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Microsoft today said that it has acquired PhoneFactor, a provider of phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) technology. Founded in 2001, Overland Park, Kansas-based PhoneFactor counts hundreds of customers that use its technology which enables customers to deploy multi-factor authentication across a wide range of platforms and applications.

As long as human intelligence remains an unsolved mystery, we cannot expect a security system to provide us with a complete solution...Over the past few years the market has developed new expectations from the network and applications security industry.

When Apple's iPhone 5 went on sale less than two weeks ago, IT administrators braced themselves for the onslaught of these new devices coming into the enterprise. It's not all bad news for the IT department, though, as some of the new features can be centrally managed, security experts say.

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Europe’s cyber security agency, today kicked off a cyber security exercise across Europe designed to help Nations be prepared to deal with cyber attacks.During the exercise, more than 300 cyber security professionals in 25 countries across Europe will test their skills and ability to work together, in order to defend against a massive simulated cyber-attack.

NEW YORK - Mobile phone-maker Motorola said Wednesday it had purchased facial recognition firm Viewdle for an undisclosed amount.

Microsoft Settles with 3322.org Operators in Nitol Botnet Case

Trend Micro has released version 5 of its Business Security Services (BSS) suite, tagged with the moniker of worry free, which for the majority of mom and pop operations is exactly what they need.

Lockheed Martin to Manage Defense Information Systems Agency Network Transformation Under $4.6 Billion Contract

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano met with the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s (HSAC) Task Force on CyberSkills this week, where they discussed the latest developments in improving the agency’s cybersecurity initiatives. In July, Secretary Napolitano directed the HSAC to form the task force due to the increasing demand to fill staffing gaps, by seeking experts from the cybersecurity field across industry, academia and government.

Two lawmakers are asking the United States Food and Drug Administration to start thinking more about how to secure medical devices from cyber-attacks.

Network security firm Fortinet has introduced three two-factor authentication (TFA) products, and four new wireless access points, just in time for the next release of its FortiOS operating system later this month.

In May, Nielsen released a study that found more the number of apps per smartphone in the U.S. jumped 28 percent between 2011 and 2012. Assuming this trend does not suddenly end, mobile app developers should expect to be busy.  

While it may be years before Keccak (pronounced “catch-ack”) is adopted for wide use, that doesn’t take away from the new cryptographic hash algorithm’s promise, or the effort spent in developing it. The NIST launched the search for SHA-3 five years ago, as a way to prepare for the loss of SHA-2 should it be broken.

WASHINGTON - US officials said Wednesday they shut down a series of so-called tech support scams, mostly operating from India, which duped consumers into paying to clean their computers of bogus virus infections. The Federal Trade Commission said a US judge has ordered a halt to six "scareware" operations and has frozen their assets following an investigation in cooperation with Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

A group of Republican Senators warned President Obama against proceeding with an executive order to establish cyber-security protections for critical infrastructure.