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It has been discovered that hackers have been distributing fake patches to deliver malicious malware called Smoke Loader. The so-called 'patches' have been masked as fixes for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that is said to have affected nearly every modern CPU worldwide. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IBTimes UK

France have announced plans to impose a new law which will enforce tougher restrictions on social networks to stop the spread of fake news during an election. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Forbes

Russian linked hackers Turla have been targeting consulates in post- Soviet states by using a new tool which uses malware to steal sensitive information, according to recent ESET research. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: IB Times

The Government is to amend the data protection bill, in order to protect researchers who work to uncover cyber criminals, after fears were raised that the bill would accidentally criminalize legitimate research. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Guardian

A new malware too which installs software that mines virtual currency has links to North Korea, according to Security company AlienVault. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

A new cyber report from Beaming found that UK firms were hit by over 230,000 cyber attacks in 2017 with the main targets being connected devices. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infosecurity Magazine

News has broken that the next month's Winter Olympics is being targeted by hackers. The report by McAfee found malware-infected emails were sent last month to organisations linked to Pyeongchang Games. Although those responsible were not identified, attacks are likely to increase in the build to the Pyeongchang Games. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

The confidential and personal data of 30,000 Medicaid patients has been breached after hackers gained access, according to Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: IBTimes

A ban has been issued on all personal mobile devices in the West Wing. It is believed the action is an attempt to avoid any further damaging leaks occuring from the Trump administration. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infosecurity Magazine

Cyber criminals have discovered a way of using Google App Scripts that will trigger the download of malware hosted on the Google drive of any computer. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine UK