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Don't invite bugs and malware by allowing your computer systems to become outdated. Resolve in 2014 to install operating system and application updates as soon as they're available. Use your software's built-in systems, and don't ignore the prompts they feed you, advises Kaspersky Lab. That's the most reliable way to keep your systems up-to-date -- and secure.

The 10 things you can do now to protect your bank account and computer

As if CryptoLocker wasn't causing enough problems by infecting and locking thousands of innocent users' Windows computers, security researchers have discovered a new variant of the ransomware that takes its propagation to a new level.

It’s that time of year. Everyone is looking ahead to what the technological landscape will look like in 2014 and beyond. Here’s a compilation around the CIO role, spending, mobility and security.

The rush of businesses to move their operations to the cloud is creating a slipstream that's pulling security services into the nimbus.

Amid reports Friday that credit and debit-card information stolen from up to 40 million Target customers already is being sold on the black market, security experts warned that such attacks not only will continue but could worsen.

It can happen to the best of us. You're on your PC and there's a pop up telling you to update your Windows Drivers for free. You click on it. Next thing you know when you go to do a search, there's some strange toolbar that takes you to Ask.com, or some other ad infested search engine instead of the search engine, like Google, you thought you were visiting. These annoying, distracting, toolbars can take hours to get rid of. And they are so cleverly insinuated onto your computer that it may

Dec. 19, 2013 - 5:06 - Trend Micro VP of technology and solutions JD Sherry weighs in on Target's credit card security breach.

Update: December 20: In an online statement, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel said “There is no indication that PIN numbers have been compromised on affected bank issued PIN debit cards or Target debit cards. Someone cannot visit an ATM with a fraudulent debit card and withdraw cash.”

Hackers gained access to as many as 40 million credit and debit cards used by customers of Target during the height of the holiday shopping season, the company reported Thursday, in one of the biggest data breaches in history.

Stronger attacks in cyberspace should be expected in 2014 with major data breaches to happen every month and advanced mobile banking attacks to increase, a report said.

Trend Micro released its annual security predictions report. The outlook cites that one major data breach will occur every month next year, and advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks will accelerate.

A malware decline and ransomware rise are in the security crystal ball for 2014.

Holidays are a favorite time of the year for online scammers.

Nov. 27, 2013 - 9:39 - Trend Micro’s Global VP of Threat Research, Rik Ferguson, discusses the cyber threat to people shopping online this holiday season

The Xbox One video game console launches in only a few hours, but beware: Online scammers are already targeting people looking for a new system this holiday season.

It's enough to make a company lose its app-etite. From January to July of this year, 718,000 malicious and high-risk apps were distributed on the Android mobile platform alone, according to JD Sherry, vice president of technology and solutions at computing security firm Trend Micro in Irving, Texas. That's more than double the number of Android-based malware apps discovered in all of 2012.

Consumers are excited about the next generation of gaming consoles, but scammers are even more excited. Sony's PlayStation 4 launched last week, Microsoft's Xbox One will launch this week — and a deluge of scams taking advantage of the new consoles have launched as well.

Nov. 14, 2013 - 9:04 - Trend Micro’s JD Sherry breaks down how aging infrastructure and interconnectivity are leaving our cities vulnerable to cyber criminals.

Security firm Trend Micro has been showcasing its comprehensive suite of Amazon Web Services (AWS) security products at Amazon’s re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. It calls them ” a comprehensive, automated security solution for deployments on AWS”.

What’s the best way to protect servers in the cloud? How can you account for the transient nature of cloud servers and provide the same protection in the cloud as on on-premises? To find out, InfoQ spoke with Mark Nunnikhoven, principal engineer of cloud & emerging technologies at Trend Micro. You can find Mark on Twitter as @marknca.

Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to a new report from Trend Micro.

During the past quarter the Internet reached the highest infection rate since 2002 in terms of the volume of malware infections, according to the TrendLabs 3Q security report titled “The Invisible Web Unmasked” from internet security firm Trend Micro. Report highlights were offered on the TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog.