Security Software

New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says

The computers of 53 employees were accessed and several email accounts were compromised, the paper reported

IT security vendor Verdasys brings DLP to the cloud

Data loss prevention technology flags suspicious activity from afar

Browser-hijacking malware talks to attackers using SPF email validation protocol

The technique makes malicious traffic harder to detect for firewalls and other network security systems, researcher says

Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun

Anonymous hits US government site, threatens release of secrets

Hack claimed the suicide of Aaron Swartz as its spark

Backdoor accounts found in networking and security appliances from Barracuda Networks

Attackers can use the accounts to gain root access on the devices from certain IP address ranges, researchers say

Web server hackers install rogue Apache modules and SSH backdoors, researchers say

The original SSH binary files get replaced with credential-stealing versions, researchers warn

Securing SCADA systems still a piecemeal affair

Security company is working on a product that can allegedly mitigate entire classes of vulnerabilities in SCADA systems

Foxit patches critical vulnerability in PDF viewer browser plug-in

The vulnerability had been publicly known for a over a week

Microsoft vows to improve security suite after failed evaluation

AV-Test.org failed the company again in another round of security software testing