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Microsoft is not just taking down botnets; it is taking them down and naming names.In an amended complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Microsoft named Andrey N. Sabelnikov of St. Petersburg, Russia, as the alleged head of the notorious Kelihos botnet.

AlertEnterprise, a Freemont, California-based provider of security, risk, and compliance management software, today launched AlertEnterprise Compliance Express, a NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliance solution designed for smaller organizations such as Cooperative and Municipal Utilities.

Should Security Concerns Make You Think Twice About Where FTP is Used Within Your Organization?

Twitter has acquired Dasient Inc., a provider of anti-malware solutions for web sites and ad networks.

Security expert thinks radio frequency could be used to detect cyber attacks on critical infrastructure with complex systems.

New Solution Helps Enterprises Discover, Understand and Block Malware Utilizing Big Data AnalyticsSourcefire today introduced a new malware protection and analysis solution designed to work alongside traditional endpoint security solutions and help discover malware threats that may have been missed by existing endpoint defenses.

New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) today disclosed that they have suffered from a data breach, including unauthorized access to customer records which include customer names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and, in some cases, financial institution account numbers.

The European Commission stated that on January 25, it will propose several changes to the data protection and privacy rules put into place over 15-years ago. The changes, the commission said, focus on reinforcing individuals’ rights, strengthening the EU market, and ensuring a high level of data protection.The proposed changes will streamline the existing policies and rules currently used by the 27 countries that make up the European Union. While there is plenty of overlap in the EU, there are...

The U.S. Air Force says it knows what caused an RQ-170 drone to crash in Iran, but will not release specific details. What’s certain, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz told Reuters, is that Iran had nothing to do with it.

Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins as President & CEOBlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Sunday announced that it has named Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer of the struggling mobile device maker.

HBGary, the firm that gained wide attention after they were hacked by Anonymous early last year, has partnered with HP in order to get HBGary’s Active Defense integrated with the ArcSight platform.

As Anonymous initiated what it said will be the “largest attack ever on government and music industry sites” in response to actions taken by the Justice Department against operators of file sharing site Megaupload.com, downloads of a popular DoS attack tool have spiked

On Thursday, Rapid7 announced that a new Metasploit module, designed to target the GE D20 PLC, was ready for use. The SCADA focused addition is part of Project Basecamp, which seeks to prove the flexibility of the Metasploit framework.

I am a millionaire. Actually, I’m a multi-millionaire. Or rather I could be if I helped the honorable Mr. Nagumba get his money out of Nigeria, or helped Barbara get her money out of Brazil, or picked up my unclaimed lottery winnings, or helped another half dozen people in the last month.

Anonymous Launches #OpMegaupload, Launches Massive DDoS Attacks Against Multiple Targets in Retaliation for Action Against Megaupload.ComThe Anonymous collective moved swiftly today, in response to actions taken by the Justice Department against operators of Megaupload.com, a wildly popular file sharing and online storage service.