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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.