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A quarterly report found that 76 percent of targeted attacks – primarily launched by hacktivists or nation-state actors – were aimed at the government sector.

Cybercriminals continuously discover more ways to successfully target new outlets for financial theft, according to Trend Micro. Greed is motivating cybercriminals to take a non-traditional approach in the selection of unlikely targets, such as advanced threats to Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminals and the exploitation of disasters.

Every now and then, phishers mount campaigns that simultaneously target users of different online services.

The volume of mobile malware and high-risk apps soared to over two million in the first quarter of 2014, a decade after the first proof-of-concept mobile malware but only six months since the one million milestone was reached, according to Trend Micro.

In an effort to provide comprehensive security for the customers of its Azure cloud platform, Microsoft has expanded its strategic partnership with IT security solutions provider Trend Micro.

Scammers are attempting to harvest more than one set of credentials

Some victims get lost in the details of the payment process and run out of time.

Perpetrators of a web-based phishing scheme are accepting any email credentials, most likely in a bid to speed up the arduous, yet typically more successful process of individually targeting a specific organization in order to steal account information.

The arrival of ransomware on the mobile scene is just the beginning of a gathering storm. "This is going to be massive," said Trend Micro VP JD Sherry. "This will be the year that we see a tremendous amount of malware hitting mobile phones, and I don't think consumers and organizations are prepared to handle these attacks once they migrate to mobile devices."

The volume of mobile malware and high-risk apps soared to over two million in the first quarter of 2014, a decade after the first proof-of-concept mobile malware but only six months since the one million milestone was reached, according to Trend Micro.

For the kick-off of its annual Tech Ed user conference, being held this week in Houston, Microsoft has released a bevy of tools and services to help administrators connect their internal operations to Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

Microsoft addresses the fears of the post-Snowden world with its latest Azure update, announced at TechEd 2014.

Today is a big day for Microsoft. It’s making a large number of announcements around its developer tools at its enterprise-centric TechEd event in Houston today and in addition, it is also bringing a number of new features to its Azure cloud computing services.

At TechEd in Houston today, Microsoft announced a wide range of updates to its Azure cloud platform. As has become customary for Azure updates, the new features announced today include a mix of previews of brand-new capabilities, and general availability releases of features previously only in preview.

Microsoft officially flips the switch on its business-friendly, high-performance hybrid cloud connection service and introduces new Azure-powered file, security and disaster recovery solutions.

At its annual Tech Ed conference, Microsoft has released a range of hybrid cloud administration tools and services

The resignation of Target Corp. CEO Gregg Steinhafel earlier this week indicates a growing awareness among the C-suite and boards that security is intimately intertwined with business strategy and should be viewed as a board-level issue.

Testing real-world effectiveness of antivirus products is really, really tough. Ideally, you'd measure the way they handle in-the-wild malicious websites and applications when encountered exactly the way a user would. Of course, in order to score the test you'd need the ability to identify every malicious object, even zero-day attacks.

Chief executive and president Gregg Steinhafel has left the company after 35 years, including giving up his seat as chairman of the company's board of directors. Steinhafel had overseen the company as CEO since 2008 and as president since 2009. His departure follows that of CIO Beth Jacobs, who was just replaced by Homeland Security veteran Bob DeRodes.

Sitting in a room with the leaders of the country's largest retailers would look decidedly different today than it did two years ago as CEO shakeups have rocked the industry.

With IT facing more complex and new types of threats compared to years past, it's time to arm yourself with the best tools to keep you and your network secure.

David Sancho, senior threat researcher with Trend Micro, has recently written a short but good post in which he pointed out the reasons why despite their inherent insecurity, passwords are here to stay.

Gregg Steinhafel resigns "after extensive discussions"

How secure is the cloud? A number of panelists at last week's Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit talked about that issue, especially in the wake of the Snowden revelations and the Target breach.

Spamming and scamming has moved to social media in full force, according to new research on the Twittersphere from Trend Micro.a