Exploiting a rare and recently disclosed vulnerability in control system software - used to run industrial plants - could lead to service disruptions.

Heart patients beware: If you feel a sudden jolt to your chest, it may be that someone has hacked into your pacemaker, according to recent research that investigated security problems affecting pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).

Six companies have settled claims with the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an anti-piracy public policy group, for nearly $700,000 in damages resulting from the use of unlicensed software.

FAA has notified Boeing that it must make sure the new 787's flight control system can't be hacked by passengers surfing the web, but it did not mandate a manual override of in-flight internet access as requested by the pilots' association.

Full Disclosure is dead. Let me explain why. The information security world has changed, even if some don't see it or are unwilling to accept it.

Several other industry-specific microsites are scheduled to follow the financial vertical page.

The Colorado Rockies baseball club blamed a cyberattack for downing its online ticket sales operation before the World Series in October. The Rockies lost to the Boston Red Sox in four games, but their website was back up and running before the event. Both home games in Denver sold out. Experts said the incident resembled a distributed denial-of-service attack.

Gary Min, the former DuPont scientist who admitted stealing more than $400 million in trade secrets, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

The screaming headlines have been running for years. Whether they're in press releases about cybercrime exceeding international drug profits or the billions of dollars lost to breach disclosures or videos highlighting the meltdown of power generators due to a myriad of vulnerabilities, the anti-malware industry has long relied on fear to move their products.

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