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Examining the patterns taken from data collected in the aftermath of more than 140 million blocked infection attempts, security vendor Trend Micro says that targeted attacks against individuals and organizations are on the rise.

Security researcher Don C. Weber spoke about OptiGuard, a tool that can be used to assess the security of smart meters. The talk was pulled earlier this year at the ShmooCon conference.

The World Wide Web (WWW) has come a long way during the last decade. By contrast, the HTTP protocol, which provides the communication application layer, has remained pretty much stable throughout that period. Changes to HTTP's specifications last occurred in 1999 when HTTP version 1.1 RFC was finalized by the by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

Trustwave and Microsoft Team to Bring Open-Source Web Application Firewall ModSecurity To IIS and Ngix Web Servers

Just before the launch date of Apple’s latest and greatest, Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), security vendors were in a flutter over the claimed discovery of a new piece of malware that targets Mac users. Yet, the malware hasn't been found in the wild, and it was discovered within a repository designed to share potentially malicious samples with the security community.

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA – RSA, the security arm of storage giant EMC, today unveiled a new service designed to stop malicious applications on mobile devices. The offering, the company says, comes at a time where there is a need to counter the emergence of malicious and unauthorized apps appearing in mobile app stores.

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Security and data protection solutions provider Websense, today launched new CyberSecurity Intelligence™ (CSI) services that give IT security teams access to an online sandbox environment, along with education and research services from the company’s Security Labs team, to help protect organizations from cyber attacks and data loss.

Saying it was the board's judgment that it was in the best interests to make a change in the CEO position, Symantec today said that Enrique Salem, president and CEO, has stepped down effective immediately and would be replaced by Steve Bennett who will take over the role as president and chief executive officer, in addition to his continued role as chairman of the board.

Some of the world's largest banks are operating while infected with serious malware, according to a recent report.

LAS VEGAS – BLACK HAT CONFERENCE – Microsoft today released the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 3.5 Technology Preview, which adds new Return Oriented Programming (ROP) defenses inspired by BlueHat Prize contest finalist Ivan Fratric.

Anons supporting OpAustralia have taken down at least ten domains maintained by the Queensland government this week, in protest of proposed changes to privacy laws. The attacks started over the weekend, as Australia’s Prime Minister was set to host a chat on Google+.

Five months after Gamigo, a German Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (MMORPG) publisher, suffered a data breach that was said to have exposed millions of accounts, the attackers have confirmed the damage by releasing more than 8 million passwords and email accounts taken during the incident.

Were You Aware that a Code of Ethics is a Condition of the CISSP Certification? The first two canons state the following:• Protect society, the commonwealth, and the infrastructure.• Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally.

Dropbox Still Investigating Possible Breach – Nothing Conclusive As of Yet Dropbox, a widely popular cloud storage platform, is still investing a possible breach after users in the U.K. and the EU started receiving spam messages on accounts used exclusively for the service. The most recent update from the company asks for more time, and notes that they have found nothing yet.