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Hackers Trick Way Into ICANN Computers The private agency that acts as a gatekeeper for the Internet on Wednesday said that hackers tricked their way into its computers.

Sony Pictures on Wednesday cancelled the release of a madcap comedy about North Korea that triggered chilling threats from hackers, as US investigators reportedly blamed Pyongyang for a damaging cyber-raid on the movie giant.

Researchers at Akamai Technologies released an advisory today about a mobile remote access Trojan (mRAT) used to target iOS and Android devices.

Rapid7, a Boston, Mass.-based provider of security analytics software and services, today announced that it has received $30 million in funding, bringing the total raised by the company to-date to $93 million.

LOS ANGELES - US cinemas canceled screenings, including a red-carpet New York premiere, of a madcap comedy that offended North Korea, after mysterious computer hackers issued a chilling threat.

The benefits of the cloud are clear – better application flexibility and control at a lower cost. But you can’t think about moving to the cloud without addressing the inherent security concerns. In part-one of this series we discussed how to understand the scope of your database landscape to more effectively move your databases to the cloud.

IOActive, Inc., a provider of security testing and assessment services, announced today that it has expanded its Vehicle Security Service to help automakers and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) better protect against cyber threats.

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks released details today of a backdoor on millions of Android-based device sold by one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world.

Two products from Cisco are vulnerable to a new variant of the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack, the company said in a security advisory.

Google has released a new version of End-to-End, an open source encryption extension for Chrome introduced by the company earlier this year.

The developers of the popular PHP-based open source Internet forum software phpBB have shut down their network following a cyberattack in which user information might have been compromised.

Several Linux distributions are affected by a couple of security holes found in "mailx," a utility that's used for sending and receiving mail.

Hackers invoked the 9/11 attacks Tuesday in their most chilling threat yet against Sony Pictures, again warning the Hollywood studio not to release a film which has angered North Korea.

Researchers at Symantec say they have noticed an uptick of attackers relying on malicious links as opposed to attachments in order to infect users.

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published guidance today on the secure development and maintenance of software designed to run on point-of-interaction (POI) devices.