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Security breaches, cyber criminals, and organized attacks made it nearly impossible to keep personal and financial data private, according to Trend Micro. This annual report …

More than a quarter (27 per cent) of parents believe their children have been exposed to online risks, such as accessing inappropriate content or cyber bullying in the past 12 …

The number of phishing campaigns increased by more than 20 percent in the third quarter of 2013, with crimeware attacks evolving and proliferating, according to the APWG. The …

At first take, it looked like Microsoft would continue the 2014 trend of keeping patch Tuesday relatively light. There were only 5 advisories this month, two critical, three …

Security concerns are preventing businesses from unlocking the potential benefits of data center consolidation and cloud services, according to SafeNet. The research, which is …

Prolexic Technologies issued a high alert DDoS attack threat advisory on the DNS Flooder v1.1 toolkit. The toolkit makes it faster and easier for malicious actors to launch …

Use of encryption continues to grow in response to consumer concerns, privacy compliance regulations and on-going cyber attacks and yet there are still major challenges in …

Kaspersky Lab discovered “The Mask” (aka Careto), an advanced Spanish-language speaking threat actor that has been involved in global cyber-espionage operations …

A new MeriTalk study, underwritten by Brocade, examines how the implementation of the Big Five – data center consolidation, mobility, security, big data, and cloud …

Sophos has acquired Cyberoam Technologies, a provider of network security products. The acquisition expands and deepens Sophos’ product portfolio in network security, by …

SecureMac has discovered a new Trojan which targets OS X and spies on web traffic to steal Bitcoins. The OSX/CoinThief.A malware has been found in the wild, and there are …

When it comes to data breaches, the risk for organizations is higher than ever before – from the calculable costs of leaked data to the less tangible effects on the …