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WASHINGTON - Cyberattackers, probably state sponsored, have been targeting energy operations in the United States and Europe since 2011 and were capable of causing significant damage, security researchers said Monday.

Many Security Operations Centers (SOCs) find themselves inundated with and overwhelmed by large volumes of false positives, non-actionable alerts, and noise. People often ask me how they can address this situation to improve and strengthen their signal-to-noise ratio.

A new banking malware spotted by Trend Micro intercepts and logs outgoing traffic in an effort to harvest sensitive information from victims.

A new SMS worm dubbed "Selfmite" has been infecting Android devices in a pay-per-install scheme that abuses advertising services, AdaptiveMobile announced last week.

WASHINGTON - The US National Security Agency released its first "transparency report" Friday, as part of an effort to quell the firestorm over reports of its massive data collection efforts. The NSA report said that in 2013, it obtained fewer than 2,000 orders from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

WASHINGTON - The US Congress has passed a law offering whistleblower protections for government intelligence employees, a move cheered Wednesday by supporters of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

The Oil and Natural Gas industry this week unveiled a new Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ONG-ISAC) to facilitate the exchange of information, help evaluate risks, and provide up-to-date security guidance to U.S. companies.

A serious security hole that has been plaguing the Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer (LZO) algorithm for the past 20 years has been finally patched.

DUBAI - Human Rights Watch on Friday demanded a clarification from Saudi Arabia over allegations from security researchers that the kingdom is infecting and monitoring dissidents' mobile phones with surveillance malware.

When it comes to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and mobile security, organizations are often shortsighted, focusing only on protecting corporate data stored on mobile devices. This narrow view prevents information technology and security professionals from responding to incidents effectively.

WASHINGTON - The bitcoin world kicked into high gear Friday as the US government began auctioning some of the virtual currency seized in an FBI investigation of dark Web bazaar Silk Road.

Flash-based ads are being used by an advertising network to lure the visitors of various websites to a landing page that has been set up to distribute malware, Internet security firm Malwarebytes said on Thursday.

South Korean Bank Customers Targeted with Android MalwareSecurity researchers at mobile software company Cheetah Mobile have identified a piece of Android malware that's designed to steal the personal and financial details of South Korean online banking customers.

Europol and the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), Europe’s cyber security agency, signed an agreement on Thursday to enhance cooperation in the fight against cybercrime.