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The instant messaging app WhatsApp has reportedly rejected a demand from the British government to create a backdoor into its secure network which would allow UK security services to access messages sent through the service. The reason for encrypted messages is to protect communications between users. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times UK

Advanced Persistent Threat 33, an Iranian hacking group, has been linked to a series of breaches of companies in the aerospace, defense, and petrochemical industries in countries as wide-ranging as Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and the US. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Wired

The latest results from the Gemalto’s Breach Level Index has shown that from the 918 data breaches so far this year has led to 1.9 billion data records being compromised worldwide. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security

Researchers have produced an AI system that will study millions of passwords used by people online, to work out other likely passwords that maybe used in the future. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register  

Greater Manchester Police, England's second biggest police force, has revealed that 1,518 of its PCs are still being running Windows XP, representing 20.3% of all the office computers it used. This poses a serious risk for cyber attacks. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC Technology

Hackers, going by the name of "TheDarkOverlord Solutions", have shut down an entire school district in Flathead Valley, Montana, for three days after the schools were targeted with cyberthreats. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times UK

The following products have had security updates published by Apple: Xcode 9, tvOS 11, watchOS 4, Safari 11, iOS 11, and iTunes 12.7 (for both macOS and Windows). View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: https: BleepinComputer

Equifax have reported they suffered another breach in March, months before the huge breach that was reported publicly in September,. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times

The EU Commission has proposed extending powers for ENISA, following Brexit.   View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Stormshield have discovered a new Locky Ransomware variant.   Read Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer