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Cybersecurity firm Sophos recently issued a warning that cyberthreats are becoming more localized in nature. At Black Hat, SCMagazine.com caught up with Sophos's John Shier to discuss these "designer" attacks.

Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants advised guests of a possible breach.

A number of phony apps, masquerading as the popular photo-editing app Prisma, have been removed from the Google Play Store, but not before 1.5 million users downloaded the Android version

The Social Security Administration has instituted new security measures, but the step may do little to thwart cyberthieves.

Google has enhanced encryption on its google.com domain with the rollout of HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).

Several websites using the FreeDNS hosting service from NameCheap have had visitors redirected to malicious, cloned sites via an IP address that once hosted command-and-control servers for the Conficker worm.

A new phishing scam targeting Apple users has been detected that is using SMS messages to lure unsuspecting recipients.

The FBI has posted a "Cyber's Most Wanted" list to appeal to the public for help in nabbing a number of criminals wanted for crimes involving computers, bank fraud and other nefarious online schemes.