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As thousands brave Black Friday lines for door-busting discounts, cyber criminals will be waiting in the shadows to grab the season’s biggest steals.

Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend Micro, discusses the Home Depot data breach with Bloomberg's Trish Regan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)

Targeted attacks could soar next year as increasing numbers of cyber-criminals in different geographies get their hands on the tools and techniques necessary to do the job, according to Trend Micro.

The phrase "Internet of Things" may be over-hyped, but the connected home is no longer a vague futuristic concept, but a reality. The average home already has multiple connected devices, and it's up to the savvy user to actively secure them by locking down the home network.

An effective new phishing technique identified by researchers with Trend Micro allows attackers to go after information without having to spend as much time developing copies of websites.