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Just before the launch date of Apple’s latest and greatest, Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), security vendors were in a flutter over the claimed discovery of a new piece of malware that targets Mac users. Yet, the malware hasn't been found in the wild, and it was discovered within a repository designed to share potentially malicious samples with the security community.

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA – RSA, the security arm of storage giant EMC, today unveiled a new service designed to stop malicious applications on mobile devices. The offering, the company says, comes at a time where there is a need to counter the emergence of malicious and unauthorized apps appearing in mobile app stores.

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Security and data protection solutions provider Websense, today launched new CyberSecurity Intelligence™ (CSI) services that give IT security teams access to an online sandbox environment, along with education and research services from the company’s Security Labs team, to help protect organizations from cyber attacks and data loss.

Saying it was the board's judgment that it was in the best interests to make a change in the CEO position, Symantec today said that Enrique Salem, president and CEO, has stepped down effective immediately and would be replaced by Steve Bennett who will take over the role as president and chief executive officer, in addition to his continued role as chairman of the board.

Some of the world's largest banks are operating while infected with serious malware, according to a recent report.

LAS VEGAS – BLACK HAT CONFERENCE – Microsoft today released the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 3.5 Technology Preview, which adds new Return Oriented Programming (ROP) defenses inspired by BlueHat Prize contest finalist Ivan Fratric.

Anons supporting OpAustralia have taken down at least ten domains maintained by the Queensland government this week, in protest of proposed changes to privacy laws. The attacks started over the weekend, as Australia’s Prime Minister was set to host a chat on Google+.

Five months after Gamigo, a German Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (MMORPG) publisher, suffered a data breach that was said to have exposed millions of accounts, the attackers have confirmed the damage by releasing more than 8 million passwords and email accounts taken during the incident.

Were You Aware that a Code of Ethics is a Condition of the CISSP Certification? The first two canons state the following:• Protect society, the commonwealth, and the infrastructure.• Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally.

Dropbox Still Investigating Possible Breach – Nothing Conclusive As of Yet Dropbox, a widely popular cloud storage platform, is still investing a possible breach after users in the U.K. and the EU started receiving spam messages on accounts used exclusively for the service. The most recent update from the company asks for more time, and notes that they have found nothing yet.

Silver Tail Systems, a provider of web session intelligence and behavioral analytics for fraud and cybercrime detection, today announced the launch of Silver Tail Systems Forensics 3.0, the latest version of its flagship platform.

A Vermont-based security start-up, Pwnie Express, will be in Vegas this week showcasing their hardware during Black Hat and Def Con. For those unfamiliar with the company, they produce some of the most innovative penetration testing tools on the market.

Kaspersky Lab, the Russian Internet security software maker behind highly rated consumer security software for PCs, on Monday announced Kaspersky Security for Mac, the Company’s new security suite designed to protect Mac OS X based systems. The company says its latest Mac security offering combines real-time scanning, proactive detection and cloud-based threat intelligence to help protect Mac OS X users.

Survey Shows That 40 Percent of Adults Consumers Don’t Always Update Software When Initially Prompted To A trio comprised of Skype, Symantec and TomTom today publicized the kickoff of “International Technology Upgrade Week” (ITUW), an initiative designed to encourage consumers to download software updates to their computers and electronic devices more often.