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A widely reported Russian cyber-spying campaign against diplomatic targets in the United States and elsewhere has been using two previously unknown flaws in software to penetrate target machines, a security company investigating the matter said on Saturday.

Threat actors have set up several new C&C servers and dozens of new malicious URLs -- and now targeting White House staffers, Trend Micro says.

Even though its activities were exposed last year, a cyberespionage group dubbed Pawn Storm has ramped up its efforts over the past few months, targeting NATO members and potentially the White House.

Many ordinary people imagine hackers as Guy Fawkes-mask-wearing rebels living on the margins of society, suspicious of government, and courageous or crazy enough to follow wherever their computer wizardry takes them. In reality, said experts, many just want a steady job.

More small businesses are falling victim to “ransomware,” in which malicious code locks up computer files and cybercriminals demand a ransom to free them.

Online dating hackers are becoming much more sophisticated in the way they target and steal money victims' cash. Cybercriminals are now asking their "dates" to install a custom-made smartphone app that installs malware and allows them to extract details for blackmail purposes, Global Dating Insights reports.

Fourteen C&Cs dismantled to take out nerve center of a botnet that spanned 190 countries.

Analysts believe that recent point-of-sale (POS) malware attacks targeting more than 100 terminals in Brazil were the handiwork of a single person – who managed to steal more than 22,000 unique credit cards numbers in a little over a month.

Survey results indicate a lack of information about the security safeguards in place is fueling respondents’ worries about Internet of Things (IoT).

A new report released this week by Trend Micro and the Organization of American States (OAS) shows a dramatic increase in cyberattacks directed against critical infrastructure owners and operators.

Tokenization, where credit card numbers and other sensitive data is replaced by random characters, can be a secure alternative to encryption in many cases -- but would not have helped in the majority of retail breaches over the past two years.

Trend Micro’s Tom Kellerman and David Hoovler, former trial attorney at the U.S. Justice Department, discuss the report that criminal hackers doing the bidding of the Russian government hacked into a non-classified White House computer network last year.

A new ransomware variant detected by Trend Micro as BAT_CRYPVAULT.A, or CRYPVAULT, is being distributed as an attachment in spam emails and is targeting mostly Russian speakers

Trend Micro just released a new report that shows how many businesses are vulnerable to Sony-like attacks. Trend Micro Chief Cybersecurity Officer Tom Kellermann breaks down the report.

Hacking attacks that destroy rather than steal data or that manipulate equipment are far more prevalent than widely believed, according to a survey of critical infrastructure organizations throughout North and South America.

Hackers are trying to tamper with critical infrastructure with cyberattacks designed to delete files, manipulate equipment and shut down networks, according to a new international survey.

You don't have to be a celebrity to get nailed by a nude photo. According to a report by Trend Micro, sextortion—the use of compromising photos or videos to extract money from victims—is on the rise.

Recent research from IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute disclosed a major lack of mobile security – according to the results, almost 40% of large companies aren’t taking the necessary measures to protect their mobile apps.

The Health Information Trust (HITRUST) Alliance will sponsor a study to analyze the effects of cyber attacks on healthcare organizations.

While observing the evolution of point-of-sale malware, called NewPosThings, Trend Micro traced suspicious traffic back to two U.S. airports.

The majority of consumers aren't willing to alter their behavior to preserve privacy in the era of the Internet of things, even though it remains a huge issue for people, a Trend Micro survey of 1,903 individuals from 18 countries found.

Repackaged applications can present multiple enterprise security risks. Expert Nick Lewis explains what these fake apps are and how to defend against them.