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Twitter has shut down up to 70 million fake and suspicious accounts since May, according to the Washington Post. The suspensions and shutdowns were part of a concerted effort by Twitter to clear up the platform, said the paper. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

A day before Microsoft's was set to publish its July 2018 Patch Tuesday, Apple has also released security patches. This month, the Cupertino-based OS maker has published fixes for products such as macOS, iOS, watchOs, tvOS, Safari, iCloud for Windows, and iTunes for Windows. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

BITCOIN couldn't maintain yesterday's momentum overnight, but wallet holders will be encouraged by BTC hitting a high of $6,710, and broadly heading north, not south. Bitcoin has now been forecast by a panel of experts to rise 18 percent by August 1st. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Express

Two separate sources have confirmed that the USB-powered fans handed out at the North Korea–United States political summit that took place on June 12 were most likely clean and not infected with malware. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

After entering a password, your regular computer keyboard might appear to look the same as always, but a new approach harvesting thermal energy can illuminate the recently pressed keys, revealing that keyboard-based password entry is even less secure than previously thought. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security

UK on brink of Russian cyber attack with fears Putin will hit Britain as soon as World Cup ends. Intelligence sources say the Kremlin will launch another crippling attack on British infrastructure — or even order another assassination attempt — after the World Cup ends on 15 July. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Sun

A former employee of an Israel-based cybersecurity firm that sells advanced smartphone surveillance software has been charged in Israel with stealing sensitive technology and trying to peddle it on the dark web for $50 million. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Hill

The UK’s top financial regulators are stepping up their efforts to quiz banks and other financial institutions on avoiding IT crashes and cyber attacks, following systems meltdowns at retail bank TSB and card giant Visa in recent months. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Financial News

Home and lifestyle retailer Harvey Norman has apologised to customers after suffering a data breach through the systems of a third-party website service provider. Harvey Norman operates 13 outlets in the Republic and two stores in Northern Ireland. Its 13th store in the Republic was opened last year after it acquired a 60,000sq ft facility in Tallaght’s Airton Retail Park. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Irish Times

For years people have suspected apps on their phone are listening to what they say after suddenly seeing ads for things they only spoke of but never searched for. But, as Gizmodo reports, researchers from Northeastern University who analyzed over 17,000 popular Android appsfound that none of them activates the microphone and sends out audio without a user prompt. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet