According to the SSL Labs website, “There is little doubt that SSL is the technology that protects the internet. By transforming insecure communication channels into opaque data streams, SSL allows sensitive data to reach its destination uncompromised….

Everyone likes to catch some naptime shut-eye now and again – including, apparently, malware. FireEye Labs has encountered stealthy malware that employs extended sleep calls to evade automated analysis systems capturing its behavior.

The strategy and an accompanying proposal for a Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS) across the European Union is expected to be published today, February 7 2013.

Bamital is a click-fraud and search hijack operation that is estimated to have earned its operators around $1 million annually. Microsoft and Symantec have now identified and shut down all known components of the botnet.

Imagine if hackers were able to remotely control electronic door locks, alarms, lights, elevators, heating and thermostat systems, and other physical industrial facilities? Well it turns out that, thanks to a critical vulnerability in Honeywell industr…

The agreement, effective from February 4, 2013, gives the US networking giant the Webscreen technology plus some assets, while providing Accumuli with $10 million to invest in its core services.

Two vendors specializing in enterprise-based mobile security recently announced a partnership that will integrate their technologies for BYOD deployments

When it comes to malware, threats are coalescing into four typical methods that cybercriminals are using today to extract money from their victims, according to Fortinet Labs. The research also showed increasing activity in mobile malware variants of t…

Card processing giant Visa is embracing the idea of a common US debit security approach by agreeing to partially open up the kimono on the technology behind its Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) chip card – hoping to facilitate EMV adoption in the process.

An advanced persistent threat (APT) specifically targeting the aerospace and defense industries has been uncovered, with likely ties to Chinese hackers, security researchers say.