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Security researchers have uncovered a new targeted attack campaign against Israeli and European organizations launched by the state-sponsored threat group known as ‘Rocket Kitten’.

The Apple Watch hasn't even been released yet—but one company is betting it's going to be a big hit with business users, and has made an app to turn the smartwatch into an office.
Trend Micro's Tom Kellermann and Cylance CEO Stuart McClue discuss why hackers are targeting health insurance companies.
Experts analyze bank breach investigation developments
Since 2006, when the earliest exploit kit (WebAttacker) was made available in the crimeware market, these hack toolkits have become one of the preferred ways for cybercrooks to deliver malware to unsuspecting users.
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The tools and tactics being used to go after victims reveal growing sophistication, and gamers need to look out, security researchers say.

Additional login step brings extra layer of protection against hackers for Apple’s messaging and video chat, but more can be can be done say experts

Kathleen Pender has answers to reader questions about online tax filing, credit scores and how long to keep tax records.
Dell is getting deeper into the business of securing corporate networks, releasing a new integrated security suite based on encryption technology it acquired when it purchased Credent in 2012.
Security researchers have discovered two point-of-sale (POS) malware families: “PwnPOS,” which showcases attackers' “simple but thoughtful construction” for skirting detection, and the “LogPOS” family that uses Microsoft Windows' mailslots to deliver stolen credit card data to attackers.

Most people have something in common with Hillary Clinton, and it has nothing to do with politics: they struggle to keep their email accounts safe. This could be particularly dangerous as far as their finances are concerned.
OCC, NY DFS Call for Better Standards, Info Sharing
Israel is rapidly building an elite team of cyber warriors to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, analysts say.
Just before Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state in January 2009, she and her closest aides decided that she should have her own private email address as Mrs. Clinton moved away from the Blackberry address that she had used during her 2008 presidential campaign.
By leveraging email authentication methods to ensure that malicious messages evade spam filters and end up directly in inboxes, attackers are improving the chances of infecting users with TorrentLocker ransomware, according to researchers with Trend Micro.

In its 2014 Annual Security Roundup, security firm Trend Micro reported that the digital attacks on Sony Pictures last year may have cost the company $100 million USD.

The cloud security software market will balloon by nearly 50 percent annually as more end users move to sidestep the high total cost of ownership (TOC) associated with traditional on-site security software.

Intuit’s brief shutdown of state tax filing this month exposed a dirty little secret: U.S. companies, even those dealing with the most sensitive information, don’t always use the highest level of security available.

Groups in the Middle East and North Africa are becoming increasingly skilled at mounting cyber-attacks that apply cyber-crime tactics to steal sensitive data.

Israeli institutions have been targeted by an Arab-speaking hacker group that sought to extract sensitive documents, according to Trend Micro.

The dedicated researchers at AV-Test Institute run constant tests on several dozen popular antivirus products under several different versions of Windows.
Security researchers have uncovered two interconnected Middle East attack campaigns of very different skill levels aimed at stealing sensitive information from Israeli and Egyptian targets.
Israel may be known as a technology and cyber security powerhouse, but a sophisticated Arab-led hacking campaign has been relatively successful in penetrating several important Israeli sites and possibly extracting data from them.