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The threat landscape is radically different in a connected, digital world. Critical infrastructures, from smart metres to payment systems, are no longer constrained by geography. Personal digital assets, such as identity and online behaviour data, are increasingly globalised. Threats to these aren’t nearly as easy to monitor or defend against – and governments’ ability to deal with them is being eroded. Loan companies will add levels of encryption to safeguard their data and customer information....

Britain is putting pressure on the EU to name the targets of new chemical weapons sanctions due to be agreed as part of the bloc’s escalating response to alleged malicious Russian activity in Europe. Jeremy Hunt, Britain’s foreign secretary, will also call for talks on cyber-related EU countermeasures to be stepped up when the bloc’s foreign ministers gather in Luxembourg on Monday. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Financial Times

Are Companies turning to Recruiters to help them with the Talent Shortage in Cyber Security? There has been huge growth in the search for recruitment agencies specialising in Cyber security. A study conducted by technology recruitment company, Finlay James has identified a 93% increase year on year in people searching for cyber security recruitment (read more) and related terms in Google. The news comes after the ISC anticipated a worldwide shortage of 1.8 million cyber security...

Malaysia needs to be on par with global legislation on data protection such as GDPR, said Minister Gobind Singh Deo at a recent conference.Malaysia plans to update its data protection laws next year, possibly modelling it after the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) as the country seeks to prevent data breaches, according to local media. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Star

The alarming rate of crypto-jacking attacks ravaging the internet has been a cause of worry as the trend keeps gaining momentum. Two months ago, over 170,000 computers were surreptitiously used in manufacturing malware scripts in Brazil, with another report indicating a similar trend in Moldova where 25,000 MikroTik routers were used in running CoinHive scripts. Trustwave researcher, Troy Mursch has attempted to draw a parallel between these two attacks but it is unknown whether they were actually connected. The latest attack was witnessed...

“Gaming companies put a lot of effort into planning for an attack and implementing anti-DDoS strategies”. Ubisoft, the £1.5 billion (by 2017-2018 sales) French gaming giant, saw the launch of one of its much-hyped premier titles disrupted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the weekend, the company admitted. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CBR

In Windows 10, Microsoft added a new ransomware protection feature called Controlled Folder Access that can be used to prevent modifications to files in protected folders by unknown programs. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

An NHS Trust has started using robots to make routine referrals as part of a drive to cut costs and boost efficiency. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Daily Telegraph

The NHS's IT governing body is refusing to invest in cybersecurity protection as it does not represent value for money, reports have claimed. According to the Health Service Journal, NHS Digital is set to ignore the recommendations laid out in a government-sanctioned report authored by its own CIO due to the costs being too high. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ITProPortal

Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 for serious data protection failings after a USB memory stick containing the personal details of employees was lost last year.UK privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) subsequently found that just two of the airport’s 6500 staff had been trained in data protection. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infosecurity Magazine