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Joining Microsoft who patched 47 security vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, and Adobe who issued security fixes for its products, BlackBerry on Tuesday issued four fixes that affect third party software running on its mobile devices.

Security researchers at Russia-based firm Group-IB estimates that the size of the Russian cybercrime market reached $1.938 billion in 2012.

Microsoft patched 47 security vulnerabilities across its product portfolio today as part of a massive Patch Tuesday update.

HP announced a new suite of IT services designed to help organizations protect and manage sensitive data while helping to reduce risk, improve life cycle data management, and manage compliance with new and existing federal regulatory requirements.

New Capabilities Give Customers More Control to Optimize Website Performance

BMW Accused of Spying on Paris Electric Car SchemePARIS - The group that runs Paris car-sharing scheme Autolib' said Tuesday it had filed a criminal complaint accusing German carmaker BMW of using spies to gather information on its electric cars.

Stepping back from the day-to-day enterprise view on cyber security we normally discuss in this column, I want to focus on the more macro impact of cyber security from a global perspective. While they teach you in law school to never ask a question that you don’t already have the definitive answer for, I’m going to go against this logic and pose the question of whether or not cyber has been the global equalizer to my fellow security experts.

AT&T announced an expanded set of managed security solutions (MSS) and new capabilities on Tuesday, including a new mobile security solution set to be available later this year.

New Features in HyTrust Appliance 3.5 Help Reduce Operational Risk in Multi-Tenant Private Clouds

Adware is being spread alongside Mevade malware variants hitting users in the U.S. and Japan, according to Trend Micro.

Silent Circle, a startup providing private encrypted communications solutions, on Monday announced new bundled service offerings for its secure communications platform.

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia said Monday it will outlaw the dissemination of information on the Internet for the benefit of "terrorist" groups, in line with a decision taken by Gulf Arab monarchies. The official SPA news agency said the cabinet approved the "unified legislation against cybercrime," which the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) adopted in December.

WASHINGTON - Google and Yahoo filed court requests Monday to disclose more about US government's national security data requests, saying media reports on the matter have been misleading and harmful.

CrowdStrike, a security firm focused detection and mitigation of targeted attacks, today announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B financing, bringing the total raised by the Irvine, California-based company to $56 million.

Hackers are increasingly trying to exploit PHP 'SuperGlobal' variables as a way to compromise their targets, according to a new report from Imperva.