Many people can say that they have been a victim of getting a virus on their laptops. I know I have and it is not a nice feeling nor is it an easy fix. Often time a lot of bad consequences happen after. This is a big issue for daily users, for people that depend on their laptop and mainly for people that require them to use their laptops for work. Since it is big issue, a team of students from Binghamton University have been accepted to receive funding from the national science foundation. The reason they received funding was to be able to develop a computer hardware that can protect computers from viruses. Their hopes for this new program is to be installed in all the mobiles and clouds. Read more >>

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivered a message at the Microsoft Government Cloud Forum in Washington DC this past Tuesday, stating Windows’ new security system is the safest operating system on the market. Read more >>

Cisco announced that they have bought Lancope for $453m in order to boost their cyber-security threat defense capabilities. Cisco is planning to deliver solutions across an extended network that they are calling it the Security Everywhere. This will help Cisco’s offerings portfolio as many businesses plan to become more digitized in the upcoming 5 years. They have approximated that 50 billion devices will go online in this time period. With this being said, there is a high possibility that cyber attackers will have a way in. This is where an aspect of the Security Everywhere will come into play. Read more >>

BlackBerry Limited announced that it is acquiring Good Technology for $425 million in cash in order to fulfill BlackBerry’s strategy of giving its customers the most complete, end-to-end solution that is able to secure the mobile enterprise. Good Technology is known for helping big corporations and governments keep tabs on non-BlackBerry platforms such as Apple’s iOS. Good Technology boasts 6,300 customers and employs 16,000 Good Dynamics developers. Read more >>

Adobe Systems has updated its Flash media player to patch a vulnerability that hackers were exploiting after attack code leaked from the devastating Hacking Team breach. Adobe is creating a fix for a critical vulnerability after a team of hackers broke into the surveillance firm Hacking Team’s systems. The vulnerability affecting Flash Player allowed for hackers to hack into servers belonging to Hacking Team which was infiltrated this past weekend. The attack was sophisticated and is estimated to have taken only days or weeks to complete. Over 400 gigabytes of corporate data was stolen. Read more >>