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Massive cyber-spying program 'the Equation Group' discovered
An incredibly sophisticated cyber espionage operation, likely originating in the U.S., has been discovered by the security researchers at Russia's Kaspersky Lab.

Under attack: Malware invades our devices, data and privacy in 2014
2014 will be remembered as the year of cyber-attacks.

Facebook Unveils ThreatExchange Platform
Facebook has unveiled a data exchange platform to help researchers and professionals share the latest cyber threat information with each other.

iOS Devices Targeted by Cyber-Espionage Campaign
“Operation Pawn Storm,” a cyber-espionage campaign targeting military, governmental and media organizations, has extended its reach as security researchers discovered malicious tools connected to ...

Researchers investigate, suggest fired employees assisted in Sony hack
Researchers are saying that one or more former employees may have aided in the massive hack of Sony.

Researchers Find 64-bit Version of Havex RAT
Trend Micro researchers have come across a 64-bit version of Havex, a remote access tool (RAT) that has been used in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at industrial control systems (ICS).

Facebook Rewards Researcher For Reporting Critical Vulnerability
A researcher has found a way to upload potentially malicious code to Facebook's servers by hiding it inside a harmless-looking Microsoft Word document file.

10 top security threats of 2014
The top security threats of 2014 include equal parts old mistakes, new adversaries, innocent human nature and the evils that people do

HTML5 IS A W3C RECOMMENDATION
The HTML Working Group today published HTML5 as W3C Recommendation. This specification defines the fifth major revision of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the format used to build Web pages and ...

Azerbaijanis train in cyber defence
Hundreds of thousands of cyber attacks are registered each day, posing a real threat to critical infrastructure and having a disruptive effect on the world economy.

Security Firm Analyzes Success of Botnet Takedowns
Israel-based threat detection firm Seculert has been monitoring the effects of the recent Gameover Zeus and Shylock botnet takedown operations, and found that the cybercriminals have already taken ...

APT Group Hijacks Popular Domains to Mask C&C Communications: FireEye
Researchers at FireEye have examined a new campaign in which advanced persistent threat (APT) actors used some clever techniques to avoid being detected.