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Cyber-Ark Software on Wednesday released its new SSH Proxy solution, an offering designed to secure, audit, and report on privileged SSH activity within UNIX environments.

Microsoft has suggested that users and businesses switch to Skype following the scheduled shutdown of the MSN Messenger service in March. The problem, however, is that criminals are starting to migrate to that platform if recent discoveries from Trend Micro are any indication.

In press conference discussing their 2012 performance on Monday, which was part of the company’s efforts to be more transparent to lawmakers, Huawei's CFO, Cathy Meng, expressed frustration about the recent wave of security concerns being expressed by lawmakers in Washington.

On Monday, McAfee outlined its plans for the Security Connected framework, which enables security products to work together. According to a statement from Intel’s security arm, McAfee plans expand on R&D efforts, continue to make acquisitions, and develop additional partnerships in order to meet their initiative’s goals.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Wednesday reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from Internet users in the second half of 2012. The Web giant's semiannual "transparency report" showed the most requests came from the the United States, with 8,438 requests for information about 14,868 users.

Symantec on Wednesday announced that it has split the roles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Dan Schulman was elected to the position of non-executive chairman while Steve Bennett remains president and chief executive officer, the company said.

Network virtualization, under the umbrella of Software Defined Networking (SDN), presents an opportunity for network innovation but at the same time introduces a new weakness which will more than likely be targeted once solutions become more commercially available.

GE's Measurement & Control line of business has introduced two new products to protect industrial controls systems from cyberthreats.

Verdasys, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider of information security solutions for businesses, this week announced global availability of the Verdasys Managed Service for Information Protection (MSIP), a cloud-based managed service for protecting sensitive data.

Since Operation Ababil began, the websites of banks such as CitiGroup and Wells Fargo have faced periodic bombardment from attackers. But while the big-name banks may garner most of the headlines, the problem of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the financial industry is more widespread than some may think.

Many Web applications prompt users to sign in using their Twitter or Facebook accounts. While convenient for users, users have to make sure the applications aren't accidentally winding up with higher levels of access than they require.

Bring-your-own device has gone from being an industry buzz word to a legitimate trend and concern for many enterprises.

Distributed-denial of service (DDoS) attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and severe as perpetrators adopt new techniques, Radware said in its year-end report.

Insurance giant Travelers this week launched a new offering designed to help small businesses protect against the growing risks of cyber attacks and data breaches. Dubbed “CyberFirst Essentials – Small Business”, the new offering provides insurance coverage to protect against some of the most common information security breaches including:

Fixmo, a provider of mobile security and risk management solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has received a strategic investment from Samsung Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group.

What would happen if Chinese or Russian agents were to conduct a covert operation, sabotaging America’s electricity grid using targeted bombs, leading to widespread power-outages resulting in, amongst other things, patients dying in hospitals, an economic crash, traffic accidents, and people freezing in their houses. Would this neutralize a nation’s armed forces ability to retaliate?

A draft proposal for the Cyber Security Strategy of the European Union has been circulating ahead of official publication, which would require public and private organizations to disclose cyber attacks, regardless if PII was exposed.

Oracle isn’t having a good month as far as PR and security is concerned. Adam Gowdiak, a researcher in Poland with Security Explorations, says that Oracle’s recent patch for Java contains not one, but two additional vulnerabilities.

Just like a hammer or wrench, hackers have tools in their digital toolboxes to make advanced persistent threat (APTs) campaigns simpler to manage and launch.

The computer emergency response team in Poland, CERT Polska, announced last week that they’ve taken over several domains linked to the Virut botnet. While it may not have a long-term impact on the botnets operations, CERT Polska’s actions have certainly delivered a devastating blow to the malware family.