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For those of us tasked with managing, storing and securing information, it’s difficult to imagine automation will assume these roles. In recent years, much of the angst over labor-replacing automation has primarily been focused on manufacturing, and for good reason.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Respond Software has emerged from stealth mode with a new product designed to automate the role of security analysts and $12 million in funding.

Researchers Say Cerber Ransomware Now Has a Feature to Avoid Triggering "Canary Files"

Amazon Launches "Macie" Security Service to Protect Data in AWS

Many organizations around the world using connectivity tools from NetSarang are at risk after researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that malicious actors had planted a backdoor in several of the company’s products.

The TrickBot banking Trojan has been using legitimate SSL certificates alongside websites that closely resemble those of actual banks in recently observed attacks, security researchers warn.

If you thought things were bad in the world of IT network security over the past decade, I have an incredibly bleak thesis to present to you.

A single Nigerian national working on his own has orchestrated numerous malware infection campaigns targeting more than 4,000 organizations globally over the past four months, Check Point security researchers say.

Uber agreed to implement new data protection measures to settle complaints that it failed to prevent improper snooping on driver and customer information, officials said Tuesday.

East Coast summer nights of my childhood were thick with humidity, fireflies and unfortunately, merciless mosquitoes and biting midges. So, when a West Coast friend said she had a summertime no-see-um tale to tell, I was ready to commiserate.

Public cloud environments are more secure than private and hybrid clouds and on-premises networks, according to data collected by cloud security solutions provider Alert Logic over a period of 18 months.

A new exploit kit (EK) has emerged recently on underground forums, where a malware developer is advertising it starting at just $80.

Endpoint and network security solutions provider Webroot announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Securecast, an Oregon-based company that specializes in security awareness training. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

A password recovery firm has claimed that the overall security of password managers is debatable. "Are password managers more secure than keeping a list of passwords in a single Excel spreadsheet?" it asks. "Not necessarily," it concludes.

Researchers at Cisco Talos have come across an attack that combines two Microsoft Office exploits, one old and one new, likely in an effort to avoid detection.