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Every once in a while you come across a really strange malware and such is the case with a new ransomware that only encrypts .EXE files on a computer. It then displays a screen with a picture of President Obama that asks for a "tip" to decrypt the files. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

The number of reports of data security incidents received by the UK’s Information Commissioner (ICO) has surged 75 percent over the past two years, according to new analysis by Kroll, the risk mitigation and investigative services company– with the overwhelming majority down to human error, rather than malicious cyber incidents. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: CBR Online

The 'Five Eyes' governments of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have challenged tech companies to voluntarily create backdoor access to their systems, or be compelled to by law. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IT Pro

New research has shed light on the growing threats faced by small businesses in the UK that faced an average of five cyber attacks over the course of the last 12 months. According to Appstractor's new independent report titled “Under Attack: Assessing the struggle of UK SMBs against cyber criminals”, some businesses (19%) faced as many as 10 attacks in the last year. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: ITProPortal

An analysis of e-commerce stores around the world has revealed thousands of them are unwittingly running a dangerous payment skimming malware stealing thousands from users, with 50 new stores being infected each day. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Smart Company

The last few months have seen Monero (XMR) presence in the news take a low profile only to surface as one of the best performing privacy coin in a bearish market. The coin has once again become the center on a scandal involving the comic site Oatmeal ransom DDOs attack. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Cryptorecorder

The first half of 2018 saw an uptick in fileless malware attacks and a downturn in ransomware attacks, for now. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Threatpost

A UK start-up that uses Artificial Intelligence to produce creative marketing copy is planning an expansion into the US market. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Telegraph

Business email compromises (BEC) — commonly referred to as CEO Fraud because the CEO's identity is being impersonated — continues to grow and, more significantly, succeed due to the simplicity and urgency of the attacks, according to recent study from Barracuda of some 3,000 attacks. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

Around two weeks ago, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday updates for the month of August. Today, Microsoft has released another set of Windows 10 cumulative updates that contain fixes for issues that the previous patches introduced. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer