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Home Depot has yet to confirm the nature of the "unusual activity" it detected in its payment systems last week, but evidence of malware has been found on "at least some" registers in Home Depot retail stores, sources close to the investigation told independent security reporter Brian Krebs.

An alleged payment cards breach against the American DIY chain Home Depot involved the same malware as that used against the retailer Target, according to sources who spoke to security blogger Brian Krebs.

Celebrity picture hackers planned to exploit users permission negligence over accessing photos.

On Monday, Home Depot issued a public confirmation to reports that they've experienced a data breach impacting debit and credit cards.

New reports suggest that the same malware that struck Target's point-of-sale systems over the holidays was also used to target card data on Home Depot's systems.

Home Depot confirms there was indeed a breach. Presence of BlackPOS hints that the perpetrators could be the same ones who breached Target.

Home Depot admitted today that hackers really did breach the company's payment systems in US and Canadian stores and may have been breaking in since April, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered last week at Home Depot was aided in part by a new variant of the malicious software program that stole card account data from cash registers at Target last December, according to sources close to the investigation.

Trend Micro report finds that the economic and technical barriers to becoming a cybercriminal are much lower today than in the past

The late August news from JPMorgan Chase rocked the world of info security when the huge money center bank reported it had been breached, apparently by hackers who were said to be affiliated with a nation state.

After analyzing trends in the Chinese underground, Trend Micro found that activity in the marketplace doubled between 2012 and 2013.

Tweets with fake links to #JLaw photos revive oldest trick in Web malware book.

The underground market for cybercrime products and services in China is booming, with both the number of participants and IM messages sent between those participants doubling last year, according to new research from Trend Micro.

Credit card data stolen from retailers such as Target,Sally Beauty Supply, P.F. Chang's, and now perhaps Home Depot, are flooding into underground hacker forums where customers' card numbers, names and addresses can be sold for as little as $1 each.

The late August news of a data breach at JPMorgan Chaserocked the world of fintech info security: The huge money center bank was apparently hit by hackers said to be affiliated with a nation state.

The week before a crucial launch of its new iPhone, Apple Inc said intimate photos of celebrities including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence were leaked online through the apparent hacking of individual iCloud accounts.

Forget intelligence gathering. Financially motivated cybercrime is booming behind the Great Wall.

Hackers are succeeding with what appears to be alarming regularity. But that may not be because they are smarter or even better trained than defenders, but because they think, and attack, more strategically

The deal strengthens security for smart devices in the home by integrating the combination of network management and security with parental controls.

The underground Chinese cybercrime market is thriving and growing, according to a new report out this morning.

"Very targeted attack" on celebrities' Apple usernames, passwords, security questions -- iCloud, Find My iPhone not breached, Apple says.

We speak to Rik Ferguson, vice president of security firm Security Research at Trend Micro, about the hundreds of hacked celebrity photos that leaked

Trend Micro Chief Technology Officer Raimund Genes discusses data security after Apple’s iCloud was hacked, how damaging it could be for Apple and how to bolster security measures with John Dawson on Bloomberg Television’s “First Up.”

Apple’s iCloud service may have been the source of the photos but security experts think password hacks are likely explanation

The financial industry — indeed, most of the business world — works within a state of almost perpetual cybersiege at a level few consumers grasp. And the costs and dangers are growing for those who seek to protect their assets and their customers.