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Questions continue to swirl surround a mysterious Mac-based remote-access trojan (RAT) malware program called Proton, which Apple addressed in a recent update to its anti-malware program XProtect.

Developers behind Dridex have launched a major new version of the banking trojan, one that employs a unique method for injecting malicious code based on a technique called AtomBombing. And UK banks already feel the heat.

The number of cyberattacks targeting financial institutions and their customers soared to new heights in 2016, according to Kaspersky Lab, which observed nearly 1.09 million banking trojan attacks on users in 2016.

A newly discovered derivative of CryptoMix ransomware, dubbed CryptoShield 1.0, is reportedly one of the latest malicious tools to be adopted by the ElTest malware campaign. And while it's name may convey images of protection, it is very much used an an offensive weapon.

Researchers may have found a tenuous link between a cyberespionage organization's credentials-stealing trojan and the Shamoon hacking group that's been targeting Saudi energy companies with Disttrack disk-wiping malware.

According to testimony from top intelligence officials, more than 30 nations are developing offensive cyberattack capabilities as of late 2016, including China, which continues to conduct cyberespionage operations against U.S. assets.

In a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, U.S. intelligence leaders doubled down on their collective assertion that Russia intentionally interfered with the 2016 presidential election, even as President-elect Donald Trump continues to publicly cast doubt on these findings.