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MIAMI - Computer software pioneer John McAfee was back on American soil Wednesday after being expelled from Guatemala, escaping immediate deportation to Belize for questioning over his neighbor's murder. McAfee and 20-year-old girlfriend Samantha Vanegas spent more than three weeks on the run in Belize after his neighbor's November 11 murder before crossing illegally into Guatemala, where he was arrested on December 5.

After an almost one-month hiatus, five U.S.-based banks, U.S. Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, PNC Financial Services Group, and SunTrust, are again being targeted for a series of denial of service (DoS) attacks.

WhiteHat Security this week launched a new assessment tool to find vulnerabilities in mobile applications.

Total Defense, a provider of Internet security solutions, today launched Total Defense for Business, a solution that the company calls a “complete cloud security solution”. Total Defense for Business delivers multi-layered protection by bundling together endpoint anti-malware and application controls, Web filtering and malware protection, and cloud-based anti-spam and email threat prevention.

GUATEMALA CITY - US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee escaped immediate deportation to Belize on Wednesday as Guatemala decided to expel the American back to the United States instead. "Mr McAfee will be expelled to the United States shortly," said immigration spokesman Fernando Lucer, as an AFP photographer witnessed him being taken from his detention center to the airport by police convoy.

With the holiday season in full swing, and as shoppers rush out for those last minute gifts, a new type of malware is attempting to spoil the festivities. Dubbed "Dexter", this malware targets Point-of-Sale systems, and captures card data as it is transmitted, acting as a middleman in the sales process.

Study Reveals Big Data Gap: Less Than 1% of World’s Data is Analyzed and Less Than 20% is ProtectedIn the latest "digital universe" study, analyst firm IDC found that the amount of data being generated is exploding.

Defense contractor Raytheon today said that it has acquired the Government Solutions business of SafeNet, a privately held provider of network security and data protection solutions. The move to acquire the Torrance, California-based unit, which has approximately 170 employees, was to increase Raytheon's ability to provide encryption capabilities needed by government customers to protect classified data.

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday that they’ve arrested ten suspects involved in a global botnet operation that infected more than 11 million systems. According to the agency, Facebook was instrumental in case, providing critical information that later led to the arrests.

While Anti-Virus Solutions Are Effective in Fighting Widespread Malware, There is a Good Chance Newer Malware Will Evade Those Solutions.

New Enhancements Help Identify Suspicious Mobile Apps and Block Malicious CommunicationsKindsight, an Alcatel-Lucent company, has expanded its mobile security offering with anti-theft features and new network-based security scanning.

BeyondTrust, a Carlsbad, California-based provider identity management and security intelligence solutions, today announced that it has acquired Blackbird Group, a provider Windows system management software, for an undisclosed sum.

Exploit Hub, an exploit marketplace orginally launched by NSS Labs in 2010, but spun off by the testing firm in March of this year, said on Tuesday that they were compromised by a quasi-rival group going by the name Inj3ct0r Team.

Good news for IT job seekers – in a survey of 1,400 chief information officers from around the country, 17 percent said they plan to expand their IT departments in the first quarter of 2013.

Networking solutions provider Blue Coat Systems announced on Tuesday that it has released updates to its PacketShaper appliances. The updates offer more visibility into Web applications and operations, as well as group and user-level policy creation and enforcement.

Researchers from FireEye shared details on Monday of an attack that appears to be after targets in Russia, and seems to be originating from an attacker in Korea.

Adobe has released new security bulletins for ColdFusion and Flash Player as part of its scheduled update.

Researchers at EMC's RSA security division say evidence that the Citadel Trojan is slowly being pulled from underground markets continues to pile up.

Firewalls deployed in neatly-stacked racks protected by thick concrete walls within climate controlled datacenters have it nice. Not all firewalls are so lucky, and some have it rough—literally.