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Researchers have discovered a new campaign trying to drop the locky ransomware through compromised Word Files. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

A Louisiana Funeral Home has fallen victim to hackers, who have been emailing customers asking for money. Read Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Personal data of millions of Malaysian citizens is apparently up for sale online- it could potentially be the biggest breach in the countries history. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: IBTimes

A new form of ransomware has been discovered, and is being distributed in the same way as one of the most successful types of file locking malware. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNET

Russian hacking group, the Fancy Bear's, are rushing to exploit the recently disclosed Adobe Flash bug before patches are widely used. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: IBTimes

The US is beginning to fall behind China in terms of the speed which org's are alerted to security vulnerabilities, according to Research Future. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Facebooks security chief has told employees that the organisation must improve it's internal security practices. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet

The FBI has appealed to businesses to share info about DDoS attacks they may have fallen victim to, regardless of size, following the relentless wave of ransomware attacks this year. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Threat Post

Google has taken 8 apps from its Play store, even though they have been downloaded as many as 2.6 MILLION times. Researchers found the apps in question could add devices to a bot net and can perform denial-of-service attacks, as well as other actions. View full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Ars Technica

Leviathan, an espionage group active since 2014, is launching cyber attacks against the maritime and defense sectors- focusing specifically on contractors and associated University Research institutions. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: ZDNet