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Fortinet announced three new consolidated security appliances for the mid-range market segment that includes medium size businesses, enterprise customers, application service …

111 individuals have been indicted in the largest identity theft takedown in U.S. history. The defendants, members of five organized forged credit card and identity theft …

Stonesoft announced it has delivered 163 new advanced evasion technique (AET) samples for global vulnerability coordination. The new samples include AETs over a number of …

AuthenTec introduced a security solution that combines VPN client security with fingerprint recognition for Android smartphones and tablets. The QuickSec Mobile VPN Client 2.0 …

The proliferation and usage of mobile devices is exponentially growing, as is consumers’ dependence on the Web, causing many to lose sight of the importance of keeping …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, videos, articles and podcasts: Serious disconnect between security perceptions and reality The …

There has been an increase in newer, intelligent application-layer DDoS attacks that are extremely difficult to identify “in the cloud,” and often go undetected …

Have you ever spent ages trying to find the results of a particular portscan you were sure you did? Or grepping through a bunch of files looking for data for a particular host …

In the last 12 months, we have seen a marked rise in hacktivism, financially motivated crime, and potentially state-sponsored cyber attacks. The range of targets has also …

FraudSense announced a public demo featuring its proprietary real-time anti-phishing detection algorithms. FraudSense identifies and disables fraudulent websites in real-time. …

PandaLabs detected a malicious link on Facebook that was being used to exploit the news of the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Just a few hours after Steve Jobs’ …

Most users get hacked at high rates even when they do not think they are engaging in risky behavior, with 62% unaware of how their accounts had been compromised, according to …