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BELIZE CITY - John McAfee, founder of the eponymous anti-virus company, is on the run for killing another US citizen in a resort town, Belizean police said Monday. Police raided McAfee's mansion on the island of Ambergris Caye, in northeastern Belize, late Sunday to question him about the murder of American Gregory Faull. But McAfee was nowhere to be found, said the head of the country's anti-organized crime brigade, Marco Vidal.

Supporters of Anonymous have raided the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), accusing them of failing to hold up their end of a promise to keep an eye on the Ukrainian elections. The raid resulted in several hundred documents being leaked, most marked as classified or confidential, and covering everything from political memos and internal communications to phone records.

A cyber-espionage campaign at the center of recent reports about attacks targeting Israel has been underway for the past year, according to security vendor Norman ASA.

Network security firm Sourcefire has expanded and enhanced its line of FirePOWER appliances with advanced malware protection capabilities.

Anonymous, the loosely associative collective responsible for the Christmas-Eve hacking of Stratfor in 2011, is being linked to the recent resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus. The link comes from the fact that his alleged mistress’ email account was dumped and exposed during the Stratfor breach.

HootSuite, a social media management company, is apologizing to users and assuring them that they value their privacy more than they may realize. The apology comes after the company sent out emails over the weekend that included the names and email addresses of thousands of other users.

According to Reuters, citing a yet-to-be-released report and people familiar with the issue, staffers at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission left sensitive documents vulnerable to attackers by failing to protect it properly. 

As our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by Super Storm Sandy and the many who continue to deal with the aftermath of the storm, it seems timely to also reflect on the lessons learned from this natural disaster. What can we glean from Sandy that will help us deal with security events as disruptive in nature as Super Storm Sandy? Do we need a strategic shift in how we respond to incidents? What are key security observations...

Thoma Bravo Continues Its Security Firm Buying Spree With Acquisition of Crossbeam Systems On Friday, Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo announced that it has acquired Crossbeam Systems, Inc., a Boxborough, Massachusetts-based maker of network security solutions.

Thousands of WordPress websites have been hijacked recently to redirect to a "work at home" scam, according to researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Friday reported unexplained disruptions to its service in China. "We've checked and there is nothing wrong on our end," a Google spokeswoman told AFP. An online tool that tracks outages or disruptions to the California-based Internet giant's services showed online traffic in China plummet mid-day.

WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin sacked its president and chief executive-in-waiting Christopher Kubasik Friday over an unauthorized "close personal relationship" with an employee of the company. The company said it took the action after an ethics investigation confirmed the "improper conduct" which violated the powerful defense contractor's code of ethics.

LONDON - Britain's tax department on Friday confirmed it was investigating missing data after a newspaper reported that HSBC bank was being probed over offshore accounts in Jersey used by criminals. "We can confirm we have received the data and we are studying it," HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said in a statement. "We receive information from a very wide range of sources which we use to ensure the tax rules are being respected.

The infamous Stuxnet virus infected Chevron’s network in 2010, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The oil giant told the paper that they believe the infection was not intended, noting that the government wasn’t aware of how far the infection spread.

MoneyGram International Inc., a company that provides money transfer services, has reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice and will pay $100 million for aiding and abetting wire fraud and failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.