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Barracuda Networks, the Campbell, California-based maker of security, networking and data protection solutions, has released new firmware for their Web filter customers, which adds monitoring and archiving functions for Twitter, Facebook, and other social media applications.Customers of Barracuda’s Web filtering are eligible for an upgrade to version 6.0, which includes enforcement and monitoring abilities for social media.

WASHINGTON - (AFP) - A bill aimed at protecting the United States from cyber attacks failed to advance in the US Senate on Thursday, severely denting hopes for the passage of a measure backed by President Barack Obama.

A Solid Cyber Counterattack Plan Should Be Based on The Pre-defined Actions Associated With Each Attack Tool’s Weakness

Like the Romans, We are Highly Trained and Hold Technological Superiority to Most of the Threats We Face, Yet We are Beaten by the Digital Equivalent of the Germanic “Barbarian” Tribes....

BEIRUT - (AFP) - Mobile phone and Internet services have been cut in Aleppo, Syria's second city, where a crucial battle is taking place between rebels and the army, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday."Mobile telecommunications services and Internet have been cut off in the city of Aleppo since last night," it said. An activist, who asked not to be identified, confirmed that the Internet, landlines and some mobile services were down in the northern city, Syria's...

Senators Propose Non-Cyber Related Amendments To Cybersecurity Act of 2012, Including Banning High-capacity Ammunition Clips and AbortionNews Update: Cybersecurity Bill Fails in US Senate

On Sunday, security researcher Michael Coppola gave a presentation at DEF CON that explored the process of compromising routers used in SOHO (Small Office / Home Office) environments, and turning them into botnet clients.

Verizon “Redefines” VERIS, Improves Open Information Sharing Verizon Business has publicly released the data anonymously submitted by organizations to its incident-sharing program and promised changes to make the system more collaborative and useful.

Last month, Dropbox announced that they had taken on outside help in order to investigate a potential data breach. The investigation kicked off after a dozens of users reported being spammed on accounts used exclusively for the service. Twelve days later, Dropbox has now confirmed the initial speculation, saying the spam originated from a compromised employee’s account.

Following a proposal by MasterCard back in May 2012 to form a cross-industry group to help drive the adoption of EMV technology in the United States, the Smart Card Alliance on Tuesday announced the formation of an independent, cross-industry

Experienced, mid-level employees may be the ones to watch when it comes to insider fraud in financial organizations, according to a recent report from Carnegie Mellon University.

HONG KONG - (AFP) - Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies on Wednesday responded to US hackers' claims that its routers were easily cracked, saying its security strategies were rigorous.

What Does 8861 Mean? Security Researchers Search for Significance Researchers are asking for help figuring out the significance of a password frequently used in targeted attacks in an attempt at crowd-sourcing the answer.

A British market research firm, Goode Intelligence, says that biometrics for mobile devices will be an essential feature before the decade is out. Their claims come from previous forecasts that point to a market growth of nearly 39 million users by 2015. Smart Mobile Devices (SMDs) are now the personal device of choice, Goode notes, with sales outpacing PCs. The BYOD trend is accelerating the need for enhanced security as SMDs are being used more often for consumer and business-sensitive...

From Flame to Madi, malware used for cyber espionage continues to stay under the radar while silently swiping data from corporation's digital coffers. In a new report, Dell SecureWorks researcher Joe Stewart went inside this part of the cyber-underworld, uncovering a realm where hundreds of actors make, control and propagate malware designed to spy on institutions around the world.

In a talk on router hacking during Def Con on Sunday, Recurity Labs’ Felix (FX) Lindner told those in attendance that for the 20th anniversary of Def Con, the gift was China. This is because he was about to give a presentation on the seriously security challenged status of routers manufactured by Huawei.Update: China's Huawei Responds to US Hackers

HITRUST Launches Cyber Threat Analysis Service for the Healthcare Industry An industry association of healthcare providers, technology companies and government agencies launched a cybersecurity service intended to facilitate information sharing within the health care sector.

IBM announced on Tuesday that it would be launching a new class of security appliance that targets the risks associated with social media. The IBM Security Network Protection XGS 5000 will focus on Web risk, but it is being pitched as a solution that will help organizations manage social media and other BYOD types of problems.

NEW YORK - (AFP) - Two online poker sites have agreed to pay $731 million in a settlement of a US probe that will compensate consumers who claimed they were defrauded in online games, officials said Tuesday.The deal announced by the US Justice Department also allows PokerStars, a British-registered firm believed to operate the largest online card gaming site, to acquire the assets of Irish-based Full Tilt Poker.The agreement approved by a federal judge settles investigations by US officials into...

Ask about distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), and many people will envision a website being non-responsive. However, according to researchers at Arbor Networks, cybercriminals are also advertising to launch DDoS attacks against a less likely target – your telephone.