In its 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Verisign acknowledged having suffered several data security breaches in 2010, but notes that management did not learn about the incidents until September 2011, nearly a year after they occurred.......

Police in Romania have arrested a man who allegedly broke into US government websites, including those of NASA and the Pentagon.......

Google has deployed technology that will allow it to block blogs on its free Blogger platform in specific countries to comply with local rules.......

David Kernell, the Tennessee college student who was found guilty on hacking into then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account has lost an appeal to have his conviction for obstruction of justice thrown out.......

Apple released its first security update of 2012 for Mac OS X, patching more than 50 vulnerabilities.......

The Kelihos botnet, which Microsoft was instrumental in helping take down last year, appears to be regaining its foothold.......

A recently detected, sophisticated spear phishing attack disguises itself as conference invitations.......

Thirteen apps that have been identified as containing adware known as Counterclank will remain available in Google's Android Market.......

Mozilla has released a new version of its flagship browser, Firefox 10.......

Symantec has released hotfixes for its pcAnywhere software.......

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued guidance for banks and other financial services institutions, warning that certain third-party payment processors could prove to be security liabilities.......

Sweden's Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of the prison sentences for The Pirate Bay founders that were meted out by the Swedish Court of Appeals more than a year ago.......

White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt is encouraging legislators to "quickly enact legislation to address the full range of cyber threats facing our nation.......

Several large technology companies have come together with financial services companies and email providers to encourage the use of a technical specification aimed at reducing phishing attacks.......

A group of former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employees have filed a lawsuit alleging that the FDA monitored their personal email through which they warned Congress that some devices approved by the agency posed risks to patients.......

Congressman Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) has introduced legislation that would require mobile phone carriers to tell customers when tracking software like Carrier IQ is on their devices.......

The Russian man accused by Microsoft of being behind the Kelihos botnet is maintaining his innocence.......

US investment firms are being urged to improve security around fund transfers and withdrawals.......

Researchers have detected an in-the-wild attack that exploits a known flaw in Windows Media Player (WMP).......