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SSL Renegotiation Vulnerability Exploited via New Attack Tool to Launch DoS AttacksA German hacker group has released a new proof-of-concept tool for denial of service (DoS) attacks that exploits a weakness in SSL.

Taiwan has taken the top spot as the world’s dominant source of attack traffic, according to a new report from Akamai Technologies. In its State of the Internet report for the second quarter of the year, the company found 10 percent of global attack traffic originated from Taiwan, up from 9.1 percent in Q1. Myanmar, the former number one, slipped by second place with 9.1 percent, while the United States rounded out the top three with 8.3.

Commtouch announced today that it has appointed Shlomi Yanai as chief executive officer.

A recent study focused on the concerns and challenges within the IT industry revealed that enterprise-level participants lack confidence in their organization’s overall security posture, citing staffing as one of the main reasons.

Radiant Logic recently announced that it was forming a working relationship with open source identity and access management vendor ForgeRock, merging Forge’s OpenAM tool with their own RadiantOne offering for businesses looking for easier access to SSO solutions.Radiant Logic is one of the smaller market players known for identity and context virtualization.

According to a report from CNN, the U.S.

AntiSec Raids Law Enforcement in Support of "Occupy Wall Street" MovementOn Friday, AntiSec supporters released a massive cache of personal and confidential information, after announcing the successful compromise of several law enforcement websites. The actions, a statement said, were done to support the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Two unknown sources close to the NSADAQ investigation have told Reuters that malicious software that worked its way into a web-based communications platform at NASDAQ last year allowed the attackers to monitor communications between busin

There are thousands of script kiddies, launching hundreds of thousands of automated attacks - at least one of these will hit your site.

On Thursday DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that Mark Weatherford has been appointed as the new Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). Weatherford, who will start in mid-November, will be charged with managing cybersecurity operations and communications resilience for the DHS.

Bitdefender today announced the availability of its new security solution specifically designed to protect virtualized data centers.

Giving credit cards away doesn’t always conflict with a cybercriminal's desire to make money – in many cases it supports it.

McAfee ePO Deep Command enables remote security management access to PCs that may be powered off or disabled.McAfee continued its push in leveraging hardware technology to improve security this week with the unveiling of McAfee ePO Deep Command.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. What can you do to protect your organization? And what can you pass along to your employees to help protect them online?

On Tuesday, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for October 2011 which brought a total of 57 security vulnerability fixes across multiple Oracle products.

The marriage of McAfee and Intel has produced some well-publicized announcements of late. First there was DeepSAFE; now there’s Deep Defender, new security software that McAfee execs are touting as a game-changer in the fight against malware.

Internet security firm Webroot, today announced that Jacques Erasmus has been appointed chief information security officer for the Broomfield, Colorado based company.As Webroot’s first CISO, Erasmus will oversee data security operations across the business, including development, implementation and compliance.

On Monday, Google launched "Good To Know", a privacy campaign aimed at giving people practical advise when it comes to staying safe online. The new effort covers a wide range of topics and done with the help of the Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK.

Flashback Trojan Attempts to Disable Apple's XProtect

You've Been Hacked. What's Your Response Plan?It’s 3:10 a.m. and your home phone rings.The assistant security specialist in your global company is sorry to wake you but it couldn’t wait. You open your eyes and you already know: he has spotted what he is calling “highly” suspicious activity over the company network. Although they are working on the problem, the situation is expected to get worse. You get dressed and go to the office.