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Microsoft is starting out the new year quietly with just four security bulletins planned for Patch Tuesday.

On the surface, the fact that Yahoo! finally enabled HTTPS encryption for all Yahoo Mail users sounds like good news. However, one security expert called the move “too little too late” and found Yahoo's actions “quite troubling.”

Hackers Expose Member Data From Popular Eastern European Cybercrime Forum

The concept of control has long been a cornerstone for virtually every cyber security team’s approach to dealing with threats. But with cyber security professionals finding themselves at an increasing disadvantage when defending their IT environments, is it realistic to expect you can gain control over threats and outbreaks?

If nothing else, the breach at Target brought this point home - point-of-sale [POS] systems are firmly on the radar of attackers. So much so that US-CERT just recently warned retailers to do a better job of protecting their systems.

WASHINGTON - More than 30,000 people have signed an online petition calling on The Washington Post to tell readers that Amazon, founded by its owner Jeff Bezos, does business with the CIA, activists behind the campaign said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington in an effort to mend fences after a diplomatic crisis provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her mobile phone.

Researchers at LogRhythm have uncovered a malware campaign designed to steal bitcoins.

PARIS - France's data protection watchdog on Wednesday fined Google 150,000 euros ($205,000) -- the maximum possible -- for failing to comply with its privacy guidelines for personal data. The watchdog, the CNIL, also ordered the US Internet giant to publish a statement relating to its decision on its French homepage for at least 48 hours within the next eight days.

As promised in an October 2013 announcement, consumer Internet giant Yahoo! has enhanced the privacy and security for its users by enabling HTTPS connections by default for all Yahoo Mail users.

The past year was all about unprecedented concerns about Internet privacy, nation state espionage and (of course) breaches. 

EiQ Networks, a provider of security intelligence solutions, has released two new freemium security intelligence tools designed to help resource-constrained organizations address security management acquisition and operational complexities.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is stepping up consultations with the intelligence community this week, as he nears a final decision on reining in US spy agencies over mass phone-data sweeps.

Researchers at Symantec say they have noticed an uptick of PHP code inclusion attacks leveraging a two-year-old vulnerability.

Email security and anti-malware firm Commtouch, announced on Tuesday that it has rebranded itself under the name CYREN, effective immediately. According to the company, it adopted its new name as it completes its transformation into a provider of cloud-based information security solutions.