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Thousands of UK companies were at risk of having their .uk domain names stolen for more than four months by a critical security failure at domain registrar Enom. Read Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Starting by the end of September, the swipe-n-grind app Jack’d is taking safety measures into its own hands by totally disabling screenshots on phones. View Full Story Original Source: The Pride LA

Over the past two days, there was an increase in activity from a relatively unknown ransomware strain named SynAck, according to victims who sought assistance in the Bleeping Computer ransomware support forums and from submissions to the ID-Ransomware service. View Full Story  Original Source: Bleeping Computer

Smart home products such as lamps controlled via mobile devices are becoming ever more popular in private households. We would, however, feel vulnerable in our own four walls if strangers suddenly started switching the lights in our homes on and off. Researchers at the IT Security Infrastructures group, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have discovered security problems of this nature in smart lights manufactured by GE, IKEA, Philips and Osram. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Phys.org

In reality, data breach costs can vary substantially by organization and some of those costs may not even become apparent for several years, analyst firm Forrester Research cautioned in a report released this week. So, when building a business case for investments in data security and operational security, it is better to develop tailored breach estimates instead, Forrester said. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

Lenovo has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and 32 State Attorneys General that the company harmed consumers by pre-loading software on some laptops that compromised security protections in order to deliver ads to consumers. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Help Net Security

An estimated 65% of Fortune 100 companies could be vulnerable to a security bug discovered in Apache Struts, a popular Java MVC framework used in the development of many top-grade enterprise applications. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

NHS Lanarkshire was one of the worst affected when hackers crippled computer systems of boards across the country in May. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Daily Record

Bunch of resumés citing secret government work exposed View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

According to the Chinese Cyber Security law, the information obtained by the CNNVD could be used in intelligence operations. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Security Affairs