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Researchers at Core Security uncovered a set of serious vulnerabilities affecting Oracle VirtualBox that can be targeted to remotely execute code. VirtualBox is a virtualization software package for x86 and AMD64/Intel64-based computers. Among other capabilities, VirtualBox allows guest machines to use the host machine's GPU to render 3D graphics based on OpenGL or Direct3D APIs.

Prolexic Technologies and Arbor Networks both issued warnings to organizations this week about the increased threat of NTP amplification DDoS attacks.

Researchers at Sucuri have discovered an attack abusing a commonly-used feature of WordPress to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

Despite concerns over unemployment and the challenging job market, the IT job market has been fairly healthy, and demand for cyber-security professionals remained high in 2013, according to a new jobs study.

WASHINGTON - A top US lawmaker's hotly disputed charge that the CIA illegally spied on Senate staff has roiled the intelligence community, fraying ties between the agency and its overseers in Congress.

Security researchers from BAE Systems and G-Data recently shared research on a cyber-espionage toolkit called Snake (also referred to as Turla or Uroburos) that was used in attacks against targets in the

Market research firm eMarketer predicts that more than 4.5 billion people in the world will use a mobile phone in 2014. That means more customers for smartphone companies; it also means more potential victims for attackers.

There are many important and useful tools related to the metrics landscape; let's take a look at some of them and how they fit together. For the sake of this discussion, I'll stick with the definition of “metrics” that I offered previously:

WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency has developed malware that allows it to collect data automatically from millions of computers worldwide, a report based on leaked documents showed Wednesday.

PARIS - Shady agencies at the service of democratically elected governments are among the worst online spies in the world, media watchdog RSF said Wednesday, putting them on the same level as offenders in Iran, China and Saudi Arabia.

The bad news - attackers have continued to leverage a highly-publicized Internet Explorer vulnerability. The good news is however that vulnerability now has a patch.

WASHINGTON - A senior US senator on Tuesday accused the Central Intelligence Agency of illegally searching computers of Senate staff members who were investigating a CIA interrogation program.

NSA Nominee Defends Bulk Data CollectionWASHINGTON - The nominee to head the US National Security Agency on Tuesday defended the use of bulk data collection but said he also wants more transparency about the secretive spy service.

Security firm Accuvant has reached an agreement to become part of investment management firm Blackstone. As part of the deal, Blackstone will acquire a majority stake in Accuvant, and Accuvant management and existing shareholder Sverica International will invest in Blackstone, a private equity firm.