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CyberArk, a provider of enterprise security solutions that help companies secure and manage privileged accounts, announced a new solution this week that was designed to detect malicious privileged account behavior and stop attacks in-progress.

WASHINGTON - The European Commission welcomed a "positive and constructive" meeting Monday with the US attorney general, urging action to curb distrust after revelations about US interception of European communications.

As NATO's Afghanistan Mission Comes to an End, The Focus is Switching to a Future of Cyber- and Information-warfare.BRUSSELS - Looking to a new role, NATO is pressing ahead with a high-tech, high-security headquarters to replace the supposedly temporary residence it ended up having to use for 50 years.

It may not always be a bull market on Wall Street, but it certainly seems to be one in the cyber underground when it comes time to sell goods and services.

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Monday said the Internet firm will begin encrypting data to protect users from online snooping.

A new study from Hewlett-Packard (HP) suggests mobile app developers are leaving security in the dust during the development process.

Symantec has issued an alert to warn organizations about targeted attacks against a previously undocumented security hole in Ichitaro, a word processing software program used by central and local governments as well as educational institutions in Japan.

NEW YORK CITY - Five people were arrested Monday following a global "cyber heist" in which hackers stole $45 million by overriding the cash withdrawal limits of prepaid debit cards, US officials said.

NEW YORK CITY - Google has agreed to pay $17 million to settle an investigation by US states into its use of unauthorized tracking software on Apple Safari Web browsers, officials said Monday.

LONDON - The activities of GCHQ, Britain's secret eavesdropping agency, have come under intense scrutiny since former US analyst Edward Snowden said it was one of the main players in mass telecommunications surveillance. GCHQ is at the heart of Britain's "special relationship" with the United States when it comes to spying, according to Snowden's blizzard of leaks.

Headlines over the past few months have made official something that many of us suspected for a while: the United States government has access to information that many people — and businesses — believed was private. Specifically, the National Security Agency (NSA) is capable of monitoring email and phone calls (and may be doing so more frequently than suspected.)

Hacker Linked to Anonymous gets 10-year SentenceNEW YORK CITY - A computer programmer linked to the online hacktivist group Anonymous who pleaded guilty to hacking the intelligence firm Stratfor was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.

WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency is amassing a huge database of international money transfers that includes the financial and personal data of millions of Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

There’s been a lot of debate lately over the role the Cloud has within Critical Infrastructure, and whether or not the Cloud is itself a Critical Infrastructure. In a recent webinar, “Cloud Computing, and Critical Infrastructure,” it was put to debate. The later point proved nolo contendere — it was unanimously agreed that the Cloud is a technical infrastructure that could impact a nation’s safety, security and prosperity.