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Researchers at McAfee found new malware samples using AutoIt, joining the growing ranks of malware using the scripting language. According to McAfee, the samples belonged to the Vertexnet botnet. The malware uses multiple layers of obfuscation – but once decoded, connects to a control server to accept commands and transfer stolen data.

WASHINGTON - An Internet freedom coalition backed by US technology giants asked Thursday for 21 countries to release information on national security and law enforcement data requests.

Black Hat expanded its lineup of security events this week, announcing on Thursday that it will host a Black Hat Regional Summit in Brazil this November.

WASHINGTON - Spying allegations and a delayed state visit have breached once-strong ties between the United States and Brazil, and only time will rebuild trust, analysts said Wednesday.

Lockbox, a provider of secure file sharing solutions, today announced the availability of Lockbox for iPad and iPhone. Lockbox offers a Client Portal that allows information to be shared with multiple parties simultaneously, providing quick, easy, and secure and private collaboration.

A notorious piece of financial malware has been surging lately, and is targeting the credentials and information of customers of two dozen banks. 

As our IT environments have expanded to include networks, endpoints, mobile devices and virtual assets so too have our security tools. Most organizations have ended up with a set of disparate technologies across these control points that were never designed to work together. The result: breaches happen. It’s a fact of life.

Security software maker Trend Micro officially announced the grand opening of its Global Operations Headquarters in Irving/Las Colinas, Texas this week. Located just outside of Dallas, the new location will house operations for the company’s threat research, finance, legal, customer support, commercial sales and marketing, and human resources business units.

WASHINGTON - Revelations about the US government's secret surveillance programs has had a big impact on "trust metrics" of Internet companies like Facebook, the social network chief Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Brooklyn campus of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) will be the nerve center this week for the world's biggest hacking competition, as more than 10,000 participants from across the world compete in the preliminary round to find the best student teams for the tenth annual NYU-Poly Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW).

DeviceLock, a provider of data leak prevention (DLP) software for endpoints, today today released DeviceLock Endpoint DLP Suite version 7.3, a new version that extends support to Mac OS X-based computers.

Cigital, a provider of software security services and solutions, has launched new cloud-based Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing solutions to its lineup.

In my previous column, I examined the legality of parents monitoring their kids’ electronic communications. After I submitted the article, I realized I’d addressed the subject in the wrong order. Parenting, much like our legal system, is founded on three basic steps: 1) establish rules, 2) monitor compliance, and 3) modify non-compliant behavior.

LynuxWorks, a provider of tools and technologies for the embedded software market, today announced the RDS5201, a new product designed to help detect the stealthiest of advanced persistent threats (APT), the rootkit.

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff postponed a long-planned state visit to Washington on Tuesday, the most serious diplomatic fall-out yet from Edward Snowden's leak of US secrets.