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“ThreatCloud” Powers New Anti-Bot and Antivirus Software Blades, Bringing Security Intelligence and Protections to Security Gateways Network security firm Check Point Software Technologies, today announced the launch of a collaborative network designed to help its customers more effectively stop attacks and thwart cybercrime, as well as share attack information and threat trends.

Privacy advocates are pressing for an investigation into Google after a report by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) failed to find evidence the search engine giant broke the law in collecting data through its Street View service.

In Public Cloud Environments, CIOs Can’t Count on Basic Firewalls and Other Mechanisms That Protect the Outer Layer of the Whole Cloud.

Researchers at Symantec recently identified 29 malicious apps in the Google Play marketplace targeting Japanese Android users.All 29 of the apps have been taken down by Google, Symantec said, but not before a wave of installations that may number as high as 300,000.

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found a link between an advanced persistent threat known as Luckycat and a strain of Mac malware.

AntiSec supporters, branding themselves the LulzKnights, targeted the Berrien County Sheriff's Department on Sunday. The St. Joseph, MI, law enforcement agency lost their internal emails and documents due to the incident, and they were published online. However, this breach could lead to more damage due to the number of hosted accounts that shared space with AntiSec’s victim.

Richard Perkett Joins Rapid7 to Lead Product DevelopmentBoston-based Rapid7, a provider of security risk intelligence solutions and best known for Metasploit, its penetration testing platform which the company acquired in 2009, announced that it has hired Richard Perkett as vice president of engineering.

It’s a done deal. TIBCO Software, a publicly traded (NASDAQ: TIBX) provider of infrastructure software solutions, today said that it has completed the acquisition of San Jose California-based LogLogic, a provider of and log management and security intelligence solutions.

Flashback Malware - A Detailed History of the Largest Mac OS Malware Outbreak to Date

Researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a piece of ransomware targeting the master boot record to take control of a system.The move is a step beyond typical pieces of ransomware, which usually encrypt files or restricts user access to the infected system. In this case however, the malware copies the original MBR and overwrites it with its own malicious code.

Utah Governor Calls For Audit of All State Technology Security and Data Storage Procedures Following Medicaid Data Breach

Neustar, Inc., a provider of information, infrastructure and security solutions, today announced that it has hired Jonathan Coombes as Chief Information Security Officer.Coombes comes to Neustar from hosting firm Rackspace, where he served as Chief Security Officer and was responsible for the company’s global cybersecurity and risk management, physical security, and compliance strategies.