead to better security, WhiteHat Security has found.

Intel on Thursday announced that Brian Krzanich will take the reigns as chief executive officer (CEO) of the chip giant, succeeding Paul Otellini who previously announced that he would step down. Krzanich, 52, was unanimously elected by the board of directors and will assume his new role on May 16, the company said.

Return Path, a provider of email intelligence and anti-phishing solutions, this week announced that its has expanded the features of its Anti-Phishing Solutions to enable brand owners to combat phishing attacks from all email domains, including those beyond their control.

This month has been a big one in terms of new research and survey data, including AlgoSec’s State of Network Security 2013 as well as Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report, among o

U.S. intelligence agencies believe Chinese hackers recently accessed a database containing sensitive infrastructure data.

The United States' Department of Labor's Website has been breached and is serving up malware in drive-by-download attacks, security researchers warned.

According to researchers at Cyber Squared, the group APT1, as named by Mandiant earlier this year, is up to their same old tricks. Despite being outed after attacks against the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, they have not changed tactics.

Printers, Routers and Other Internet-Connected Devices Are Being Hijacked to Participate in DrDoS Attacks

Even though most cyber-incidents tend to be external attacks, organizations should not underestimate the likelihood of a malicious insider stealing sensitive information or sabotaging internal systems.

In the quest to harness the business advantages mobile provides, many organizations have opened their networks and data up to mobile devices. What companies are failing to come to grips with is that, in many cases – especially in BYOD scenarios – they are assuming massive risk that could ultimately lead to a damaging, costly breach.

After a series of attacks against accounts maintained by media companies, Twitter has issued a memo on security best practices and encouraged them to remain vigilant. The warning comes after several high-profile accounts were targeted by a Pro-Syria activist group, including one attack that impacted Wall Street.