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CloudPassage, a cloud server security firm that emerged from stealth mode back in January 2011, today announced that it has raised $14 million in a series B round of financing. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to $21 million.

Visa today announced a solution designed to help financial institutions create and implement strategies for identifying and stopping fraudulent transactions in real-time at the checkout.Called Visa Strategy Manager, the company claims financial institutions using the service will benefit from Visa's pattern-based fraud detection algorithms which helps identify the riskiest transactions. As a result, the system can help determine whether a transaction should be approved, declined or flagged for review.

With little fanfare, and no attention brought to the announcement itself, Apple has said it is working on software that will detect and remove the Flashback malware from infected systems. Unfortunately, the company did not say when this software would be released.

Implanting Easter Eggs is not Just a Developer’s Take at Humor. They Have the Potential to Double-act as Backdoors with a Devastating Effect.

AlgoSec, a company that provides firewall management solutions, recently released the results of a poll that examined the attitudes and opinions of 180 working IT and security professionals during the RSA Conference earlier this year. The results of the poll show that poor internal processes, practices, and threats pose the largest risk to a network. These problems, the respondents believe, are more of a concern than threats from malicious external sources.

Two technology trade associations, TechAmerica and USTelecom, and one of the world’s largest defense contractors, Boeing, had their web sites knocked offline by Anonymous for their support and connections to the controversial CISPA bill. They are the latest in a string of targets selected by those supporting Anonymous’ Operation Defense (OpDefense).

Researchers at Trusteer have spotted a new attack vector from Zeus that aligns perfectly with previous financially motivated targets. Based on the information collected and previous attacks, it appears as if the newer Zeus configurations will remain focused on the bigger fish.

On Tuesday, Adobe released a security bulletin to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader X (10.1.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier versions for Linux, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. According to Adobe, exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

When it comes to letting someone go, very rare will you find a business leader who enjoys that part of the job. When you have to fire a network security administrator, not only is it a downer, it’s a risky proposition – unless you follow basic steps.

Microsoft patched 11 security vulnerabilities today, including a critical bug being targeted by attackers. Microsoft released a total of six security bulletins, including four rated ‘critical.’ The vulnerabilities exist across Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Forefront United Access Gateway (UAG) and the .NET Framework.

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Intego have released free tools to help Mac users infected with the Flashback Trojan clean their computers.

Why doesn’t Everyone have Security Intelligence? One of the Reasons is Superstition.“Step on a crack, break your mother’s back.” Not just lyrics by Devo, but an actual superstition. While it’s mostly just practiced by kids who don’t yet know they’re nascent Parkour enthusiasts, you can observe adults today taking that extra half step occasionally to avoid lines in the sidewalk. You may even catch yourself doing it subconsciously.

Mocana MAP 2.0 Helps Secure Apps Running on iOS DevicesSmart device security firm Mocana, today introduced the latest version of its solution designed to help organizations add fine-grained security and usage policies around individual mobile apps with ease.

A new survey of 104 security professionals in the energy sector gave a big thumbs down to smart meter security.

Controversial Domain Registrar Tightens Policy After Reports of Rogue Online Pharmacy LinksRegistrar Internet.bs has changed its domain name registration policy in light of reports criticizing its links to as many as one-third of the rogue pharmacies on the Internet.

On Friday, Palo Alto Networks, the network security firm that has made its mark developing next generation firewalls, filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a widely-anticipated initial public offering.

Researchers at NQ Mobile, working alongside researchers at North Carolina State University, have discovered new Android malware that is controlled via SMS that can do a number of things on the compromised device including recording calls and surrounding noise.

Supports of Anonymous targeted the U.K. on Saturday, hitting the websites of the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. While the attack only lasted a short time, Anonymous has said to expect more of the same as they push forward. Currently, the next target is said to be the GCHQ on April 14.

Utah Department of Health Suffers Data Breach Aimed at Medicaid

Network attacks and breaches have dominated the technical and mainstream news for the past 18 months, as attacks have grown both in volume and significance. Hacktivists used data breaches to embarrass their enemies, nation-states used intrusions to steal secrets and even directly attack infrastructure, and organized crime used breaches for good old-fashioned theft.