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According to NATO, the recent massive attack based on NotPetya ransomware was powered by a “state actor.” The malware infected over 12,000 devices in around 65 countries, the malicious code hit major industries and critical infrastructure. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Security Affairs

The Ukrainian security agency, known as the SBU, alleged in a statement that similarities between the malicious software and previous attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure revealed the work of Russian intelligence services. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Fox News

Arne Schoenbohm, president of Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), said authorities had set up a 24/7 special command center to defend against such attacks, just as it was preparing for any physical violence. Read Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: Reuters

Internet radio service 8tracks was hacked this week and personal details associated with a reported 18 million user accounts compromised. In a blog post, the firm’s founder and CEO, David Porter, claimed that no financial data, phone numbers or postal addresses were exposed, but email addresses and encrypted passwords were. “Passwords on 8tracks are hashed and salted, meaning that even we can’t tell you what your password is by looking at the database,” he continued....

It’s no longer enough for organisations to just focus on the immediate impacts. Businesses are failing to take into account the long-term impacts of falling victim to a cyber attack, according to a report from Lloyd’s of London. The report, created in conjunction with KPMG and law firm DAC Beachcroft, suggests that European businesses are currently underestimating the “slow-burn” effects of cyber attacks by only focusing on the immediate damage. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE:...

Just over half (53%) of local authorities across the UK are prepared to deal with a cyber attack according to research by PwC. While the latest PwC Global CEO survey found that 76% of UK CEOs are concerned about cyber threats, only 35% of local authority leaders are confident that their staff are well equipped to deal with cyber threats.  Demonstrating how real those threats are, almost all (97%) of UK CEOs surveyed say they...

Developers with Canonical pushed out a handful of patches for the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu this week, including one that resolves a bug that could have let an attacker cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with a TCP payload. Chris Coulson, a software and electronics engineer with the company, discovered the vulnerability, an out-of-bounds write (CVE-2017-9445) in Ubuntu’s systemd-resolved system service. The service-an init system used in Linux distributions–is a network name...

Raj Samani, chief scientist and fellow at McAfee, said that 18 percent of UK respondents were warned by their employer about the dangers of fake news or manipulated data. Given the heightened awareness of fake news in recent months, you'd think more Brits would be able to tell the difference between fake and real news, but that isn't the case according to new research by McAfee. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine UK

A Canadian researcher called Melanie Segado explained to us the extent to which your brain activity could be used for malicious purposes, to find out, for example, what you’re thinking or to guess your PIN. Melanie, who is finishing her doctorate in neuroscience in Montreal and is co-founder of the NeurotechX community, differentiated the techniques that are used for measuring brain activity, which allows for the interpretation of the signals that emitted due to stimuli....

New research from SWNS Digital has revealed the full extent to which dishonest individuals can invade people's privacy by way of a few clicks of the mouse. The survey, conducted by consumer security specialist, BullGuard, included responses from 2,000 UK smart device owners. Aside from smartphones, tablets and PCs, respondents own three internet-connected devices on average, including locks, pet trackers and webcams. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine UK