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Facebook has removed a scam that was redirecting users to the Nuclear exploit kit, according to researchers with Symantec. The scam relied on users getting drawn into clicking on a link promoting a work-from-home opportunity with the headline: 'EXPOSED: Mom Makes $8,000/Month and You Won't Believe How She Does It!'

GTRI Cyber-security specialists Ryan Spanier, Christopher Smoak, and Bryan Massey (l-r) pose in facilities used to gather information on the activities of hackers and pending cyber attacks. [Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek]

WASHINGTON - The United States has failed to sufficiently adapt to new cyber-security threats, exposing itself to potential terror strikes as devastating as September 11, authors of the report on the 2001 attacks warned Wednesday.

Security services provider and certificate authority Comodo announced on Wednesday the launch of Comodo SecureBox, a solution designed to help organizations protect the important applications running on their endpoints.

Online ticket service StubHub was reportedly hit in a cyber-attack that compromised more than a thousand accounts.

The United States website of the Metro newspaper (metro.us), which serves an estimated 1 million visitors every month, has been compromised and abused to distribute a piece of malware, Websense reported on Tuesday.

Many software development firms still fail to ensure that the components they use don't contain security vulnerabilities, according to a report published on Tuesday by software supply chain management company Sonatype.

Goodwill Industries International, Inc., a non-profit organization that aims at helping people who are disabled or disadvantaged through various programs, is investigating a possible data breach that might have impacted several of its stores across the United States.

Firefox 31 was released by Mozilla on Tuesday and fixes a total of 11 vulnerabilities affecting earlier versions.

Data security and cyber threat protection firm EdgeWave announced on Tuesday that it has closed a $6 million Series A funding round from TVC Capital.

WASHINGTON - The Wall Street Journal took some of its computers housing news graphics offline after they were hacked, publisher Dow Jones & Co said.People familiar with the matter told the Journal that the move was intended to isolate any possible attacks.

Nigerian cybercriminals are evolving their tactics and targeting enterprises, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks. 

Waterfall Security Solutions, a provider of security solutions for industrial control networks and critical infrastructures, has teamed with energy management solutions maker Schneider Electric to offer Waterfall’s Unidirectional Security Gateways to Schneider’s customers.

SIEM vendor LogRhythm has raised a $40 million round of new equity financing, the company announced Tuesday.

Risk management is a hot topic these days. Many industry publications have shifted their focus away from compliance or security to risk management practices. Newer regulations and industry standards are now mandating a risk-based approach to security. This is forcing many organizations to transition from a compliance, check-box driven approach to a more pro-active, risk-based view of security.