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• Microsoft delivers stopgap defense against active IE10 attacks

  Microsoft on Wednesday issued a stopgap defense that protects IE9 and IE10 against ongoing attacks until the company issues a patch, probably in three weeks.

• Researcher claims two hacker gangs exploiting unpatched IE bug

  Two different hacker groups are exploiting the same still-unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) with almost-identical attack code, a security researcher said Tuesday.

• Target credit card data was sent to server in Russia

  The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip -- to Russia.

• New disk wiper malware linked to attacks in South Korea, researchers say

  A new piece of malware designed to delete files from hard disk drives and render computers unable to boot targets South Korean users, according to researchers from security firm Symantec.

• Chinese malware attack affected dozens of South Korean organizations, researchers say

  A recent targeted attack that used Chinese malware compromised over 1,000 computers belonging to dozens of South Korea organizations, according to researchers from Israeli security firm Seculert.

• 6 IT Security Innovations to Keep You Ahead of Attackers

  Hardly a day goes by without a new security threat emerging. Traditional security tools aren't always up to the task of keeping sensitive business information in safe hands. These six innovations will help you stay a step ahead.

• Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in spear-phishing attacks

  Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target Japanese and Chinese users.

• Java exploit used in Red October cyberespionage attacks, researchers say

  The hundreds of government, military and research organizations targeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only attacked using malicious Excel and Word documents as previously believed, but also by using Web-based Java exploits, according to researchers from Israeli IT security firm Seculert.

• Another data-wiping malware program found in Iran

  A new piece of malware that deletes entire partitions and user files from infected computers has been found in Iran, according to an alert issued Sunday by Maher, Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERTCC).

• Dexter malware infects point-of-sale systems worldwide, researchers say

  Researchers from Israel-based IT security firm Seculert have uncovered a custom-made piece of malware that infected hundreds of point-of-sale (PoS) systems from businesses in 40 countries in the past few months and stole the data of tens of thousands of payment cards.

• Researchers see improvements in breakaway Zeus malware

  A dangerous piece of malicious code responsible for stealing money from online bank accounts is being updated with new functions after its source code was leaked earlier this year, according to security researchers.

• Has your company been infiltrated by the Shady Rat hack?

  When McAfee released its <a href="http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/wp-operation-shady-rat.pdf">Operation Shady Rat hacking report</a> earlier this week, it didn't name all of the organizations it thought could have been hacked as part of a large, five-year ongoing campaign. Yours might be one of them.

• Cybercriminals selling exploit-as-a-service kit

  Cybercriminals are taking a page from the software-as-a-service playbook: they're now selling exploit kits complete with hosting services, with customers paying for the length of time the exploits are actively infecting computers.

• Next generation banking malware emerges after Zeus

  The rumored combination of two pieces of advanced online banking malware appears to be fully underway after several months of speculation.

• Carberp banking malware upgrades itself

  A piece of banking malware that researchers have been keeping an eye on is adding more sophisticated capabilities to stay hidden on victims' PCs, according to the vendor Seculert.