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Encrypted messaging startup Wickr offers $100K bug bounty

The company hopes to tap the security research community to find potential problems

By Jeremy Kirk

Jan 15, 2014 3 mins

Access Control Encryption Malware

Microsoft retreats from XP’s antivirus kill notice

Throws Windows XP users a bone by extending Security Essentials' life until July 2015

By Gregg Keizer

Jan 15, 2014 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Malware Microsoft

AV vendors buck Microsoft, will deliver Windows XP anti-malware signatures for years

Microsoft may want XP dead and buried, but AV rivals plan to support the OS for a long time

By Gregg Keizer

Jan 15, 2014 6 mins

Apple Malware Microsoft

Twitter now requires encrypted API communication

Third party Twitter apps must now converse with Twitter through the SSL protocol

By Joab Jackson

Jan 15, 2014 3 mins

Malware Network Security Small and Medium Business

Patch Tuesday: Fairly quiet on the Microsoft front

Security analysts advise applying critical Oracle and Adobe patches before the Microsoft ones

By Joab Jackson

Jan 14, 2014 3 mins

Malware Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business

Target hackers have more data than they can sell

Those who stole the data appear to be keeping a low profile on underground forums

By Jeremy Kirk

Jan 14, 2014 2 mins

Fraud Malware Small and Medium Business

Target point-of-sale terminals were infected with malware

The company's CEO confirmed that attackers used malware to steal credit and debit card data from PoS systems

By Lucian Constantin

Jan 13, 2014 5 mins

Access Control Encryption Small and Medium Business

Cisco promises to fix admin backdoor in some routers

The company plans to release firmware updates to remove the undocumented feature by the end of the month

By Lucian Constantin

Jan 13, 2014 2 mins

Access Control Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business

Breach goes from bad to worse for Target <i>and</i> its customers

Company now says up to 70 million cards exposed -- up from 40 million -- and that hackers accessed more data than previously thought

By Jaikumar Vijayan

Jan 10, 2014 5 mins

Cybercrime Malware Networking

Yahoo malvertising attack linked to larger malware scheme

Cisco found hundreds of related suspicious domains that are probably used to push malware

By Jeremy Kirk

Jan 10, 2014 3 mins

Access Control Malware Small and Medium Business