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In a rare move, Oracle broke its normal procedures and issued an emergency patch due to concerns about the impact of a successful attack.The fix addresses a denial-of-service vulnerability in Oracle’s Apache Web server software. According to Oracle, the issue affects multiple versions of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1, Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 and Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2.

Since the discovery of Stuxnet in 2010, there has been a bit of a bull’s eye on the software used to run industrial control systems. Just recently, Italian security researcher Luigi Auriemma poked a new set of holes in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) products from a number of vendors, including Progea, Rockwell Automation, Cogent and Measuresoft.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Japan's largest defense contractor, has been a victim of a cyber attack, according to a report from the company. The company said attackers had gained access to company computer systems, with some reports saying the attacks targeted its submarine, missile and nuclear power plant component businesses.

Like any business decision, make a plan on what new technology you are going to use, then support that plan with enabling security controls to put it into reality.

McAfee announced new security technology this week that leverages Intel hardware and could be used to fight rootkits.Dubbed DeepSafe, the technology enables McAfee to develop hardware-assisted security products that take advantage of a “deeper security footprint,” according to the company. The technology sits below the operating system, which officials hope will allow McAfee to proactively block rootkits that bury themselves in the OS to avoid detection.

The SpyEye Trojan has a well-earned place of respect in cyber-underground as an adaptable and effective piece of malware. Those same traits have also made it a bane for countless victims and the security community, and new research by Trend Micro provides yet another reminder of why.

Security experts from Sourcefire talked up the company’s “Agile Security” strategy this week, emphasizing the need for informed, adaptive and automated security products to protect today's dynamic IT environments from constantly changing threats. The strategy comes down what the company calls four essential tenets:

Co3 Systems, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based startup, made its official debut as a company this week, and also launched its first offering—a SaaS-based data loss management solution.Looking to target an underserved aspect of breaches, Co3 says its solution can help businesses cut incident response process time by as much as half – significantly reducing the risk, expense and resources associated with data loss incidents.

FireHost, a Dallas based cloud hosting provider that has made security the focus of its offerings, today announced that it has raised $10 Million in a Series B round of funding.

The mobile industry needs to work together at pushing timely updates to Android users. The real question is motivation.With more and more mobile malware being directed at Android-based phones, you’d think the carriers and manufacturers would respond quickly to security and software updates to the underlying operating systems. According to a new survey that doesn't appear to be the case.

Tufin Technologies has updated its flagship firewall management suite with the ability to set new user and application-level policies for “next-generation” firewalls.

Patch Tuesday has arrived with a bevy of patches from Microsoft starring alongside patches from Adobe Systems.On Microsoft’s end, the company issued five security bulletins to plug a total of 15 vulnerabilities. Details of the bulletins were inadvertently made public briefly last week. All of the bulletins are rated ‘Important’, and none carry an exploitability rating higher than ‘2.’

Starting in January 2012, ICANN -- whose role is to oversee the huge and complex interconnected network of unique identifiers that allow computers on the Internet to find one another, including the Domain Name System (DNS) -- will allow applications from any company, city or organization in the world to manage their own generic top-level domain (gTLD). This new gTLD program will enable an unprecedented level of competition, and potential innovation, in the domain name market. But will this expansion...

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Europe’s cyber security agency, published a new report this week that focuses on App-Store Security. The report, “Appstore security: 5 lines of defence against malware,” was published in response to the increasing number of attacks targeting mobile devices via app-stores.