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Kaspersky Lab's CEO is on a mission to save the world from cyber-war. And along the way, if he can stop those cyber-criminals, that's a bonus.

State-sanctioned attackers broke into French government computers and illegally obtained top-secret information, according to an exclusive report in the French paper L'Express. The United States was behind the incident, the paper claimed.

A booby-trapped email message led to the massive data breach of South Carolina's tax system over the summer, according to the latest timeline of events.

Denying The Enemy’s Ability to Gather Information About An Enterprise Is Crucial to Its Security....

Mozilla has released the latest version of its Firefox Web browser, which addresses a massive batch of 2,365 bugs. In addition to general usability issues, the latest release addresses 16 security issues.

Andrew Auernheimer, of Goatse Security fame, was found guilty on Tuesday of one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computers and one count of identity theft. His case started back in 2010, when he and Daniel Spitler exposed a logic flaw in a web application used by AT&T iPad customers.

A security researcher has developed a proof-of-concept malware capable of remotely accessing smart card readers on Windows machines.

In a muffled and convoluted audio recording, the ex-councilman of the village of Carmelita, Anthony Rhaburn, allegedly tries to convince an employee working for John McAfee to help the government of Belize kill him. The audio recording (embedded at the bottom of this article) is part of a blog post made by McAfee, as the saga of his collapsing world unfolds.

Symantec researchers have discovered a piece of malware that leverages Google Docs to communicate with its command-and-control (C&C) server. The malware is a version of the Makadocs Trojan, which opens a backdoor on the compromised computer and tries to steal information. The latest version of the malware uses Google Docs are a proxy server to reach its C&C.

Just days after NASA warned that a laptop containing unencrypted sensitive employee information was stolen from the space agency, another large organization has come forward and acknowledged a similar incident, also involving a stolen laptop loaded with sensitive personal information, and resulting in many individuals being put at risk.

Defending Against Complex Cyber Attacks Requires a Radical Approach to SecurityBROOKLYN, NY—While security researchers have unraveled many of the mysteries surrounding Stuxnet, Flame, Duqu, and Gauss, experts acknowledge that many secrets remain.

The fortress walls organizations need to build around the data for security are getting larger, and do not stop at the data center.

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) called Tuesday for a probe into "willful" financial misstatements by Autonomy, a British software firm it bought for over $10 billion, which HP now says was overvalued. HP's share price tumbled 10.7 percent to $11.87 in midday trade on Wall Street, as the new problems weighed on the US computer giant already struggling with a changing technology landscape.

When the worst happens, and a breach has caused serious damage to your organization, you may be placed into a position where you need to contact law enforcement, perhaps even the FBI. If that happens to be the case, a recent document published by Public Intelligence outlines the things that will help you when the feds have to be called in.