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Blackhole exploit kit author arrested in Russia

The future of the one of the most popular attack tools is uncertain, researcher says

Oct 8, 2013 3 mins

Access Control Malware Small and Medium Business

Campaigners crowdfund bid to take UK to human rights court over Prism spying

The European Court of Human Rights should decide if the government's Internet surveillance is legal, privacy groups said

By Loek Essers

Oct 8, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Networking Security

The toll of enterprise cybercrime: $11.8 million per year; 122 attacks per week

Ponemon Institute survived 60 large companies and found the toll of cybercrime is growing

By Ellen Messmer

Oct 8, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Hacking Network Security

Release of Yahoo dispute documents by FISA court may be delayed

DOJ said staff are prohibited from working on the declassification during the US government shutdown

By John Ribeiro

Oct 8, 2013 2 mins

Cybercrime IPv6 Internet Service Providers

Three indicted in alleged source code theft from trading house

Manhattan's prosecutor says his office is focusing on intellectual property theft

By Jeremy Kirk

Oct 8, 2013 2 mins

Cybercrime Intellectual Property Legal

Chinese hackers miss Google network, but the checks go on

Google exec Schmidt says U.S. government networks are in danger 'because no one is there' during the shutdown to stop hackers

By Patrick Thibodeau

Oct 7, 2013 2 mins

Cyberattacks Cybercrime Networking

Gartner: Top 10 future strategic IT predictions

From the impact of 3D printing to securing tons of data, Gartner lists the biggest IT challenges through 2020.

By Michael Cooney

Oct 7, 2013 5 mins

Computers and Peripherals Cybercrime Enterprise Applications

Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty program

Security expert calls it a success -- enough bugs to fill one or two IE updates -- even though the dollar amount was about the same as Google's for the last iteration of Chrome

By Gregg Keizer

Oct 7, 2013 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Malware Microsoft

Add technologists to surveillance tech review panel, IT groups say

Tech groups say an Obama review board of NSA surveillance lacks technical expertise

By Grant Gross

Oct 7, 2013 4 mins

Cybercrime Government Telecommunications Industry

Hosting provider LeaseWeb falls victim to DNS hijacking

The company believes attackers obtained domain administrator credentials and used them to change the domain's DNS records at the registrar

By Lucian Constantin

Oct 7, 2013 4 mins

Access Control Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business