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Hackers and cybercrime prevention
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February 27, 2020
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IT Priorities 2020: ASEAN firms on the frontline of digital transformation
Southeast Asian companies plan to spend more on infrastructure and cyber security, but the growth in IT budgets appears to be slowing down
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February 26, 2020
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Fake CDNs obscuring credit card fraudsters
Fake content delivery networks and ngrok servers are being pressed into service to obscure credit card skimming activities
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February 26, 2020
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Cloud Snooper firewall bypass may be work of nation state
Cloud Snooper deploys a combination of specialised techniques to sneak past enterprise firewalls, warns Sophos
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February 26, 2020
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be legally extradited for ‘political offences’, say lawyers
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange argue that he has been charged with political offences and cannot be legally extradited to the US under the US-UK extradition treaty
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February 26, 2020
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FCA data breach could happen to anybody, but easy to avoid
Minor data breach at the Financial Conduct Authority was the result of simple human error, and highlights the need for organisations to consider a wide range of potential threats
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February 25, 2020
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Julian Assange phoned White House to warn of risk to lives
Julian Assange phoned the White House to warn officials that unredacted cables published on the web posed a risk to lives, a court heard yesterday
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February 25, 2020
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Sports retailer Decathlon left employee data exposed
More than 123 million records were accidentally exposed on an unsecured ElasticSearch server
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February 25, 2020
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The Security Interviews: Gil Shwed’s 10-year vision for security
Check Point founder Gil Shwed discusses his new Infinity Next concept and how he plans to remodel the world of cyber security in the next 10 years
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February 25, 2020
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Mastercard creates 1,500 tech jobs in Ireland
New roles at tech hub in Dublin will include professionals with expertise in artificial intelligence, cyber security, blockchain and user experience
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February 25, 2020
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Cyber criminals targeting UK motorists, warns DVLA
Cyber criminals are offering various services and tax refunds that purport to be from the DVLA
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February 24, 2020
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Assange extradition is a politically motivated ‘abuse of power’, court hears
US government’s attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges in the US is politically motivated and an abuse of process, court told
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February 24, 2020
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WikiLeaks founder Assange ‘put lives at risk’ by disclosing names in leaked documents, court hears
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘put lives of US informants at risk’ by publishing unredacted documents, lawyers for the US argued at the first day of a week-long extradition hearing
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February 21, 2020
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Malicious apps still getting past Google controls
Check Point researchers have found multiple malware-infected apps in the Google Play store, including a clicker called Haken, which has been downloaded more than 50,000 times
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February 21, 2020
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F-Secure’s AI reads mean tweets to fight abuse and trolls
Researchers working on F-Secure’s Project Blackfin have developed a model for clustering tweets to help pinpoint abuse and harassment
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February 20, 2020
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UK and US accuse Russian spooks of Georgia cyber attacks
Foreign secretary describes 2019 campaign of cyber attacks as reckless, brazen and unacceptable
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February 20, 2020
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Facilities firm ISS World crippled by ransomware attack
An apparent ransomware attack has compromised some IT and email systems at Danish facilities firm ISS World
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February 19, 2020
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Blasé directors put business data at risk
The higher up within a business you go, the more likely you are to find people intentionally leaking confidential data, says Egress
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February 18, 2020
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US ‘breached due process’ in spying operation against Julian Assange’s lawyers
Surveillance footage of Julian Assange’s meetings with lawyers and doctors in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London was an “abuse of process”
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February 18, 2020
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Girlguiding hosts interactive cyber security workshop
100 Guides from South West England took part in an NCSC event to learn more about security fundamentals
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February 18, 2020
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Untrusted security teams being left out of business decisions
Only a third of organisations are involving their cyber security function at the planning stage of business initiatives
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February 17, 2020
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Australians more savvy about cyber security
More Australians look out for signs of security features such as SSL encryption even as they remain sceptical of the data protection capabilities of small businesses
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February 17, 2020
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Mastercard opens European security resilience unit
Mastercard’s European Cyber Resilience Centre will bring together its partners and other industry bodies to support enterprise resilience
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February 17, 2020
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Ex-soldiers to become ethical hackers
A new programme will give armed forces veterans in Scotland a grounding in cyber security skills, including penetration testing and ethical hacking
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February 13, 2020
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Cyber criminals spread coronavirus conspiracy theories
The latest email campaigns identified by Proofpoint are spreading conspiracy theories about the coronavirus outbreak
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February 12, 2020
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Emotet evolving to exploit coronavirus fear
With coronavirus cases now reported across the world, Emotet campaigns are exploiting legitimate fears to compromise their targets
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February 12, 2020
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Internet Explorer zero day among 99 Patch Tuesday problems
After an eventful January Patch Tuesday that marked the end of support for Windows 7, the February 2020 update is another whopper, fixing close to 100 vulnerabilities
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February 11, 2020
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Mac-based security threats outpacing Windows
Security threats targeting Apple endpoints are growing more quickly than those targeting Windows machines, according to Malwarebytes
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February 11, 2020
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Chinese military personnel accused of Equifax hack
A US federal grand jury has indicted four Chinese army personnel over the 2017 Equifax breach
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February 10, 2020
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What should be in Australia’s next cyber security strategy
The Australian government is reviewing the nation’s cyber security strategy, but is it looking at the right issues?
