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There's a new twist in the way feds are seeking to penalize bad actors for making and distributing software used in crimes, suggest recent arrests by Justice Department and FBI officials.

Most virtualization security tools still follow dedicated agent models, but some technologies are starting to offload resources to a dedicated VM and leverage hypervisor APIs.
The hackers who got access to over 100,000 personal records through the Internal Revenue Service's Get Transcript site didn't need all that much information to break in, say experts.
Trend Micro provides peek at methods of amateur, lone-wolf carder.
Everywhere you look, it seems to be that everything is becoming “smart”. On my wrist, I frequently wear a smart watch that monitors how many steps I take, what my heart rate is, and so on...

The IP address for a command and control (C&C) server employed by Carbanak, an advanced piece of malware used in attacks targeting financial institutions directly, now resolves to a domain that appears to be owned by the Russian Security Service (FSB), researchers found.

Add CareFirst - the Maryland and Washington, D.C. BlueCross BlueShield - to the expanding list of insurers that have suffered data breaches. Over 1.1 million customer records have been acknowledged to have been stolen in a breach announced this week.

An IDC report indicates the market for the Internet of Things will only become more robust over the next few years. An increased use in retail digital signage will help the IoT market grow 19 percent in 2015.

On Thursday, Taryn Naidu, the CEO of domain registrar eNom, sent a letter to customers disclosing a "very sophisticated attack" that targeted the DNS settings on four domains.
The United States remained the largest host and target for cyber-attacks in the first three months of the year, a quarter which saw hackers take up new tools, tactics and procedures – and return to some old ways – in order to improve success rates...