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Microsoft: Techniques Used By Flame Could Be Used By Less Sophisticated Attackers to Launch Widespread Attacks

The secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is launching a new effort called 'Plan X' to improve its cyber-warfare capabilities, according to the Washington Post.DARPA's mission is to develop technologies for the U.S. military in the name of national security. According to the Washington Post, the effort represents a shift in the priorities of the agency, whose past activities in cyberspace have been more focused on protecting defense department computers. In November, DARPA announced a research initiative to improve...

Earlier this week, SecurityWeek reported that the University of Nebraska was investigating a cyber attack that resulted in a security breach of an information system that houses sensitive data on students and alumni dating back to 1985 that contains personal records for students, alumni and applicants of the university’s four campuses and could affect up to 650,000 individuals.

High Profile Breaches Create a Misguided Belief That SMBs are Immune from Attacks Because They Are Small Fish in a Big Ocean.

IPv6 Security Challenges: Experts Offer Advice for Organizations Planning to Deploy IPv6, Starting with Ensuring Visibility and Control.World IPv6 Launch day is scheduled for June 6 with the goal of bringing major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Web companies together to jumpstart widespread adoption of IPv6.  But from a security standpoint, companies should follow an old saying: look before you leap.

Earlier this week, SecurityWeek reported on news that Cambridge University researchers discovered a backdoor on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chip used by the U.S military. The news originally spread like wildfire, but shortly after, some began to doubt that the story was worth the hype.

Author David Sanger Says President Obama Ordered Wave of Cyberattacks Against IranAccording to a soon-to-be-released book by The New York Times' chief Washington correspondent, David Sanger, President Obama secretly ordered - and decided to accelerate - cyber attacks against systems that powered Iran’s prime nuclear enrichment facility, namely its Natanz plant. The famous attack, as we all know, was Stuxnet.

Apple has released a document that examines the security technology and features implemented within iOS, the platform that operates the consumer market’s most successful line of mobile devices. While none of the information is new or unknown, the guide is noteworthy, if only because it offers an official basic list of best practices to organizations wishing to deploy Apple devices.

CSIS Security Group researchers have discovered what they are calling the "World’s smallest trojan-banker," a piece of malware that proves dangerous things can come in small packages. Given the hype surrounding Flame and its massive size of 20MB, the discovery of something one thousand times smaller, and still quite dangerous, puts things in perspective.

New Security Acceleration Module Boasts 108 Security Cores for High Performance in Low Latency Environments

A new report from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that small and medium business (SMB) spending on security technology continues experience strong growth and is expected to exceed $5.6 billion by 2015 in the United States.While overall SMB IT spending in the U.S. is forecast to grow at a rate of 5-6% per year over the period, IDC says security-specific products and solutions is expected to grow at nearly twice that rate.

FireMon Security Manager 6.0 Delivers Integrated Risk Analysis and Policy and Configuration Management Solution for Network Security FireMon, a provider of security management and risk analysis solutions, this week announced the latest version of its security policy and posture management solution, FireMon Security Manager 6.0.

Booz Allen Hamilton Establishes Operations in Kuwait to Enhance Technology and Cyber Defense Capabilities IT consulting services firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, announced on Wednesday that it has setup shop and established a new partnership in Kuwait in order to secure key government contracts related to both government and commercial projects in the Gulf state.

The IT world is quickly embracing Big Data. Huge data stores are the next big step in analyzing the massive amounts of data being collected in the name of analytics. For example, startups are using these systems to analyze trillions of DNA strips to gain an understanding of our genealogy. Well-established companies are adopting the technology to map and time transportation systems across the world to make our traveling cheaper and easier.

Simurgh, a privacy tool used in Iran and Syria to bypass Internet censorship and governmental monitoring, is being circulated with a backdoor. The compromised version has been offered on P2P networks and via web searches. Research conducted by CitizenLab.org has shown that malicious version isn’t available form the original software source, only through third-party access, so it appears that Simurgh has been repackaged.