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NGFW and UTM Market Predicted to Top $5 Billion by 2018

Google has released a preview version of a new Chrome extension designed to give users the ability to encrypt, decrypt, digital sign, and verify signed messages within their Web browser using OpenPGP.

BERLIN - Germany's federal prosecutor said Wednesday he had opened an investigation over alleged snooping by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. "I informed parliament's legal affairs committee that I have started a preliminary investigation over tapping of a mobile phone of the chancellor," Harald Range said.

We are in the midst of graduation season where students say goodbye to their academic institutions and begin taking steps towards what they’ve been preparing for most (or at least for the past four years) of their lives, a career. As someone who built and maintained a career in the cyber security industry, I’d like to take this opportunity to appeal to the best and brightest of our new graduates to think about joining the ranks of network security professionals.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed on Tuesday that the final competition for its automated security systems development challenge will take place in 2016 at DEF CON.

Israel-based enterprise security intelligence startup Fortscale has secured $10 million in a funding round led by Blumberg Capital and Intel Capital. According to the company, the newly-raised money will be used to establish a new headquarters in Silicon Valley, expand its R&D and analytics teams, and promote partnerships.

Cloudera has acquired big data security provider Gazzang to build out its security capabilities.

Researchers at Arbor Networks have spotted a new family of point-of-sale malware that ties several techniques together in an effort to steal information. The malware, which has been named Soraya, uses a mix of memory scraping techniques similar to the Dexter malware while intercepting form data sent from web browsers like the Zeus Trojan.

Report Details How Attackers Can Mask Dangerous Threat Activity

Researchers have uncovered vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin that could be used to escalate privileges and conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Security may be part of an IT professional’s daily world, but these days consumers are just as concerned about protecting their privacy online. It’s no surprise that many businesses are trying to boost their brand image and differentiate themselves from their competitors by promising superior security.

Microsoft Report Analyzes Impact of Today’s Decisions on Future of Global Cybersecurity Microsoft has released a new report that aims to show the technology industry and policymakers how technology, economic, and social policy decisions could influence cyberspace in the next 10 years.

A 25-year-old man from New Bedford, Massachusetts, has been charged with hacking into the computer networks of several organizations in the United States.

Jeffrey Carr, founder of Taia Global Inc.

British telecommunications services company BT has appointed Les Anderson as vice president of cyber at BT Security in an effort to enhance protection of both the organization itself and its customers.