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Recent samples of the destructive Xbash Linux malware can uninstall cloud security protection products from infected servers, Palo Alto Networks reports. 

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a bill on Wednesday designed to provide privacy legislation for the entire nation -- that is, federal law. It is based on the Privacy Act of 1974, which was introduced post-Watergate to protect people from government storage and retrieval of personal data.

Barracuda Networks this week announced automated incident response capabilities are now available for customers using its Total Email Protection solution. 

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) this week announced new security standards for the design, development and maintenance of payment software.

Venture capital firm Strategic Cyber Ventures (SCV) considers itself a part of the overall security industry. "First and foremost we are cyber operators," it states on its website. "We advance cybersecurity through expert investment in synergistic teams and technology solving the world's security problems."

The failure of President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party to reach an agreement over funding for the controversial Mexico border wall has led to the longest government shutdown in US history.

Facebook announced Thursday that it has removed more than 500 pages, groups and accounts originating in Russia for engaging in what the social network called "coordinated inauthentic behavior."

Twitter revealed on Thursday that users of its Android application may have had their supposedly protected tweets made public due to a bug.

A Portuguese hacker said by his lawyers to have played a pivotal role in the Football Leaks whistleblower website was fighting extradition from Hungary to Portugal on Thursday on charges of extortion.Rui Pinto, 30, was arrested on Wednesday.

Cyber-attacks that have been ongoing since at least mid-2017 hit financial institutions in West Africa, Symantec security researchers report.

A new threat actor operating under the “Magecart” umbrella landed a malicious skimmer on hundreds of websites through a supply chain attack, security firms reveal.

A newly discovered set of compromised login details contains roughly 773 million email addresses, Australian web security expert Troy Hunt reveals.

A storage server configured for public access was found to expose terabytes of data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities, UpGuard reveals.

Researchers have discovered two potentially serious vulnerabilities in an industrial-grade weather station made by ControlByWeb, a company that specializes in products that allow organizations to remotely monitor and control electrical devices.

Onapsis, a company specializing in cybersecurity and compliance solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) products, on Wednesday announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire competitor Virtual Forge.

A vulnerability discovered in a reservation system used by hundreds of airlines around the world could expose the details of millions of their customers, researchers warned this week.

The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Perception Survey this year again includes two cybersecurity risks in the top five perceived long-term (10-year) risks. It is the same five as last year, although the order has changed. 'Data fraud or theft' is still considered the fourth risk, but 'cyber-attacks' have dropped from third to fifth.

It’s that time of year for prediction articles and the number has become almost overwhelming. This year, one of the trending topics I’ve noticed is the growth in Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices and an expected surge in cyber risks. Technology vendors, industry analysts and government experts are all pointing to the need for IoT security. But is this really a prediction, or simply a case of history repeating itself?

Consumer advocates and the data-hungry technology industry are drawing early battle lines in advance of an expected fight this year over what kind of federal privacy law the U.S. should have.