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February 07, 2020
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RobbinHood ransomware tricks Windows into deleting defences
By subverting kernel memory settings in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, the RobbinHood ransomware can now delete cyber security defences from target systems
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February 07, 2020
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Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is ‘most dangerous’ movie
Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, Kaspersky researchers say they found more than 300 files masquerading as the Joker movie
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February 06, 2020
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Maastricht University pays €200,000 to Russian hackers
A Dutch university has taken the difficult decision to pay hundreds of thousands of Euros to Russian hackers that compromised its systems through a ransomware attack
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February 06, 2020
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Stressed, overworked CISOs losing £23k a year in unpaid overtime
Nominet’s latest CISO Stress Report has revealed the extent to which organisations are taking advantage of their security staff, and the deleterious effects of overwork and stress on mental health
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February 05, 2020
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Darktrace signs to McLaren for 2020 F1 season
McLaren Racing has enlisted Darktrace to become its official artificial intelligence cyber security partner
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February 05, 2020
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Scammers using fake PayPal emails stole over £1m in the UK in last quarter
Fraudsters tricked Brits into sending over £1m worth of goods to them that they hadn't paid for
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February 05, 2020
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Web app ubiquity gives cyber criminals new opportunities
The popularity and ubiquity of web-based apps such as Office 365 and Salesforce is a temptation too good to miss for cyber criminals
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February 05, 2020
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Check Point pledges end to security updates
Check Point’s Gil Shwed expands on a vision for the next 10 years of cyber security, which he calls Infinity Next
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February 05, 2020
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IoT network flaw left Philips Hue bulbs open to attack
Vulnerabilities in the ZigBee internet of things networking protocol have left market-leading smart devices, including Philips Hue lightbulbs, open to exploitation
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February 03, 2020
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NHS adds supplier security audits to procurement platform
A new feature in the NHS’s Edge4Health procurement platform will help NHS suppliers improve their cyber security posture and NHS organisations make better buying decisions
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January 31, 2020
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Davos: The clock is ticking on climate change but cyber crime and emerging technologies add to risks
Climate change, natural disasters, extreme weather and loss of biodiversity are the greatest risks we face. With cyber conflicts, state-sponsored hacking and internet fragmentation, doing nothing is not an option, says the World Economic Forum
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January 31, 2020
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UK police arrest three over Maltese cyber bank robbery
The NCA has made three arrests in Belfast and London following an investigation into money laundering linked to a cyber heist on a bank in Malta
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January 30, 2020
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NCSC launches study on cyber security diversity
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre wants to improve the diversity of the cyber security sector
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January 30, 2020
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First coronavirus cyber threats seen in the wild
Kaspersky has reported the first incidences of cyber security threats playing on fears of the emerging coronavirus
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January 29, 2020
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UK cyber security sector worth more than £8bn
The UK’s cyber security industry employs 43,000 full-time workers, and contributed nearly £4bn to the UK economy in 2019, according to DCMS
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January 29, 2020
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NHS suffers fewer ransomware attacks, but threat persists
Ransomware attacks against the NHS have tapered off dramatically, according to statistics obtained under FoI legislation, but this does not mean the threat has diminished
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January 28, 2020
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Fintechs fear deepfake fraud
New research reveals the majority of CISOs working in the financial services sector are increasingly concerned about the potential use of deepfakes
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January 27, 2020
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Interpol uncovers cyber crime operation in Indonesia
An Interpol-coordinated cyber operation leads to the arrest of three people in Indonesia who allegedly used a JavaScript-sniffer malware to steal payment card details of online shoppers
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January 27, 2020
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UK in catch-22 decision over Huawei security
The UK’s final decision on whether to permit mobile operators to use Huawei equipment is expected imminently, and its decision will have ramifications far beyond the technology sphere
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January 27, 2020
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Government tightens law around IoT cyber security
New legislation developed by DCMS and the NCSC may help guarantee the security and privacy of users of consumer IoT devices
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January 27, 2020
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SANS Institute calls on Manchester security pros
Manchester will play host to a week-long cyber security training event during February