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There is a shift going on in the security business. It’s been a slow-moving wave for a while now – a shift from reactive to proactive. In the long view, you can see that the pendulum has swung back and forth a few times.

Veracode, known for their application security testing offerings, has released their annual report on the state of software security, which focuses on software vulnerability trends and predictions.

JERUSALEM - A mass cyber attack by hacker groups targeting Israel which began Saturday continued on Monday, but the damage was negligible, the Shin Bet domestic security agency said. "As of noon on Monday, the state of alert continues and the efforts and activity to prevent the cyber attacks that began on Saturday night are ongoing," the agency said in a statement.

JERUSALEM - Hackers have launched an assault on Israeli websites, but the damage has been minimal as the Jewish state is prepared to fend off such attacks, one of the country's top cyber experts said on Sunday.

WASHINGTON - Tensions have soared in recent weeks over North Korea, which has threatened a nuclear strike against the United States and has allegedly moved missiles to its east coast. How Did It Come To This?

First discovered in 2011, the Shylock banking Trojan affects virtually all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 onward, and has turned into one of the most advanced forms of financial fraud malware around. And according to new discoveries by Symantec, Shylock has recently become even more powerful thanks to a number of new modules that significantly beef up its functionality and ability to steal money and sensitive data.

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have said that a 17-year-old has appeared in court to face charges related to actions taken on behalf of Anonymous. The statement didn’t mention however, the nature of the charges with specifics, as the person in question is still a minor.

I have a pet peeve about virtualization and security, and it happens to be a minor thing with syntax. It comes down to this question; what is the difference between virtual and virtualized, and why does it matter in in the language of security?

In a report provided to NBC News by Keynote Systems, the banking industry is setting records of the wrong sort, more than doubling their downtime metrics from this time last year. At the same time it isn’t really their fault, each of the banks covered by Keynote’s report are targets of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, an Iranian group behind a series of DDoS campaigns over the last seven months.

Yahoo! Japan and Goo, both major online portals, have reported breaches this week. The incidents happened on Tuesday and Wednesday, but there isn’t a clear link between the two, aside from the fact that the attackers were after account information.

Russian authorities claim to have the mastermind behind the Carberp banking Trojan and other members of the criminal gang in custody.

Microsoft is planning to release nine security bulletins this month as part of its Patch Tuesday release.

Lack of formal documentation, event monitoring, and permissions and privileges control, remain common among industrial control system environments, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox added its name to the list of organizations stung by distributed denial-of-service attacks in recent weeks.

A spear phishing campaign targeted 11 energy sector organizations using publicly available information, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

WASHINGTON - Sales of traditional desktop and mobile personal computers are expected to drop 7.6 percent this year as consumers shift to tablets and other devices, a market tracker said Thursday.

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SEOUL - Activist hackers appeared Thursday to have infiltrated North Korea's official news website and its accompanying Twitter and Flickr feeds, posting unflattering images of leader Kim Jong-Un. The China-based website of Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the North's state media, was inaccessible and its companion feeds attacked and defaced.