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Law enforcement authorities from all over the world arrested around 100 individuals suspected of creating, distributing and using BlackShades RAT (ShadyRAT). However, experts say it's unlikely this will end the use of BlackShades.

Researchers with Akamai Technologies have witnessed a significant uptick in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) reflection attacks since April 11. SNMP is typically used in devices such as printers, routers and firewalls that can be found both in the home and enterprise environments. According to Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering and Response Team (PLXsert), it is the devices that support SNMP v2 are most often used in the attacks.

Trustwave has released its Global Security Report for 2014. The new study is based on data gathered from 691 breach investigations and focuses on security threats, cybercrime and data breaches. Payment card data continues to be the top type of data that's compromised in breaches. However, the percentage of data thefts involving confidential, non-payment card data has reached 45 percent in 2013. This represents a 33 percent increase compared to the previous year. 

Cisco Systems is planning to acquire malware analysis and threat intelligence solution provider ThreatGRID. The financial details of the deal were not made public.

Hewlett Packard's Zero Day Initiative has released information about a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that empowers the attacker to remotely execute code.

Just as a good novel has themes, so too do the security challenges facing industrial control systems.

Newly appointed U.S. Attorney David Hickton convinced a Western Pennsylvania grand jury that "five officers in Unit 61398 of the Third Department of the Peoples Liberation Army hacked or attempted to hack into U.S. entities named in the indictment." This indictment fails on multiple levels, which I'll demonstrate in this article, but the bottom line is that it isn't actionable.

Increasing Sophistication of Iranian Attack Tactics Has Striking Similarities With How Chinese Hacker Groups Have Evolved

Google has announced the availability of Chrome 35 for all platforms. In addition to new features and improvements, the latest Windows, Mac and Linux versions of the web browser also include fixes for 23 security vulnerabilities. The search engine giant has rewarded security researchers with a total of $9,500 for responsibly disclosing the flaws.

After Cyberattack, eBay Recommends Password ChangeNEW YORK - US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database containing customer passwords and other personal data in what could be one of the biggest breaches of its kind.

Silent Circle, a startup providing private encrypted communications solutions, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $30 million in funding in a round led by investors including Ross Perot Jr. and Cain Capital.

With the Ever-Changing Threat Landscape, Knowledge is Power.

NEW YORK - Microsoft said Tuesday it would maintain efforts to gain approval in China for its Windows 8 operating system after a ban announced by Beijing. "We were surprised to learn about the reference to Windows 8 in this notice," the company said in a statement, referring to a Chinese government official notice.

BEIJING - Washington is playing the victim of cyber-espionage when in fact it is the world's top intelligence power, a Chinese state-run newspaper said Wednesday in a sharply-worded editorial.

PRETORIA - South African police said Wednesday they have smashed an international cybercrime network operating out of Pretoria which led to 20 arrests in a joint operation with the United States.