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TrapX Security, a Silicon Valley-based startup that offers a deception-based cyber defense platform, today announced that it has raised $9 million in its Series B round, led by investors Intel Capital and Liberty Israel Venture Fund together with current investors BRM Group and Opus Capital.

The Adobe Flash Player exploit stolen by hackers from spyware maker Hacking Team has been leveraged by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, according to security solutions provider Volexity.

VMware has released software updates for several of its products to address a vulnerability that can be exploited to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected systems.

Splunk, a provider of software that helps organizations gather and make use of machine data from a various sources, announced on Thursday that is has acquired Caspida, a maker of machine learning and behavioral analytics software.

A security bug in a backup mechanism of the Android operating system can be exploited to install malicious apps on vulnerable devices, researchers have warned. Google has confirmed the existence of the flaw, but the search giant says it’s a “low severity” issue.

Hackers who breached US government databases stole personal information from background checks of 21.5 million people, officials said Thursday following an investigation into the massive attack widely blamed on China.

An Estonian national believed to be the mastermind behind a massive cyber fraud operation shut down by law enforcement authorities in 2011 has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and hacking charges.

The developers of OpenSSL have released versions 1.0.2d and 1.0.1p to address a high severity vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to bypass certain untrusted certificate checks and issue invalid certificates.

Researchers have come across a massive ransomware campaign in which attackers continuously generate new variants of the same malware in an effort to evade detection.

The Adobe Flash Player zero-day leaked earlier this week was used in limited attacks before the data breach suffered by spyware maker Hacking Team came to light.

I’m sure most of us have seen one of the many cartoons recently circulated on LinkedIn. This particular cartoon caught my eye due to its profound message. In the cartoon, two people struggle to move a cart with square wheels. A third person comes along offering round wheels, but is told “No thanks! We are too busy.”

Researchers Analyze the Activities of the Group That Targeted Microsoft, Apple, Twitter and Facebook Researchers have analyzed the activities of a financially motivated corporate espionage group that has targeted a large number of high profile organizations from all across the world.

Internet security firm Avast has acquired Remotium, a provider of business-focused mobility solutions, for an undisclosed sum.

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the Islamic State group took down the website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor on Wednesday and threatened its director. The group calling itself the Cyber Army of the Khilafah (Caliphate) replaced the front page of the war monitor's site with a photoshopped image of the Observatory's director and text threatening him.

After nearly a month of debate, Google Chrome developers have decided that a potential security flaw that can be exploited to spoof the URL displayed in the web browser’s address bar is worth fixing.